WhatsApp launches in-chat payments service in India
Text and voice service WhatsApp has expanded its fast-growing payment offering in its biggest market with this week’s news that it has launched an in-chat payments service for businesses in India.
Brazil’s EBANX expands fintech offering into more African markets
Brazilian fintech firm EBANX is expanding into eight new African markets.
Nagad connects with TerraPay for Bangladesh remittances
Nagad Limited, a mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, has joined forces with TerraPay, a global payments network. The aim, the partners say, is “to revolutionize the landscape of cross-border remittances”.
Partnership announced to extend reach of digital rupee in India
IDEMIA, a major name in identity technologies and biometric solutions, has partnered with Airtel Payments Bank, which serves over 40 million customers through its digital platform and a retail-based distribution network, and HMD Global, the exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand for phones, tablets and accessories, to expand the reach of offline CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) payments in India.
New partnership aims to support mobile finance in MEA and Asia
Global analytics software provider FICO has announced a partnership with telecom and mobile financial services solutions provider LigaData to bring advanced decision management and optimisation tools to telecommunications firms in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
