Tag: kenya
Provenir joins DeltaPay to secure financial inclusion in Africa
Risk management software provider Provenir has signed a deal to provide additional security to the BNPL offering of Kenya-based DeltaPay.
By leveraging behavioural and other...
Kenya lowers bookmakers tax to 7.5%
Kenya’s sports betting industry has been given a boost after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s signing of a 7.5% tax on gambling wagers.
The tax measure was...
Africa to benefit from added money transfer options following EPG boost
Emerging markets across Africa look set to benefit from a number a new payments solutions that have been integrated by the Euro Payments Group...
Monetary Authority of Singapore signs new fintech pact
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a new fintech collaboration deal with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
In a bid to improve...
Kenya’s ‘toughest stance’ on gambling implicates all business stakeholders
An explosive 24-hours has ruptured the Kenyan gambling industry and its wider stakeholders as the Uhuru Kenyatta government pursues its toughest stance on betting...
BCLB forces Safaricom to stop processing betting payments
Kenya’s betting control and licensing board (BCLB), has ordered telecommunications firm Safaricom to cease all sports betting payment transactions.
The move will come as a...
Amazon launches developing markets ‘PayCodes’ programme with Western Union
Retail tech giant Amazon has moved to expand its developing markets transactional capacities partnering with payment transfer specialist Western Union.
The strategic alliance, sees...
