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App Of The Week: Vestpay 

  Piggyvest is a fintech platform that makes it easier and possible for users to save and earn interest on their savings of up to 15% per annum. In addition, Vestpay provides loans to salary earners without requesting that they

Is Nigeria Really Going Cashless?

  In 2012, the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced its Cashless Policy. It aimed to reduce the volume of cash in circulation, and encourage a general switch to electronic payment systems. Other stated purposes included granting the informal economy greater

Pegasus Fintech Challenge 2021

  DLM Capital Group is announcing the Pegasus FinTech Challenge 2021 through its Digital Bank subsidiary @BankSofri in partnership with the African FinTech Foundry (AFF). Read more about FinTech In partnership with Africa FinTech Foundry, Pegasus FinTech Challenge aims to

App Of The Week: GetBarter 

  GetBarter is a lifestyle payments solution app that allows users to make online transactions such as paying merchants, purchasing airtime, paying bills and subscriptions, and creating master and virtual cards for online purchases. Read more about App of the

6 Ways FinTech Can Improve Your Lifestyle

  Financial technology is impacting our lives in so many ways. The revolution has seized the world so quickly, it’s barely been noticed except by long-term industry analysts. Read more about FinTech It’s also forced many of our traditional institutions

How Will Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Affect Its Economy?

  On Friday, June 4, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced that the government was suspending the operations of Twitter in Nigeria ”indefinitely.” The ministry cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable

Broadband Penetration And The Impact Of Tech-Economy In Nigeria

  There is no denying the impact technology has on Nigeria’s economy, and even globally. It isn’t more about trends now, but an awareness that can be compared to the shifting of communication from landlines to mobile devices. Read more

Should Nigerian FinTechs Be Wary Of Regulators?

  The first half of the year 2021 has been a regulatory nightmare for many FinTechs in Nigeria. On Friday, February 5, the CBN issued a circular that effectively banned local banks from processing transactions related to cryptocurrencies. Several crypto

10 FinTech Regulators In Nigeria You Should Know

    Nigerian FinTechs are subject to the rules and regulations that govern the niches in which they operate. There’s no single agency that exists to regulate FinTechs alone. Startups and established companies in this category have to pay attention

This Is How To Start A FinTech Startup In Nigeria?

  The world has gone digital, so it’s only fitting that the financial sector pushes in that direction, embracing the enticing grasp of technology. Read more about FinTech Over the past few years in Nigeria, FinTech companies have experienced an

Blockchain Technology Adoption For Local  Developments

  Blockchain technology took the world by storm a few years ago and then the rave gradually died off. Read more about Tech However, many of the solutions that blockchain was touted to provide are still there waiting to either

What To Do When Cryptocurrency Prices Dip

  As of the time of writing this, cryptocurrencies are recovering from a particularly bad price descent. The incident caused a fair bit of panic-selling among crypto holders. It has also caused many newbies in the digital coins market to

Top 5 Skills Nigerian FinTechs Want Right Now

  As businesses grow, their staffing needs expand. This is true for companies in the FinTech sector, where many startups have emerged and blossomed over the past decade. Read more about FinTech A new report on the Nigerian financial technology

Is Cryptocurrency Really The Future Of Finance?

  Nigeria is home to an army of cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Their engagement with this digital asset is well-known; the country is consistently on the list of top markets for cryptos. Read more about FinTech You may recall that, in 2020,

7 Ways To Make Money With Cryptocurrencies In Nigeria

  From the outside, making money from cryptocurrency may seem like a single-path endeavour: you buy it, wait for its price to appreciate, and then sell for a profit. That’s how most people earn from it. And it’s the only

Websites We Love: Okra.ng

Okra is a FinTech API that allows individuals to link their bank accounts to third-party applications. Founded in June 2019 by Fara Ashiru Jituboh, Okra was built to solve a problem that has faced Africa for a long time:

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