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Nigerians may lose access to USSD transactions soon
Customers of Nigerian banks may be unable to use the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) service to make…
Top 10 African tech stories of 2022
The African tech ecosystem has had a remarkable 2022 as stakeholders sought to recover from the effects of…
PayAza awards over $4000 to participants of its first fintech hackathon
PayAza introduced the maiden edition of its Fintech Hackathon, a 2-day event that started on 21 Dec. and…
Brazil President signs bill to approve bitcoin as payment
The law is expected to come into effect 180 days after Bolsonaro’s signing, making June 2023 the tentative date for the launch.
RegTech Africa Conference set to elevate National Policy on financial inclusion, consumer experience, cybersecurity
Digital financial services promise to enable financial inclusion and thus help improve people’s lives. However, cybercrime has become…
SEC General Counsel resigns after links to FTX crash
According to a report by the Washington Examiner, General Counsel of the US securities and exchange commission (SEC)…
ARM wins The Rising Stars Award
Asset and Resource Management Holding Company (ARM) has won the Rising Stars Award at the 7th edition of…
Sam Bankman-Fried arrives in the US to stand trial
Sam Bankman-Fried arrived in New York on Wednesday to answer the eight criminal fraud charges levelled against him…
CBN increases weekly withdrawal limit to N500k for individuals
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels…
Elon Musk’s Starlink finally lands in Nigeria, but not for everyone.
The long wait for Starlink in Nigeria is over, as it appears that the SpaceX-owned satellite internet service…
