Paga, Nigeria’s leading payments and financial services company, is delighted to announce the launch of its Visa cards. Consumers now have the option of both virtual and physical cards that give them the ability to pay at over 100m+ merchant locations where Visa is accepted globally. The cards will be available first in naira, soon to be followed by US dollar-denominated cards.

As part of its continued efforts to democratize the fight against online fraud for businesses of all sizes, SEON has officially launched a ‘forever free’ version of its industry-leading fraud prevention platform accessible to any online business.

Ezra, the fintech company that partners with financial service providers to offer credit solutions to financially underserved consumers and SMEs, has appointed Erwan Gelebart as its new CEO to drive its agenda for growth.

Built upon 12 years of success, Ezra was born from TransferTo Group along with leading Fintech companies including DTOne and Thunes. Gelebart now leads a 100-strong team which operates across three offices in Dubai, Nairobi and Singapore.

Cinchy Announces $14.5 Million Series B Funding Led by Forgepoint

Partnerships 

NEAR Wallet Users Soar to 20+ Million Thanks to Groundbreaking Partnership with SWEAT Economy

Cinchy, the pioneer of dataware technology and leader of data liberation, today announced a $14.5 million USD Series B financing round led by Forgepoint Capital. Forgepoint Managing Director Leo Casusol will join Cinchy’s Board of Directors, while Reynaldo Kirton comes on board as an advisor.

NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit supporting the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today announced a tenfold increase in the number of NEAR Wallet users since the start of this year, rising from 2 million to over 20 million.

Yabx, a FinTech venture headquartered in the Netherlands, today announced its foray into Nigerian markets with a mission to democratize credit across the country with its digital lending offerings.

iLex, a Platform-as-a-Service fintech that designs, builds and operates digital market infrastructures for the US$6 trillion syndicated loans and private credit market, announced today that it has US$10 billion of assets listed on its platform.

Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Crypto, LLC from Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc. This acquisition is expected to significantly bolster Bakkt’s cryptocurrency product offering and expand its footprint into additional client verticals including fintechs, trading app platforms, and neo-banks.