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Africa Data Centres, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology group, has announced that it is building a 30MW data centre facility in Accra, Ghana. The new facility will lay the groundwork for the company’s hyper-scale partners to expand digital services and solutions to more countries in West Africa and will make Africa…

Mastercard has offered its Digital First program that delivers a secure experience, with the help of its partners, to provide a variety of seamless payment options to its digitally connected consumers who seek immediacy and convenience. Backed by the speed and security of Mastercard’s global network – including the Mastercard Processing platform to enable instant…

When it comes to onboarding customers online, businesses have adopted eKYC solutions to ensure their new customers are who they say they are and are suitable to do business with. But, writes Jackie Wheeler, senior director of technical content at Jumio, most eKYC solutions are limited in scope, forcing companies to research, purchase, integrate and…

Gamers8, the biggest Esports and gaming event worldwide, is to be held across eight weeks of action this summer in Riyadh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The global Esports and gaming event will take place at a state of the art, purpose-built venue at Riyadh Boulevard City, Saudi Arabia, from Thursday,…

Every Wednesday, we delve into the latest fintech updates from across the UK. This week we explore the foundation of two British banks; and the continuing growth and support of wearable tech. Oversubscribed funding success to create new British bank Banking services provider, LHV UK, announced that it has raised £30million to fund the establishment…

It is very easy for many who are new to the fintech space to think that financial technology is an exclusive term for payments technology, and while there is some truth to this, it does not tell the entire story about fintech. However, in June, The Fintech Times is looking to indulge this belief as…

Over a quarter (26 per cent) of UK risk experts expect bribery and corruption risks for their company to increase this year compared to 2021 found Kroll, the provider of data, technology and insights related to risk, governance and growth. The findings come as part of Kroll’s newly released 2022 Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Benchmarking…

Financial inclusion is driving better access to health and education across Middle East and Africa, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The study, Financial Inclusion+ – Connecting People to Finance, Health, and Education, explores how health, education, digital, and financial inclusion are all intertwined to unlock greater prosperity and well-being for communities across…

The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Tuesday brings you news announcements from Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam. Revolut partners with Tink for European payments Tink, the open banking platform, has teamed up with financial super app Revolut. Tink’s payment initiation services (PIS) technology will allow Revolut users across Europe to seamlessly move money into…