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Ripple Teams Up with Onafriq To Alter African Remittance

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Ripple, a pioneer in blockchain-based payment solutions, has produced a significant partnership with Onafriq, a fintech company, with a vision to establish novel remittance corridors among Africa and key regions such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Unified Kingdom, and Australia. Leveraging Ripple’s innovative payment technology, this joint effort sets out to address normal … Read more

Nigerian BTC Peer-to-Peer Volumes Nearly $400M in H1 of 2022 — Significant Growth in Kenya and Ghana Volumes

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Nigeria’s peer-to-peer bitcoin traded volumes of over $1.1 billion between January 2021 and June 2022 mean the West African nation is now Paxful’s largest market. Kenya, which saw traded volumes of over $325 million during the same period, now ranks as the crypto exchange’s second-largest African market, and fifth overall. Financial Exclusion Driving P2P Bitcoin … Read more

Nigerian Central Bank Told to Consider Floating the Naira, Recent Interest Rate Hike Slammed

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The Central Bank of Nigeria should be discontinuing the fixed exchange rate system and let the naira freely float against the major currencies, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, the leader of a Nigerian association of bureau de change operators has said. The leader also slammed the recent adjustment of the central bank’s interest rate to 13%, which … Read more

Fintech Firm Centbee Graduates From South African Regulatory Sandbox

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Fintech firm Centbee recently announced it has successfully completed the testing of its cross-border remittance application, Minit Money. The testing of the application was carried out within the framework of the South African Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG)’s regulatory sandbox. Using Crypto to Enable Faster and Cheaper Remittances In a statement, the fintech firm claims … Read more

Indian Bank Blocks Use of RBI’s Remittance System for Crypto While Government Delays Bill

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Major Indian bank ICICI has asked customers not to use the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s liberalised remittance scheme (LRS) for any crypto-related investments. ICICI, a leading private sector bank in India, has updated its retail outward remittance application to include cryptocurrency. With this update, the bank has asked its customers to declare under India’s … Read more