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Peach Payments has partnered with Float to offer merchants an interest-free installment option at checkout, enhancing online shopping. Float uses existing credit cards for payment flexibility, benefiting both consumers and retailers with increased sales and improved financial management.

Kotani Pay is expanding its crypto on-ramp and off-ramp services into Rwanda and Uganda, enhancing access to blockchain via USSD for local businesses and users. This move aims to simplify crypto- fiat exchanges and support fintech growth in these markets.

VALR, a crypto exchange in South Africa, has received Category I and II licenses from the FSCA, making it one of the first regulated crypto asset platforms in the country. This approval enhances customer protection and regulatory compliance, promoting trust in the crypto industry.

Nigerian fintech startup Opay has seen a 30% increase in valuation, reaching $2.7 billion since its 2021 Series C funding round. Its services and agent banking model significantly boosted its user base and revenue in 2023, aided by a currency shortage in Nigeria.

VISA will launch a stablecoin pre-funding pilot through Visa Direct at SIBOS 2025, enhancing global cross-border payments by offering faster, smarter liquidity and modernizing treasury operations for businesses.

BridgeCard，由Owumi Festus和Tunde Adewole共同创立，是一款金融科技应用，整合用户的金融账户，实现无缝交易。入选Y Combinator的S22批次，筹集了44万美元，用于提升平台和用户基础。

a16z’s Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Spring 2024 program is set to kick off this week in London, marking the beginning of an intensive 10-week journey for 25 promising early-stage startups in the crypto space, the company said in a blog post.
The startups were selected from a highly

埃塞俄比亚推出其国家数字支付战略和EthioPay系统，以增强数字金融并促进在AfCFTA框架下的贸易。该倡议旨在促进金融包容性，减少服务不足群体的障碍。

YellowCard has received a Virtual Asset Provider license in Botswana, marking a significant milestone as the first licensed crypto exchange in Africa. This follows a $40 million Series B fundraiser, indicating strong growth and future potential in the region's cryptocurrency market.

South African payments infrastructure startup, Stitch, has secured $55 million in a Series B funding round. This brings its total capital raised to $107 million in under four years.
The new funds will support the expansion of its in-person payment solutions, enhance its online payments platform, an

Smile Identity, one of the leading providers of digital identity verification solutions for Africa, has announced that it has secured $20 million in Series B funding.
The round was Co-led by:
Costanoa and
Norrsken22
with additional new investments from:
Commerce