In March 2021, Flutterwave, one of Nigeria’s Fintechs, raised a Series C funding of $170M, at a $1 billion valuation. Flutterwave became the second Fintech in Nigeria to reach a $1 billion valuation after Interswitch, which reached a $1billion valuation in 2019 when Visa acquired a 20% stake in the company.
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Open APIs: Why fintechs should also adopt common standards
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KPMG, Open Technology Foundation collaborate, for improved financial services
KPMG, a professional services company and one of the Big Four auditors in the world, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Open Technology Foundation (OTF), to promote a standard Application Programming Interface (API) for in the financial services sector in Nigeria, with the primary objective of consistently providing consumers of financial services with access …
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Open Banking Nigeria: Organisation officially launches API Standards with Banks and Fintechs
The concept of Open Banking has been gathering waves over the years but reached a watershed with the pronouncement of the PSD2. Beyond Europe, countries such as Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, and Nigeria are at various stages of review, design or implementation of Open Banking. Open Banking is an initiative designed to enhance and …
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Open Banking Nigeria: Kinexus, Paystack, Wallet.ng Endorse, Adopt API Standards
As Open Banking practices gain prominence in the global financial services industry, Kinexus, Paystack, and Wallet.ng, four of Nigeria’s most innovative Fintechs, have separately announced their intention to support and adopt Open Banking Application Programming Interface (API) standards for the transformation of financial services in Nigeria. This was one of the revelations as the payment …
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