TerraPay and Alipay+, Ant International’s unified wallet gateway, announced a strategic partnership on September 9, 2026 to enable cross-border QR payments for digital wallets, starting…

Kopo Kopo has launched K2 Connect V2, an upgraded version of its developer payments API that adds bulk payments, payment links, point of sale payment…

Mastercard has entered a strategic collaboration with Flowcart to embed secure card payments directly within social and conversational commerce platforms like WhatsApp, launching first in…

A growing number of everyday apps now offer financial services directly. Ride sharing apps offer debit cards to their drivers. Retail apps offer instant credit…

Absa Bank Kenya, Kenya Airways and Visa have launched the Asante Global Card, a co-branded travel and lifestyle credit card the three partners describe as…

Kenya’s banks built PesaLink to compete with M-Pesa. This is unusual. Normally incumbents ignore shared infrastructure until it is too late. PesaLink is owned collectively…

Every few months, another African payment system announces that it now talks to everyone else’s. PesaLink links to PAPSS. Ghana’s GhIPSS bridges banks and mobile…

If your business is currently taking customer payments on your personal M-Pesa number, you are not alone. Most Kenyan small businesses start that way. But…

A Safaricom Paybill number is a six or seven-digit business code that lets customers pay you through M-Pesa’s Lipa Na M-Pesa service by entering your…

Pochi la Biashara is Safaricom’s free business wallet that sits on your existing M-Pesa line, separates your business money from your personal funds, and can…