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Nigerian Fintech Pouchers Raises USD 500 K Pre-Seed To Expand Stablecoin Payments
Nigerian Fintech Pouchers Raises USD 500 K Pre-Seed To Expand Stablecoin Payments Nigerian fintech Pouchers has raised USD 500 K…
Two Founders, Stranded Abroad By Failed Cards, Are Building Africa’s Missing ‘Financial Passport’
In 2019, Oluwatomi Ayorinde was stranded in Mannheim, Germany. His Nigerian bank card, which had worked perfectly at home, simply…
Nigeria’s Importers Are Desperate For Dollars—This Startup Says It Has The Answer
A particularly stressful episode involving some Nigerian car importers from a few years back was the encounter that radicalised Sheriff…
OpenPayd CEO on sovereignty, stablecoins and why the UK must move faster, as the $1.1B fintech heads for Nasdaq – Tech Funding News
OpenPayd CEO on sovereignty, stablecoins and why the UK must move faster, as the $1.1B fintech heads for Nasdaq Tech Funding…
Meet the founder betting stablecoins can fix Africa’s remittance problem
The company needed to pay a bill in Kenya, but the funds were held in Nigeria. Somewhere between San…
OneDosh Secures Additional $1m Pre-Seed Funding, Total Raises Reach $4m –
Nigeria’s drive to increase crude oil production and boost export earnings is gaining momentum with the growing contribution of two…
STABLECOINS | Nigerian Startup, Grey, Processes Over $60 Million via Stablecoins in Just 4 Months After Product Launch
Grey Business, the business payments platform operated by Nigerian fintech startup, Grey, processed more than $61.4 million in transaction volume…
E-Mobility, Stablecoins, and DFI Retreat to Debt: African Funding Themes Take Shape in 2026 – Launch Base Africa
A surge of capital into electric vehicles, the arrival of crypto‑native stablecoin investors, and a sharp pivot by development finance…
Erebor’s charter shows stablecoin startups are chasing bank credibility – Startup Fortune
Erebor is turning a bank charter into a startup weapon. The stablecoin race is no longer only about better software,…
Brazil firms continue to dominate the LatAm FinTech market raking in four of the top 10 deals in Q1 2026
Key LatAm FinTech investment stats in Q1 2026: LatAm FinTech funding surged by 64% YoY in Q1 Brazil firms raked…
Why YC Is Betting Big On Stablecoins And AI Agents
The global startup ecosystem may have entered a completely new chapter. Y Combinator’s latest move toward New York City signals…
Tether leads $14M Series A in Argentine crypto fintech belo to scale stablecoins across LatAm — TFN
Latin American fintech belo has secured $14 million in Series A funding as it looks to scale its cross-border money…
Paxos Labs raises $12 million after startup spins off from veteran stablecoin issuer | Fortune
Paxos, the stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure firm, has long worked with major companies like PayPal and Nubank. More recently, Paxos…
Dollar Payments Are Migrating to Blockchain Rails at Scale – Startup Fortune
Polygon processed 178 million USD stablecoin transactions in March, capturing over 22 percent of global dollar stablecoin activity as major…
Why A Fintech CEO Isn’t Losing Sleep Over Kenya’s Steep New Licensing Fee
When Kenya’s Treasury proposed that stablecoin issuers put up KES 500 M (approximately USD 3.8 M) in paid-up capital to…
MercadoLibre Kills Mercado Coin but Doubles Down on Crypto Strategy – Startup Fortune
MercadoLibre is shutting down its rewards token Mercado Coin, but the Latin American e-commerce giant is far from abandoning digital…
OpenFX raises $94M to speed up cross-border payments with stablecoins
OpenFX, a fintech startup focused on foreign-exchange market making and remittances, has raised $94 million in a series A funding…