New York, We Have a Problem | TWIF Africa

OPay’s NYSE Listing Never Traded After a Regulatory Inquiry

Till Court Do Them Part | TWIF Africa

Vodacom Holds Onto 55% Stake in M-Pesa Parent

There’s a New Sheriff in Town | TWIF Africa

Kenya’s Payments Bill Brings Raids, Firings, and Takeovers

African Banks Want In | TWIF Africa

FNB Unlocks Retail Crypto, Absa Vaults Assets, and Standard Bank Bets $200M on OPay

Guess Who’s Investing? | TWIF Africa

$90M drops as Airtel Money tests European appetite for a $7B African asset.

There is hard mode... and then there is Africa | TWIF Africa

CBK proposes up to $1.93M capital requirements for Kenyan payment firms.

Transaction Reversed | TWIF Africa

Court orders Nairobi to hand back its $1.9B stake in M-Pesa's parent company after ruling the privatization illegal.

All Falls Down, South Africa | TWIF Africa

Crypto alliance CATASTROPHE pushes back against proposed Reserve Bank rules isolating South Africa from global finance.

They Don’t Want Your Payments | TWIF Africa

Paystack absorbs Allawee to power its microfinance bank and Zap app, while Shoprite snaps up R&A Cellular to expand its fintech footprint.

Mama, I’m Coming Home | TWIF Africa

OPay plans NGX listing, and Moniepoint pivots back to Africa after winding down MonieWorld.

The Bank Eyes a Soft Seat | TWIF Africa

Standard Bank considers SoftBank-backed OPay stake before US IPO

$358 Billion Reasons Wallstreet Is Watching | TWIF Africa

Inside: OPay processed $358B, CBN opened sandbox, Flutterwave partnered with Caliza, and Blockchain.com joined SEC programme.

Nigeria Wants What Belongs to Caesar | TWIF Africa

Inside: Yellow Card raised $40M, Moment secured $22M, TurnStay processed $55M, Nigeria taxed crypto 30%, and Cloud9 acquired Chpter.

Rented the House, Lost the Keys | TWIF Africa

Flutterwave targets an East African bank acquisition, Vodacom hits $548B, SA banks fuel exits, and stablecoins expand cross border payment rails.

Who’s Paying for Africa’s Screen Time? | TWIF Africa

Also: Tembo expanded into Rwanda, SentiBud debuted WhatsApp escrow, Daya tokenized US stocks, Guinea launched NimbaPay and 17 African fintechs made CNBC's ranking

Forget Coffee, Fintech is Africa's New Export | TWIF Africa

Payaza hits Oceania, SCRYPT expands East African stablecoins, and Tanzania seals crypto rules. Paystack adds PesaLink and Flutterwave partners with Xoom.

Flutterwave Really Mean It | TWIF Africa

Also: Circle invested in Flutterwave, Xoom taps Flutterwave, Ruto's new law, Gigbanc lost the crossborder race, BEAC joined PAPSS, and Float targeted UK expansion.

Visa, Onafriq And M-Pesa Team Up for Stablecoins (TWIF Africa - 07/06)

Also: LemFi acquires investment platform Wealth8, the CBN revokes prominent microfinance licenses, and Grey expands local currency services to Ghana and Kenya.

Monzo And Revolut Want Africa, Is It a Signal? (TWIF Africa - 06/29)

Also: Stabyl exits stealth with $2.7M, Daya raises $2.4M pre-seed, and Yellow Card gets Swiss approval. Meanwhile, MiniPay drops stablecoin cards, the CBN tightens ownership disclosure rules, and regulators target unregistered POS terminals.

Who Will Win Africa’s Stablecoin Race? (TWIF Africa - 06/22)

Also: Ripple backs Flutterwave’s Series E, CBN imposes market share caps, and Kora joins IATA's gateway. Meanwhile, WapiPay enters Canada, PawaPay expands to Congo, and Prepay Nation launches Airtel Malawi top ups.

MNT-Halan hits $1.4B, Nigeria's Vision 2028, and Enza new Licence (TWIF Africa - 06/15)

Also: Blink secured $37.1M in financing, Nigeria launched Payments Systems Vision 2028. CreditChek raised $600,000 for East African infrastructure.

Flutterwave's $40B Rail, Brass Integrating to Paystack MFB, and PayPal Freezes Kenya (TWIF Africa - 06/08)

Also: Konga invested $2.7M into Stable, while Aions Ventures launched a $5.4M fund. Meanwhile, Grey Business hit $61M, PASA wound down, and Bitcoin gained legal status in South Africa.

NALA, Yoco, and M-Pesa deals drive a massive infrastructure leap (TWIF Africa - 06/01)

Also: Coinbase taps Standard Chartered for fiat rails, Nigerian freelancers surge to crypto, and a new Naira stablecoin builds steam.

Checker Secures $8M, Branch Trims Headcount, Stable Naira Completes Audit (TWIF Africa - 05/25)

Chimoney shutsdown, Cauridor’s $2M raise, and Kenya’s crypto hunt (TWIF Africa - 05/17)

Capital crunches hit startups, while regulators clamp down on regional crypto and remittance corridors.