Payments

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, virtual debit cards have emerged as a convenient alternative for online transactions. If you are in Africa, there are a bunch of Fintech Startups giving you the ability to create and use one. We have extensively covered the benefits and... Read More

Thinking about how to spice up your boring weekends? We recommend going out for an event. However, you’d need a holistic view of all happening events so you can pick the best-suited one for you. This is where event ticket platforms come to play.  Several... Read More

Chipper Cash is one of Africa's fastest-growing fintech startups since its inception in 2018 with over four million users at the time of writing this. It is available in seven countries including Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Nigeria Africa. Chipper Cash virtual cards have been... Read More

Safaricom refers to their M-Pesa Business Till as an improved version of the old Buy Goods Till. The advanced Till allows users to collect payments on the Till and still use the cash collected to pay for other transactions directly from the Till. What is... Read More

Just a couple of days ago, many fintech platforms offering virtual USD card services to customers across Africa announced that they will be shutting down their virtual USD card services, indefinitely, effective Saturday, July 16, 2022. With that, customers would no longer be able to... Read More

Uganda’s National Social Security Fund in partnership with Visa and Centenary Bank recently unveiled a 3-in-1 social security smart card dubbed the NSSF Smart Card that embeds NSSF functionality, banking capability, and loyalty program. But how exactly does the NSSF Smart Card works? And do... Read More

There seems to be so much to deal with these days, traffic, fuel scarcity, non-existent work-life balance or even keeping in shape. The good news is that with all these new fintech apps(SafeBoda and Wave Uganda), there is one less thing you need to worry... Read More

The banking sector is one of the industries that hasn't changed much for the past hundred years or so. They make money by charging service fees and interest on loans for the majority of their customers. And one of the service charges is the Bank... Read More

Absa Bank Uganda and MTN Uganda Limited announced the introduction of mobile money payment functionality, also known as MTN MoMoPay on Absa Point of Sale (POS) machines/terminals across the country. The service is open to all MTN Uganda mobile money account holders, who can now... Read More