The financial services industry used to exist according to a truism: customers were more likely to get a divorce than change their bank. Today, though, a number of fintech startups are beginning to ...

In its first acquisition ever, BitPesa is moving to expand its reach and cut costs. The blockchain payments platform in Africa and Europe, which now facilitates nearly $20 million in transactions per ...

German-based SME lending platform Bitbond and African payment services provider BitPesa announced on Monday they have formed a new partnership to improve access to African SMEs financing. Bitbond ...

Amid rapid growth, African payments company BitPesa has received follow-up funding to its Series A led by Greycroft Partners, the venture capital firm with experience investing in payment companies ...

One bitcoin start-up is building what it hopes will become a template for using digital currencies in the developing world, a much-talked-about market for cryptocurrencies. It's called BitPesa, it's ...

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A lawsuit filed by bitcoin payments startup BitPesa and its partner against mobile money giant Safaricom was heard in the Kenyan High Court on Tuesday. The startup says Safaricom "intimidated" its ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has appointed the CEO and founder of BitPesa, Elizabeth Rossiello, to serve as one of two co-chairs of the Global Blockchain Council, according to a press release ...

Bitcoin remittance provider BitPesa has officially launched its beta test. The Kenya-based company offers a 3% cut-rate fee, and is aiming to target the country's expats abroad who send $1.17bn home ...