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Tech Crunch
2 AUG 2023

From banking giants to lending up-and-comers — here are the world’s top 200 fintech companies

From across the globe, spanning a diverse range of applications in finance — these are the world’s top 200 fintech companies.

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Tech Crunch
27 June 2023

Unveiling the Rising Stars: Meet the 32 Scale-Up Companies Redefining Industries

In this Top 32 list, we highlight some of the scale-up companies that are powering through these troubled waters and forming the backbone of the economy despite the turbulent economic climate...

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Medium
19 Feb 2021

Africa-focused Challenger Bank Kuda Passes 1 Million Android Downloads

The challenger bank for Africa has gained significant traction since its beta launch in September 2019. Kuda Technologies, the digital-led challenger bank for Africa..

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Fintech Insider
16 Nov 2020

PODCAST: WhatsApp payments in India - exponential growth potential?

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the..

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Arise News
12 Nov 2020

VIDEO: Kuda CEO Babs Ogundeyi talks about the biggest startup seed funding to come out of Africa so far

kuda Microfinance Bank CEO Babs Ogundeyi spoke exclusively to the Global Business Report about the historic seed funding raise that brought in $10m..

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Business Insider
11 Nov 2020

Digital challenger bank ‘Kuda’ raises $10 million, the largest ever seed round in Africa

Kuda, Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, has announced a seed financing round of $10 million to accelerate its pan-African expansion and further develop its ethical..

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Disrupt Africa
11 Nov 2020

Nigerian digital bank Kuda raises $10m seed funding round

Nigerian fintech startup Kuda, which is building a pan-African digital challenger bank, has closed a US$10 million seed funding round in order to accelerate its growth..

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Business Day
11 Nov 2020

kuda Microfinance Bank’s $10m funding could send competition in digital banking to overdrive

Despite a looming threat by big Nigerian banks in the space, Nigeria’s self-styled ‘Bank of the free’, kuda Microfinance Bank may be a serious contender to the digital banking throne..

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TechCrunch
10 Nov 2020

Nigeria’s Kuda raises $10M to be the mobile-first challenger bank for Africa

The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth, and financial technology companies that are building services to..

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Nairametrics
10 Nov 2020

Nigeria’s Kuda raises Africa’s all-time seed round of $10 million

Kuda joins the list of other notable startups like Paystack (which was recently acquired by Stripe) and Interswitch that crossed the $1billion valuation benchmark...

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Pymnts
10 Nov 2020

Nigeria's Challenger Bank Kuda Raises $10M For Its Mobile-First Services

Nigeria-based Kuda, which operates its own mobile-first challenger bank, now has $10 million after a funding round in what TechCrunch reported is the biggest..

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Fintech Finance
6 May 2020

VIDEO: FF Virtual Arena: kuda Microfinance Bank

kuda Microfinance Bank's CEO Babs Ogundeyi joins our host Ali Paterson in finding out who is the #1 when it comes to the financial scene in Nigeria..

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Fintech Finance
21 Apr 2020

Exclusive: ‘Showing the love’ – Norah Ikoh, kuda Microfinance Bank in “The Paytech Magazine”

Nigeria’s first mobile-only bank has seen rapid growth as it embraces the unbanked and underbanked in a country where nothing..

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Disrupt Africa
13 Apr 2020

Nigerian digital banking startup Kuda launches fund to fight COVID-19

Nigerian digital banking startup Kuda has launched a COVID-19 fund to help buy and distribute food and other essentials to people badly affected by the economic..

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CNBC Africa
2 Apr 2020

Nigeria COVID-19 lockdown: CBN calls for use of alternative payment channels

Its day one of the lockdown for residents of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states since the restriction of movement announced by President Buhari. The Central Bank of Nigeria..

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Techpoint Africa
10 Dec 2019

Kuda starts banking revolution in Nigeria with free transfers for all forever

Kuda, a digital-only bank licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, has kickstarted a revolution in Nigeria’s banking sector. Still, in beta and only three..

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WeeTracker
4 Oct 2019

Kudabank: The Answer To The Problems Facing Nigeria's Banking Sector?

The repeatedly decried fees charged by Nigerian banks have heaped them with naerly a fortune. But Kudabank is offering a no-fee online bank.

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FinTech Futures
16 Sep 2019

Digital Nigerian bank Kuda raises $1.6m in pre-seed funding

Nigerian fintech start-up Kuda has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding in preparation for its beta launch as a digital bank

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CNBC Africa
13 Sep 2019

Digital-only retail bank Kuda raises $1.6m, aims for Q4 live launch in Nigeria

Lagos and London-based digital-only retail bank, Kuda says it has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. To discuss their plans going forward..

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TechCabal
12 Sep 2019

Nigerian digital bank, Kuda, raises $1.6 Million pre-seed funding in readiness to exit beta

And now, three years later, the rebranded fully-fledged online-only digital bank, Kuda, has raised pre-seed funding to the tune of $1.6 million from a number of angel..

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TechCrunch
11 Sep 2019

Nigerian online-only bank startup Kuda raises $1.6M

Nigerian fintech startup Kuda — a digital-only retail bank — has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. The Lagos and London-based company recently launched the beta..

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PYMNTS.com
11 Sep 2019

Nigerian FinTech Kuda Raises $1.6M

Kuda, Nigeria's first digital-only bank with a standalone license, has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding led by Haresh Aswani.

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