The continent’s largest payments technology company has acquired Mono, one of Africa’s most influential open banking infrastructure providers. The deal strengthens Flutterwave’s long-term strategy to move beyond card-centric payments and toward a more connected, bank-based, and data-driven financial ecosystem—one designed for trust, compliance, and scale across fragmented African markets.
Political fundraising platforms don’t typically make headlines for innovation. Most look and feel like the same software from a decade ago, lightly redesigned for each election cycle. PublicSquare is betting there’s room—perhaps a lot of room—for something more modern. The company has launched PSQ Impact, a fundraising and payments platform targeted at conservative campaigns and values-aligned nonprofits, pitched as a cheaper, more secure, and more technologically advanced alternative to existing political donation systems.
Africa’s cross-border payments landscape is about to get a major speed upgrade. Ecobank Group and Thunes have officially kicked off their landmark partnership, turning last year’s memorandum of understanding into a live, continent-scale payments infrastructure.
Payroc is officially shedding its middleman status. The payment solutions provider announced a definitive agreement to acquire LedgerPay Inc., better known in the market as PayiQ. The acquisition, expected to close in Q3 2025, marks Payroc’s transition into a full-stack acquirer—giving it direct network access to all major card brands and debit networks, and positioning the company to control the entire lifecycle of a transaction, from swipe to settlement.
Global brokers just got a payment power-up. B2BROKER has integrated three new payment service providers—AlfredPay, TopChange Pay, and JetaPay—into its flagship B2CORE platform. The move streamlines deposit and withdrawal processes and arms brokers with a more versatile, compliant, and globally accessible payments infrastructure.
