The Fintech Times’ Post

Visa announced that it has made strategic investments in four startups— Oze, Workpay, OkHi Smart Addressing, and ORDA—that completed its inaugural Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. These investments highlight Visa’s continued commitment to advancing digital innovation in Africa, supporting the growth of fintech across the continent, and promoting financial inclusion and access. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gCR3PsMr Godfrey Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Products, Partnerships and Digital Solutions for Visa CEMEA, said “These investments mark a substantial step for Visa – we are once again standing behind our commitment to innovation in Africa, helping to shape the future of digital payments alongside some of the brightest fintech minds that the continent has to offer. Visa sees each investment as a unique opportunity to drive financial access and inclusion, and we are proud to support these start-ups as they realize their vision for a more connected Africa.” #Digitalisation #FinTech #Innovation #Africa #Technology #Finance

Visa announced that it has made strategic investments in four startups—Oze, Workpay, OkHi Smart Addressing, and ORDA—that completed its inaugural Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. These investments highlight Visa’s continued commitment to advancing digital innovation in Africa, supporting the growth of fintech across the continent, and promoting financial inclusion and access. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gCR3PsMr Godfrey Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Products, Partnerships and Digital Solutions for Visa CEMEA, said “These investments mark a substantial step for Visa – we are once again standing behind our commitment to innovation in Africa, helping to shape the future of digital payments alongside some of the brightest fintech minds that the continent has to offer. Visa sees each investment as a unique opportunity to drive financial access and inclusion, and we are proud to support these start-ups as they realize their vision for a more connected Africa.” #Digitalisation #FinTech #Innovation #Africa #Technology #Finance

I reconnected with my purpose. Did you know that 82% of SMEs in #Latam increased their sales because of #DigitalPayments?" In a region where 99.5% of companies are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and 57% still operate in informality, Digital Payments powered by Visa are doing more than just improving businesses—they're changing lives. By formalizing operations and increasing profitability, these payments enable entrepreneurs and their families to access credit and banking services, creating new opportunities. This impact aligns with my #Purpose of financial inclusion, as I deeply understand how access to opportunities can transform lives. For more details on the impact of digital solutions on SMEs, check out the full Visa report in the first comment. #FinancialInclusion #EconomicGrowth #Pyme

Accelerating Fintech in Africa: In Conversation With Hasan Kazmi, Visa. To get a better understanding of Visa’s vision in MEA and what it expects, we sat down with Hasan Kazmi, head of digital partnerships and ventures at Visa. Read our article here https://lnkd.in/eMkYCTPh. The conversation explored topics including: 🌟How Visa sees the various fintech subsectors playing out in the market. 🌟How the Middle East and Africa region has developed its fintech offerings. 🌟How Visa sees the technologies in payments panning out in the MEA region. 🌟Visa’s product offerings. Read our article to learn more about Visa, its position in the African market and its Visa Fintech Accelerator programme https://lnkd.in/eMkYCTPh. #visa #fintech #payments #paymentsolution #mea

Through its series of short films, Visa is highlighting its work in driving social change, innovation, and economic growth across regions. The latest video is about Thrive Agric's co-founder Ayo Arikawe, a winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global program that fosters innovation in financial technology (fintech) companies. This is the story of how he is empowering smallholder farmers in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya with access to financial services and technology. Watch the video to discover his story. #Visa #VisaEverywhereInitiative #VisaImpact #fintech #technology

Xpence, the GCC region's pioneering expense management platform, proudly announces a strategic five-year Partnership for Growth agreement with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. This collaboration underscores Xpence's role as a fintech innovator, having successfully launched Visa corporate cards in #Bahrain in 2021, the #UAE in 2022, and most recently in #SaudiArabia. The new Partnership for Growth agreement aims to deepen and expand this collaboration, further fueling innovation and driving digital transformation in the GCC financial sector, with a particular focus on #SMEs. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dAWiUe7A Xpence, Visa, Hasan Kazmi, Zain Ansari, Hussain Alherz, Zain Ali, Kristina Moore CA ITP, Radu Pertescu, MBA, Arman Khalid, Naila Sethi, Nadia Ansari, Lamia Chowdhury, Hamdan Rejees, Lauren Fulmer #FintechnewsSaudiArabia #Xpence #Visa #Partnerships #Fintech #FinancialInnovation #GCCExpansion #SaudiArabia #Bahrain #UAE #DigitalPayments #Innovation #FinancialServices #SMEs #Tech #FinancialServicesforSMEs #Growth #GCC #Fintechnews #SaudiArabiaFintechNews #FintechnewsKSA

🏛 One of the major challenges SMEs face globally is navigating bureaucratic hurdles that can delay access to financial services, sometimes taking months just to open a business account. Watch me talking with Melih Berberoğlu, Co-Founder at @Wamo, one of the fintechs that are part of the Visa Innovation Program Europe | 2024 Edition on how they simplify business operations through their innovative solution. #VisaInnovationProgramEurope #Innovation #EmbeddedFinance #SMEs Sevdalina Vassileva,Jak Telyaz, Eva Ruiz Cendon, Nikos Petrakis, Michael Ioannides, Melihcan Yücel, Paris Papapaschalis, George Kappas, Iliana Nteka, Joanna Bajada, Mitchell A., Andreas Hadjistylli, Luca Gentili, Georgia Moschovou

#AFTSNairobi2024 sponsor and global payments giant Visa has invested in four African fintechs that recently graduated from the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. This move further highlights Visa’s dedication to driving fintech growth in Africa. Here are the four startups that recently received funding from Visa: 🚀 Oze (Ghana) — Provides digital record-keeping tools and embedded finance products for SMEs. 🚀 Workpay (Kenya) — A cloud-based payroll and HR platform that manages the entire employee lifecycle. 🚀 OkHi Smart Addressing (Nigeria) — Powers digital address verification, which enables businesses to verify customer addresses for the delivery of financial services and other solutions. 🚀 ORDA (Nigeria) — A cloud-based restaurant management platform that offers food business owners order processing, inventory management, payment processing features, and more. Via Techweez. Click the link in the comments section to learn more. Dave Emnett, Meghan McCormick, Paul Kimani 🇰🇪🌍, Jackson Kibigo, Timbo Drayson, Henry Ingham, Navraj Ghataura, Guy Futi, Akinwale Adinlewa, Mark Edomwande, Olakunle Ogungbamila

Jose Luis Gonzales, Visa's LAC Head of Commercial Solutions, shares how Visa showed up at the 58th Annual Assembly of the Latin American Banks Federation in Paraguay to connect with clients, partners and industry executives, sharing Visa’s strategy and solutions for digitizing the B2B segment. During the event, we also unveiled this year’s results from our Growth Corporates Working Capital Index in the region, which demonstrate that access to flexible and innovative working capital solutions is becoming crucial to power mid-market companies’ growth. #VisaLAC #Felaban2024

Jose Luis Gonzales, Visa's LAC Head of Commercial Solutions, shares how Visa showed up at the 58th Annual Assembly of the Latin American Banks Federation in Paraguay to connect with clients, partners and industry executives, sharing Visa’s strategy and solutions for digitizing the B2B segment. During the event, we also unveiled this year’s results from our Growth Corporates Working Capital Index in the region, which demonstrate that access to flexible and innovative working capital solutions is becoming crucial to power mid-market companies’ growth. #VisaLAC #Felaban2024