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    Nigeria’s Banking Crackdown Catches Fintechs Chasing Microfinance Licences

    The regulator revokes 46 permits, including those acquired by digital lenders eager to vault into deposit-taking.

    West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

    The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

    A Reprieve for Kenya’s Electric Vehicles. But for How Long?

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    Nigeria’s Central Bank Orders Fintechs to Split Their Payments Empires — or Divest

    The CBN is forcing dominant payments groups to choose between issuing and acquiring, triggering the most dramatic reshaping of Africa's largest fintech market in a decade.
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