Rabat's regulators confirm the forced break-up of the bank-owned payments monopoly, opening merchant acquiring to a new generation of digital players and slashing transaction fees for small shops.
Deal data, donor retreats and a pivot to venture capital and debt are hollowing out the cohort-based accelerator model that once launched a generation of African startups.
Rabat's regulators confirm the forced break-up of the bank-owned payments monopoly, opening merchant acquiring to a new generation of digital players and slashing transaction fees for small shops.
Deal data, donor retreats and a pivot to venture capital and debt are hollowing out the cohort-based accelerator model that once launched a generation of African startups.
Fintechs that treat this period as worth the resourcing cost are, at minimum, better positioned to anticipate the eventual rules than those that wait for a published standard to react to.
