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Southern African FinTech Changes The Game in Financial Reconciliation

Transaction Junction Launches TJ Recon PRO to Address Reconciliation Challenges in African Retail Transaction Junction (TJ), a Southern African fintech company, has launched TJ Recon PRO, a reconciliation platform designed to help retailers manage increasingly complex payment environments across in-store, online and hybrid channels. According to the company announcement, the new platform is built to […]

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Huawei’s Roger Wang on How the Right Ecosystem Unlocks Scalable AI in Finance

Huawei’s Roger Wang Says AI in Finance Needs the Right Ecosystem to Scale Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in financial services, but according to Huawei, widespread adoption does not automatically translate into enterprise-wide impact. In a recent discussion, Roger Wang, Director of Partner Development at Huawei’s Digital Finance BU, said the key to scalable AI […]

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Regtech Adoption Rises in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid AI Uptake, Regional Integration, and New Regulations

Regtech Adoption Rises in Sub-Saharan Africa as AI, Integration, and New Rules Reshape the Market The regtech sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) expanded further in 2025 as financial institutions and regulators responded to rising compliance demands, evolving rules, and deeper regional integration, according to a new report from Regtech Africa. The report says interest in […]

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The Future of Investment in Africa: Shifting Priorities and New Risks

The Future of Investment in Africa: Capital Shifts Toward Precision and Risk Management Investment in Africa is entering a new phase defined less by broad optimism and more by selective allocation, according to a new industry perspective published by Trade Hub and republished by Fintech News Africa. As global financing conditions tighten and geopolitical uncertainty […]

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Fact or fiction: Exploring the reality of AI in payments testing

Finextra and Unifits to host webinar on AI in payments testing Finextra Research, in association with Unifits, is set to host a webinar examining the practical realities of using artificial intelligence in payments testing. The online session, titled Fact or Fiction: Exploring the reality of AI in payments testing, will take place on Thursday, 28 […]

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Patch and perish: The hidden risks of incremental payment modernisation

ACI Worldwide, Finextra to Host Webinar on Risks of Incremental Payment Modernisation Finextra Research will host a webinar in association with ACI Worldwide on Thursday, 7 May 2026, focusing on the challenges banks face as real-time and near-real-time payments volumes continue to rise in the US. Titled “Patch and Perish: The Hidden Risks of Incremental […]

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Beyond connectivity and ISO 20022 compliance: How to reduce TCO and unlock value

OpenText webinar to examine how banks can cut Swift connectivity costs and unlock value from payment data A Finextra webinar hosted in association with OpenText will examine how banks and corporates can reduce operational complexity and total cost of ownership by moving away from in-house Swift connectivity, while also extracting greater value from payments data. […]

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2026 US ACH rules: Impact on RTP, FedNow and fraud controls

2026 US ACH rule changes set to reshape RTP, FedNow and fraud controls A Finextra Research webinar is set to examine how the 2026 overhaul of US ACH rules could affect real-time payments, fraud prevention and the wider payments infrastructure. The session, titled “2026 US ACH rules: Impact on RTP, FedNow and fraud controls,” is […]

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