Tagged: zimbabwe

June 9, 2020 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

WorldRemit, a UK based Fintech in the digital money transfer sector, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance providers to broaden options for cash pick up in Zimbabwe. WorldRemit claims that the partnership will be instrumental in… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 9:01 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Zimbabwe’s new Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, has urged central bankers in his inflation-plagued country to reconsider their cautious stance against cryptocurrencies, and says he may push the establishment of a national cryptocurrency for Zimbabwe, ITWebAfrica reports. The country should also should be more forward looking,… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 8:46 pm By Cali Haan  |  

  Cryptocurrency trading in economically beleaguered Zimbabwe has failed to resume despite a high court ruling striking down a ban imposed by the central bank on financial institutions prohibiting them from servicing cryptocurrency exchanges, CCN reports. CCN reported on May 24th that the Harare High… Read More

May 20, 2018 @ 8:09 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has ordered all financial institutions in the country to cease trading, holding and transacting cryptocurrencies and to, “exit any existing relationships with virtual currency exchanges within sixty days.” According to Quartz Africa, Zimbabweans have been using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies… Read More

February 18, 2018 @ 12:25 pm By David Jinks  |  

Cryptocurrencies are fast swapping their shady past for respectability. But investors pushing hard for regulated trading and adoption by Amazon may be destroying the reason for Bitcoin’s existence. Last December, Bitcoin climbed above $18,000, and finally launched on the CME futures exchange. There was little… Read More