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5 Things to Consider when Building your African FinTech
5 Things to Consider when Building your African FinTech
FinTech startups are making waves across the world. They are disrupting traditional businesses and disrupting finance itself. This is…
Bloc
Nov 18, 2022
How Do Nigerian Bank Transfers Work?
How Do Nigerian Bank Transfers Work?
Online bank transfers have changed how we send and receive money today.
Bloc
Nov 15, 2022
FinTech Infrastructure Startup, Bloc, announces strategic partnership with the Small & Medium…
FinTech Infrastructure Startup, Bloc, announces strategic partnership with the Small & Medium…
On Friday, 4th of November 2022, Bloc entered into a strategic partnership with the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of…
Bloc
Nov 10, 2022
Embedding Digital Financial Services with Bloc
Embedding Digital Financial Services with Bloc
Whenever people talk about the FinTech Industry, there is a general perception that you need a lot of money to start, and it’s also an…
Bloc
Oct 27, 2022
Issuing Account Numbers with Bloc Virtual Accounts
Issuing Account Numbers with Bloc Virtual Accounts
Our Virtual Accounts API is a fully licensed product that allows companies to issue NDIC-insured bank accounts to their customers.
Bloc
Oct 13, 2022
Getting Started with Bloc Bills Payment API
Getting Started with Bloc Bills Payment API
Bloc Bills Payment is an easy-to-integrate API product that helps software developers embed online bill payments into products.
Bloc
Oct 6, 2022
Bloc completes direct integration with Airtel for its Bills Payment API
Bloc completes direct integration with Airtel for its Bills Payment API
Africa’s telecommunications industry has been very pivotal in the continent’s growth. This means, naturally, it serves many people on the…
Bloc
Sep 2, 2022
Introducing Bloc Accounts
Introducing Bloc Accounts
The introduction of the cashless policy in 2012 increased the popularity of several digitised payment methods, including but not limited to…
Bloc
Aug 9, 2022
Bloc acquires Orchestrate, a payments orchestration startup.
Bloc acquires Orchestrate, a payments orchestration startup.
Today, we are announcing our acquisition of Orchestrate (previously Getwallets), a proprietary payments orchestration startup that gives…
Bloc
Jul 13, 2022
An Introduction to Financial Inclusion via Agency Banking
An Introduction to Financial Inclusion via Agency Banking
“With around 8,000 bank branches — most of them in big cities — in a country of 200 million people, formal banking services remain out of…
Bloc
Apr 27, 2022
Bloc partners with MTN to improve its Bills Payment API for customers
Bloc partners with MTN to improve its Bills Payment API for customers
Since inception, Bloc (formerly TechAdvance) has been a part of the Nigerian bills payment industry currently processing over 1B in monthly…
Bloc
Apr 19, 2022
How Can FinTech Facilitate Financial Inclusion?
How Can FinTech Facilitate Financial Inclusion?
Beyond mobile money, FinTech has changed institutional payments and improved financial access to SMEs. This spectrum of financial services…
Bloc
Dec 15, 2021
What Do FinTech, AI, and Blockchain Technology Have in Common?
What Do FinTech, AI, and Blockchain Technology Have in Common?
The not-so-hidden secret of the financial sector.
Bloc
Dec 8, 2021
Inside Bloc: Two Years a Designer
Inside Bloc: Two Years a Designer
“It’s been two years since I decided to be a designer, and it doesn’t feel like it.”, says Damilare Stark, our very talented Marketing…
Bloc
Nov 22, 2021
Building a Digital Bank with Bloc
Building a Digital Bank with Bloc
Create a banking planform with Bloc’s product suite.
Bloc
Nov 18, 2021
What Happens When You Transfer Money
What Happens When You Transfer Money
A quick guide to digital transfers.
Bloc
Nov 11, 2021
Build and deliver: A peek into how Engineering built the Bloc API Suite
Build and deliver: A peek into how Engineering built the Bloc API Suite
In this chat, Osagie Aghedo, our Chief Technology Officer, gives us a tour of the factory. He shares the team vision, how they built the …
Bloc
Nov 2, 2021
How FinTech can power a better user experience for HealthTech startups
How FinTech can power a better user experience for HealthTech startups
“… HealthTech can disrupt how healthcare is accessed and bought in Africa by helping the continent “leapfrog” what other countries can do”
Bloc
Oct 27, 2021
TechAdvance rebrands as Bloc.
TechAdvance rebrands as Bloc.
Two weeks ago, we announced the first release of our product suite, Bloc — which helps startups and other organisations build and scale…
Bloc
Sep 27, 2021
TechAdvance announces Bloc — offering a faster way to build FinTech applications
TechAdvance announces Bloc — offering a faster way to build FinTech applications
Bloc helps startups and corporations of all sizes build, launch and grow their FinTech applications in record time.
Bloc
Sep 13, 2021
Banc Corp MFB Launches Operations at Trade Fair Complex, Lagos
Banc Corp MFB Launches Operations at Trade Fair Complex, Lagos
TechAdvance’s portfolio company, Banc Corp MicroFinance Bank, launched operations on Monday, September 6th at the Trade Fair Complex…
Bloc
Sep 7, 2021
What is the Utility API?
What is the Utility API?
If you’re like me, you hear a persistent beep from your meter — your electricity units are almost finished. If you’re not, the light goes…
Peace Nnamdi
Sep 6, 2021
Before You Start Building Your FinTech
Before You Start Building Your FinTech
5 things you should consider before starting your journey to Unicorn status.
Bloc
Jul 28, 2021
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