Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow ...

Umba, a U.S.-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority share of Daraja, a Kenyan deposit-taking microfinance bank, for an undisclosed amount. Kenya’s monetary ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Founded by Irishmen Kiernan Kennedy and Barry O’Mahony and ...

A digital payments firm founded by Tiernan Kennedy and Barry O’Mahony has raised $15m (€13.9m) in funding from the Dublin-based venture capital firm ACT and a host of other investors. Umba operates ...

Ku-umba Frank Lacy provides vocals on the new record by the Mingus Big Band. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says the album, which is dedicated to the late Charles Mingus, is "worthy of the Mingus brand." ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If there was a word to describe Tralona “Lonna” Bartkowiak, it was Umba, Balinese for “sisters” and the namesake of her clothing and accessories shop in ...

Our mail recently included a mailer from Denice DiCarlo, the only Democrat on the West Depftord Township Committee, criticizing how the Republican majority appointed Brandon Umba as the township ...

Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow ...