{"id":8802,"date":"2018-02-09T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/?p=8802"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T09:45:42","slug":"tech-eu-fintech-startup-transferzero-acquired-by-african-blockchain-company-bitpesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/tech-eu-fintech-startup-transferzero-acquired-by-african-blockchain-company-bitpesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech EU: Fintech startup TransferZero acquired by African blockchain company BitPesa","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan blockchain payments company BitPesa has acquired Spanish fintech startup TransferZero, enhancing its capabilities in Europe and Africa. TransferZero, based in Madrid and partnered with Spain\u2019s Bankia, will continue operating under its brand, with CEO Luis Cambronero becoming a managing director at BitPesa. The acquisition aims to expand their presence in the UK and European markets. BitPesa\u2019s CEO, Elizabeth Rossiello, highlighted the increasing acceptance of digital currencies and blockchain technology in financial services, supported by favorable regulatory changes in Europe. Cambronero emphasized the deal\u2019s potential to enhance TransferZero&#8217;s technology, facilitating faster and more cost-effective global money transfers. Read it <a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.eu\/brief\/transferzero-bitpesa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan blockchain payments company BitPesa has acquired Spanish fintech startup TransferZero, enhancing its capabilities in Europe and Africa. TransferZero, based in Madrid and partnered with Spain\u2019s Bankia, will continue operating under its brand, with CEO Luis Cambronero becoming a managing director at BitPesa. The acquisition aims to expand their presence in the UK and European [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":4,"featured_media":8803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[609,585,586,530,400,572,595,347,611,197,610],"class_list":["post-8802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aza-news","tag-acquisition","tag-bitpesa","tag-blockchain","tag-digital-currencies","tag-elizabeth-rossiello","tag-europe","tag-financial-services","tag-fintech","tag-luis-cambronero","tag-transferzero","tag-uk"],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}