Mastercard, others increase investment in Airtel Money after CBN approval

  • 📰 PremiumTimesng
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 42 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 78%

Россия Новости Новости

Россия Последние новости,Россия Последние новости

This comes after Airtel on Monday announced it had received approval-in-principle from the central bank to operate as a super agent in Nigeria.

Tuesday said that three investors, Qatar Investment Authority , TPG, a U.S. private equity firm, and Mastercard have increased their investments in Airtel Money to $500 million.

Airtel Mobile Commerce Nigeria Ltd, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa, had on Monday announced it had received approval-in-principle from the Central Bank of Nigeria to operate as a super agent in Nigeria, barely one week after it got a similar nod from the industry watchdog to start a payments service bank.

Mastercard, TPG and QIA have invested previously in the secondary purchase of shares in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV , a subsidiary of Airtel Africa. In the latest round, Mastercard increased its shares in the company by investing $25 million, while TPG and QIA invested $50 million each, summing up to $125 dollars.“With these second closings, Airtel Africa will have received a total of $500 million cumulative proceeds from the minority stake sales in Airtel Money from the three investors,” it said.

 

Спасибо за ваш комментарий. Ваш комментарий будет опубликован после проверки
Мы обобщили эту новость, чтобы вы могли ее быстро прочитать.Если новость вам интересна, вы можете прочитать полный текст здесь Прочитайте больше:

 /  🏆 3. in RU

Россия Последние новости, Россия Последние новости

Similar News:Вы также можете прочитать подобные новости, которые мы собрали из других источников новостей

Nigerian stocks gain N112 billion after Airtel’s announcement of new mobile money investmentsThe all-share index rose 0.52 per cent.
Источник: PremiumTimesng - 🏆 3. / 78 Прочитайте больше »