AmplifyPay

https://amplifypay.com/

Last activity: 30.12.2019

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Building readiness for tomorrow’s HR, today.

Amplify is a boutique agency, HR leader development platform, and community led by Founder, Lars Schmidt. Lars has spent over 20 years building industry-leading companies as a corporate talent leader, entrepreneur, author, and covering modern HR for Fast Company and the Redefining HR podcast and book.

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2013

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Dec 30, 2019	10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019	Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in 25 deals (in disclosed deals). Fintech deals accounted for about 18% of the almost $290-mi...
Jun 14, 2019	Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on	Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments. A report (opens as...
Jun 14, 2019	Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on	Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments. A report (opens as ...
Mar 22, 2019	Nigerian fintech startup Amplify acquired by OneFi for undisclosed amount [Updated]	Payments solutions startup Amplify has been acquired by Nigerian finance company OneFi for an as yet undisclosed amount. In a statement announcing the acquisition yesterday (21 March), Lagos based Amplify said the deal — which took effect ...
Mar 22, 2019	Nigerian fintech startup Amplify acquired by OneFi for undisclosed amount [Updated]	Payments solutions startup Amplify has been acquired by Nigerian finance company OneFi for an as yet undisclosed amount. In a statement announcing the acquisition yesterday (21 March), Lagos based Amplify said the deal — which took effect o...
Mar 21, 2019	Term Sheet — Thursday, March 21	COFFEE + CASH Starbucks will serve you a triple venti half-sweet non-fat caramel macchiato with a side of fresh funding. The Seattle-based coffee giant is investing $100 million in a new venture fund that will be managed by Valor Equity Par...
Mar 21, 2019	OneFi Acquires Fintech Company Amplify	Chijioke Dozie and Maxwell Obi, Paylater One Finance Limited (OneFi), a consumer lending platform provider, acquired Amplified Payments Ltd (Amplify), a Lagos, Nigeria-based fintech company that builds and facilitates payment solutions and ...
Mar 21, 2019	Carbon’s parent company, OneFi acquires Amplify for ‘undisclosed fee’	Share this article: Pictured above (L-R): Chijioke Dozie, OneFi Founder and CEO; Maxwell Obi, Amplify co-founder and CTO. One Finance and Investment Limited (OneFi), the company behind consumer lending app, Paylater recently announced its a...
Mar 21, 2019	Top startup news for today, Thursday, March 21, 2019	Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, March 21. LogRocket raises $15 million in funding to triple its headcount. LogRocket, a Cambridge, MA-based startup provider of front-end applicati...
Mar 21, 2019	Nigerian payments platform Amplify acquired by OneFi	Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new...
May 30, 2018	Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k	Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised by US-based venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations...
May 30, 2018	Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k	Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised by US-based venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations...
Nov 11, 2017	Nigerian fintech startup Amplify to launch social banking solution	Nigerian online payments startup Amplify is partnering leading local banks to launch mTransfers, a social banking solution that lets customers transfer funds and perform other banking services via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other soci...
Jul 4, 2016	This is how we will bring “Esusu” informal loan groups to the 21st century	Sometimes, ‘Africa is indeed a country’. Take for example, Esusu. You have it in Nigeria, however you can find variations of it in several places. It’s known as Nago in Ivory Coast, Yesyes in Togo and Susu in Ghana. For the uninitiated, Esu...
Jun 24, 2016	What the FinTech landscape in Nigeria looks like right now	Share this article: Over the years, FinTech has grown beyond money transfer platforms. It has expanded to include many forms of technological innovation in the financial sector. FinTech innovations have changed the way we do business and se...
Jun 20, 2016	Amplify hopes to strike gold in Nigeria with recurrent payments	2016 is fast becoming a payment-focused year in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem considering the numerous updates in the ecosystem and the launch of new platforms, services, and the rejuvenation of old ones. The question being asked by many stakeho...
Jun 20, 2016	Amplify hopes to strike gold in Nigeria with recurrent payments	2016 is fast becoming a payment-focused year in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem considering the numerous updates in the ecosystem and the launch of new platforms, services, and the rejuvenation of old ones. The question being asked by many stakeho...
Jun 16, 2016	How Fintech can power small business in Nigeria	I’ll be the first to admit that there’s been lots of good vibes in Nigeria’s Fintech space lately. Take payments for example – it’s like Christmas has come early! We’ve seen PayStack demonstrating that recurring payments is indeed not rocke...
Jun 6, 2016	After months of testing, payments processor, Slushpay is (re)launching as Amplify	Back in early February, I stumbled on a Medium post titled Making a Case for Subscription Businesses in Nigeria by one Segun Adeyemi. I remember putting it in our Slack because of the plug-to-insight ratio1, and asked Bankole whether he’d h...
	Nigerian fintech startup Amplify to launch social banking solution	Nigerian online payments startup Amplify is partnering leading local banks to launch mTransfers, a social banking solution that lets customers transfer funds and perform other banking services via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other soci...

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FAQ about AmplifyPay

When was AmplifyPay founded?

AmplifyPay was founded in 2013.

What has the press written about AmplifyPay?

Parsers VC has collected 21 articles mentioning AmplifyPay, among them “10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019” (Dec 30, 2019) and “Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on” (Jun 14, 2019).

Is AmplifyPay still active?

AmplifyPay is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 30, 2019.