South Africa’s Scale Raises $700,000 for Card Issuance Platform

Scale, a South African FinTech startup, has raised $700,000 in pre-seed funding to support its card-issuing orchestration platform. The platform streamlines the process for FinTechs to issue cards by connecting them with…

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