Mastercard’s Cross-Border Services Express Helps Modernise International Payments

Enables access to over 100 markets covering 90% of the world’s population with simple integration Mastercard introduced Cross-Border Services Express, a new tool that enables financial institutions to seamlessly set up international payments for their customers, including consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which have a strong need for improved cross-border payment capabilities. Increasingly,

OpenWay report | Innovative card issuers in Asia and EMEA: can your platform outrun theirs?

Digital banks and card issuers are pressured to compete like sprinters. It took Timo in Vietnam only 4 months to launch an award-winning digital bank with a unique human touch concept that targets 5 million cardholders. Enfuce, a recognized CaaS leader in Europe, onboards B2B clients in 8 weeks instead of the industry average of

Bank of Namibia Strengthens Digital Transformation Strategy with Visit to the Central Bank of Kenya

The Bank of Namibia (BoN), in its ongoing pursuit of digital transformation for the central bank and modernisation of the financial sector to achieve higher levels of financial inclusion, has concluded a visit to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The visit aimed to enhance the Bank’s capacity to effectively manage financial risks emanating from

ePayResources and ATMIA Announce Partnership

ePayResources® and the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) are pleased to announce they have entered into a partnership to strengthen their mutual missions of empowering their members to be informed, compliant, and competitive in the payments sector. This partnership agreement enables ePay and ATMIA to access expanded industry education, advocacy, market research, and networking resources as

The Power of Integrating Gift and Loyalty Solutions with Payments

Real value comes from giving merchants a choice of gift and loyalty solutions so they have the features they need to optimize customer experiences. Building customer loyalty is crucial to competitiveness in today’s retail environment, and some merchants can invest time, resources, and capital into effective ways to retain and engage customers. However, a simple

Fiserv Expands Cross-Border Payment Options for Financial Institutions

New integration will enable seamless connection to global financial networks, including SWIFT Financial institutions can simplify cross-border payments for their corporate clients with expanded financial network connectivity from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions. Through an integration with Axletree, clients of Payments Exchange and Enterprise Payments

Mastercard Joins US Vice President Kamala Harris With Call to Action on Financial and Digital Inclusion in Africa

Public and private sector leaders from across Africa join Vice President Harris in Zambia to identify opportunities to close the digital divide. Mastercard calls for public and private sector alignment on Africa’s shared digital ecosystem. Mastercard’s Community Pass platform aims to enable 15 million people on the continent – mostly smallholder farmers – to participate

Mastercard Accelerates Sustainable Card Efforts

Company to require all payment cards to be Card Eco-Certified by 2028 Mastercard today announced it is accelerating efforts to remove the first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028. This move further reinforces the company’s sustainability commitments and scales the accessibility of more sustainable card offerings for consumers seeking a way

Cellulant’s Payment Processing Platform to Power Online and Offline Payments for Businesses in Africa

The payments market in Africa is experiencing rapid growth, mainly due to advancements in peer-to-peer (P2P) and consumer-to-business (C2B) payment solutions  Cellulant (https://www.Cellulant.io), a leading payments technology company, aims to change how businesses in Africa make and receive payments by introducing online and offline payment solutions. The payments market in Africa is experiencing rapid growth,

Mukuru Drive-Thru Takes Innovation to the Next Level in Zimbabwe

The Chisipite Drive-Thru is one of the fintech’s new locations in Zimbabwe, along with nine other sites for domestic and international money transfers launched across the region in February   Mukuru (https://www.Mukuru.com) recently launched a first-of-its-kind drive-thru service in Chisipite, Harare, to enhance its promise of making financial services more accessible to people in Zimbabwe. The