Spire and Mastercard Partner to Enhance and Simplify Digital Banking

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Spire “Ingage” to be integrated with Mastercard’s Merchant Identifier solution, helping consumers better manage their finances Partnership provides real-time personalized experiences to deepen consumer engagement Solution offers banks meaningful insights and a better understanding of their customers’ financial needs Spire, a leading GCC Open Banking services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard, a

Mastercard Expands its Jaza Duka Micro-Credit Program with Kasha and Surpasses 1 Billion Kenyan Shilling in Loans to MSMEs in Africa

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Mastercard’s micro credit digital lending platform expands to benefit more women and micro-entrepreneurs than ever before through partnership with Kasha. Jaza Duka now provides over 1.2 Billion Kenyan Shillings loan value to support women and micro business owners to reach their potential. Mastercard today announced that Kasha, the purpose driven digital retail and distribution platform

Absa Bank Kenya, Visa partner to launch Domestic and Cross-Border Remittance Service

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Absa Bank Kenya has partnered with global payments technology platform Visa to launch a domestic and cross-border remittance service that will allow seamless person-to-person money transfers and persons-to-businesses payments via the Visa Global network. The Absa Visa Send Money, a first-of-its-kind market solution, will allow Absa debit and credit cardholders to transfer funds from their

Going Cashless: It’s Time for SMEs and Entrepreneurs to Play Their Cards Right – Hello Pay

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Consumers are becoming less inclined to carry cash, for both personal safety reasons and simple convenience. The move towards a cashless society accelerated during the pandemic when more people swapped cumbersome cash for a quick card tap. As South Africa, traditionally a cash-based society, slowly shifts towards electronic and card payment methods, businesses that don’t

International Sales and Global Suppliers Key to ensure Post Pandemic Business Recovery and Growth

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Mastercard’s Borderless Payments Report 2022 has revealed two in five (46%) SMEs in EEMEA are earning more money than before the pandemic, driven by digital growth and international sales opportunities. Seven in ten (71%) saw above-global-average growth in online sales and nearly half (49%) are doing more business overseas. Seven in ten (72%) also say

Nigerian Startup wins Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 for Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region

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Technology-driven agricultural start-up, ThriveAgric, has emerged as the winner of the Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech companies. With this win in the CEMEA region, ThriveAgric will receive a monetary prize and a spot in the Global Finale scheduled to

Interswitch and Compass Plus Technologies Partner to ease Payments Across Africa

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Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, and Compass Plus Technologies, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software, have announced a partnership to further strengthen Interswitch’s payment card processing capacity in Africa. The strategic partnership will see Interswitch utilise TranzAxis, an award-winning, token-based, cloud-native and API first open development payments

Seamless, Speedy and Secure: The Lowdown on Halo Dot

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We live in a world where ease and speed are expected – our impatience grows stronger every day. This doesn’t stem from a sense of entitlement but is a product of constant evolution and innovation. This applies especially to making payments. Halo Dot is a ‘game-changer, sale maker’ that makes contactless card payments more accessible,

ATMIA Announces a New President of the ATM Security Association

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The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) today announced the appointment of David Tente as the next President of the ATM Security Association (ASA) from July 1st. He succeeds outgoing President, Mike Lee, who is retiring as CEO of ATMIA, which runs ASA, at the end of June. Tente will continue as Executive Director, USA, Canada &

Cellulant Recognised as a Leading Payment Platform Solutions Provider in Nigeria for its Tingg Platform

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The award was presented to Cellulant Nigeria by Communication Week Media Limited, the publisher of Nigeria Communications Week Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io , Africa’s leading payments company, was recognised as the Payment Platform Solutions Provider of the Year in Nigeria at the 13th Beacon of ICT Awards 2022. This award is a recognition of Cellulant’s work in