Halo Dot is a contactless card payment technology that allows merchants to make sales and accept payments directly on their mobile phones. It has the potential to massively disrupt how payments take place in a digitally-driven world. Pierre Aurel, Head of Product at Halo Dot, explains the reasons why merchants and their customers should embrace
The approval, coming coincidentally during the pastoral visit of the bishop Most Reverend Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo to the Oke Ogun area is directly from the Central Bank of Nigeria The joy of the people of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo (https://CatholicDioceseOyo.org), especially those of Iwajowa Local Government and the entire Oke Ogun area, which population
READ THE REPORT HERE A continuously evolving landscape, cutting-edge competition and rising customer expectations have become a rule of thumb to adapt to in almost every industry, and banking and financial services. Banks and financial institutions need to be digitally transformed to deliver a consistent banking experience, whether online or in retail. In a study by The Financial
Pan-African payments company awarded for its role in driving financial inclusion at the Annual Excellence in Fintech awards in Washington DC Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io), Africa’s leading payments company, won the Award for Excellence in Embedded Fintech at the 7th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit in Washington, D.C., alongside the Spring Meetings of the IMF and
Region on cusp of a real-time payments revolution as ACI’s Prime Time for Real-Time Report highlights real-time growth forecasts and economic benefits The Middle East is ideally placed to realize huge gains and significant economic benefits for businesses and consumers from real-time payments, due to the region’s untapped potential, high levels of innovation and ability
New FIS embedded finance offering is developed in partnership with Treasury Prime using application programming interfaces (APIs) that make it easier for financial institutions to offer enhanced digital banking capabilities. Embedded finance services are easily scalable and create new revenue streams for small and mid-sized banks and fintechs by delivering solutions such as digital deposits,
EMVCo Announces Development of EMV® Contactless Kernel Specification to Simplify and Advance Global Contactless Acceptance Global technical body EMVCo has announced that it is developing an EMV Contactless Kernel Specification to simplify and advance global contactless payment acceptance. Following a detailed review with EMVCo Associates in February and March, a draft specification is now available
As the global economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Equity Group has eased its defensive strategy that had been deployed during the economic uncertainty and returned to its growth strategy. The defensive strategy involved internally generated cash being retained, while forgoing dividend payouts for two consecutive years to build capital buffers. This
Securing this compliance helped Sasai, the leading diversified and integrated African fintech company, standardise its integration process Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated technology company of continental scale, has been awarded the compliance approval for merchant payments and bulk disbursements on GSMA digital wallet’s Mobile Money API (Application Programming Interface). According
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) regrets to confirm that as from 11 May 2022, the cash pay points at which social grant clients normally access their social grant funding, will not be serviced – as a result of challenges beyond SASSA’s control. This challenge is extended to post office outlets as well, so
