Royal Farms to Roll Out NCR Self-Checkout to 100% of Stores

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a leading enterprise technology provider, has announced that Royal Farms, a privately owned chain of convenience stores, is expanding its partnership with NCR to equip all of its 250+ stores with self-checkout solutions. “We introduced the first NCR self-checkout solutions in 2019, and while we saw direct benefits in the same

Microsoft Expands Payments Relationship with Worldpay from FIS Globally

Microsoft has expanded its long-standing relationship with Worldpay from FIS in Latin America to process payments in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, creating a global partnership. Worldpay will provide online credit and debit card processing for the technology company across Microsoft’s online store fronts, including Xbox, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft Azure and more. In addition

Absa Group Board Appoints Sello Moloko as Chairman-designate

The Absa Group Limited Board has announced the appointment of Sello Moloko as independent non-executive director and Chairman-designate with effect from 1 December 2021. Sello Moloko is to commence the role as Absa Group Chairman on 1 April 2022. Sello will take over from Wendy Lucas-Bull who will step down on 31 March 2022, which

CR2 Market Insight | Africa’s Fintech Transformation: Traditional Banks can Still Gain an Edge

This latest report in CR2’s Market Insight series discusses how Africa represents a massive market that is providing opportunity for investors to bring large segments of the continent’s unbanked online Africa is in the midst of a fintech transformation. Millions of Africans are now connected to financial services as a result of hundreds of start-ups.

Absa Group Appoints Saviour Chibiya as Group Executive: Absa Regional Operations

Absa Group has announced the appointment of Saviour Chibiya as Group Executive: Absa Regional Operations (ARO). Saviour will be responsible, together with RBB and CIB for the Group’s ARO businesses and for the Group’s strategy, collaboration and relationships with its key stakeholders across those businesses. Saviour will be a member of the Group Executive Committee

Mastercard Appoints Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for South Africa

The company’s new Country Manager brings more than 20 years of professional and leadership experience across the payments industry Mastercard has appointed Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for Mastercard in South Africa. This serves as a promotion from his current role as the Vice President of Business Integration for Mastercard, Southern Africa. As

Kenya, DRC Governments Announce a Trade Mission to DRC in Partnership with Equity Group to Boost Bilateral Trade

The Trade Mission includes a 15-day visit to DRC between 29th November and 13th December in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, and Mbuji Mayi Investors from Kenya will meet and network with their counterparts in DRC in exploring opportunities that have the potential to Unlock Trade, Tourism and Investment opportunities in DRC and the Great Lakes Region

Equity Group Strengthens its Partnership with Proparco to Support an Increased Number of MSMES in Kenya

As part of the visit to Kenya of the French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Franck Riester, Proparco granted Equity Bank two guarantee facilities, ARIZ and EURIZ totalling €39 million (5 billion KES) to help the Kenyan bank further support job creating MSMEs. Proparco also granted a €550,000 technical assistance facility to

Visa Helping Fuel ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Growth Around the World

FIS, Moneris, Global Payments, ANZ, CIBC, HSBC, ScotiaBank and more rolling out Visa Installments Solution to their customers, adding scale, brand trust and convenience to popular financing option Klarna signs global brand deal with Visa to accelerate expansion and scale in several markets As consumer demand for ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) solutions continues to grow, Visa has announced a growing list of

Misr Digital Innovation Partners with Mastercard to Provide Egyptian Consumers with a Safe and Seamless Banking Experience

Misr Digital Innovation (MDI) is one of Banque Misr Companies, was established to launch the first digital bank in Egypt The seven-year strategic partnership agreement will see Mastercard support MDI with the issuance of debit, credit, and prepaid cards Mastercard will provide MDI with advisory, marketing, and product innovation support The new initiative will drive