Paysafe Partners with Ethiopian Airlines to Enable Mobile Payments

Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Africa, has partnered with Paysafe, a global payments provider, to offer customers the option of paying via Skrill and NETELLER digital wallets. Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) customers can now use their Skrill and NETELLER digital wallets to book outbound flights from Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi

FSS AadhaarPay Wins Best Alternative Payments Awards at Payments Awards UK

FSS AadhaarPay, a biometric-enabled merchant payment acceptance solution, has won the Payments Awards UK in the “Best Alternative Payment Award” category. The awards were announced at the 5th Edition of the Annual Payments Awards, at a prestigious awards ceremony in London. In emerging markets, with limited points of acceptance, FSS AadhaarPay, a biometrically-enabled transaction solution,

FSS AadhaarPay Wins Best Alternative Payments Awards at Payments Awards UK

FSS AadhaarPay, a biometric-enabled merchant payment acceptance solution, has won the Payments Awards UK in the “Best Alternative Payment Award” category. The awards were announced at the 5th Edition of the Annual Payments Awards, at a prestigious awards ceremony in London. In emerging markets, with limited points of acceptance, FSS AadhaarPay, a biometrically-enabled transaction solution,

TransUnion Launches Mobile Credit Reporting Platform in Rwanda

TransUnion Africa, a provider of global information solutions for assessing and managing risk, has launched Menyesha, a mobile credit reporting platform, to specifically cater to the Rwandan market. Menyesha, literally “Inform Me” in Kinyarwanda, represents a leap forward in the way this historically underserved – but rapidly digitising – population can interact with lenders and

Cairo Based Firm eVision Partners with Volante Technologies

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of payments and financial messages on premise or as a cloud service, has announced its partnership with eVision to deliver efficient and agile payment solutions across the Egyptian and North African banking and finance markets. eVision is a leading software solution

NCR Research Highlights Consumer Desire for Innovative Banking Services in the UK

New research from the global leader in omni-channel solutions, NCR Corporation, has revealed that despite the banking industry’s efforts to embrace innovative, data-driven services, UK consumers remain cautious about sharing their data. These findings are particularly striking in the face of PSD2 (Second Payment Services Directive), which will open up banks’ data and infrastructure to

NCR Research Highlights Consumer Desire for Innovative Banking Services in the UK

New research from the global leader in omni-channel solutions, NCR Corporation, has revealed that despite the banking industry’s efforts to embrace innovative, data-driven services, UK consumers remain cautious about sharing their data. These findings are particularly striking in the face of PSD2 (Second Payment Services Directive), which will open up banks’ data and infrastructure to

Using Prepaid Cards to Encourage Electronic Payments in Kenya

When we talk about payments technology in Kenya, we usually start with the mobile device. There is no doubt that mobile is a successful tool for offering access to financial services and a viable alternative to making payments with cash, however, mobile isn’t a silver bullet. Whilst the increase in mobile transactions is compelling, cash

TransferTo Drives Further Expansion into Africa with New Senior Appointment

TransferTo, a leading Cross-Border Mobile Payments Network for emerging markets, has appointed Djibril Diallo as VP Business Development to head operations across West and Central Africa, as the company ramps up its activity across the Continent. TransferTo’s global payments Network interlinks money transfer operators, mobile money operators, mobile wallets providers, banks, financial institutions, NGOs and

SIA Launches a New Digital Platform for Instant Payments

SIA has launched “SIA EasyWay”, the new digital platform which allows banks and other payment service providers (PSPs) to manage at European level the instant payments available from 21 November on EBA Clearing’s RT1 infrastructure developed by SIA, in addition to all other SEPA payment and collection instruments. In fact, as of this date, citizens