EMVCo Publishes EMV® 3-D Secure UI/UX Guidelines

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New interactive online resource to help card issuers, merchants and solution providers optimise the EMV® 3DS payment authentication experience for e-commerce consumers. Global technical body EMVCo has published EMV® 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) UI/UX Design Guidelines to help card issuers, banks, merchants and solution providers optimise the EMV 3DS payment authentication experience for e-commerce consumers. The guidelines are publicly

Fiserv Recognised for Payments Innovation in 2021 PayTech Awards

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Deposit Line from Fiserv recognized as Best Smart Payments Solution Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has won the 2021 PayTech Award for the Best Smart Payments Solution. The PayTech Awards, now in their fourth year, recognize excellence and innovation in the finance and payment industry worldwide, and

Absa Group Reports Increased Earnings on Broad-based Recovery

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Revenue increased 3% to R41.2 billion Operating costs rose 5% to R22.6 billion Cost-to-income ratio increased to 54.9% from 53.9% Pre-provision profit increased 1% to R18.6 billion Impairments fell 68% to R4.7 billion Headline earnings per share increased to 1 019.7 cents from 173.6 cents Return on equity improved to 15.3% from 2.6% Group CET

Women Entrepreneurs Lead the way in Digital Presence, According to Mastercard SME Research in Middle East and Africa

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81% of women entrepreneurs across the Middle East and Africa have a digital business presence according to Mastercard MEA SME Confidence Index Latest research by Mastercard highlights high digitalization among women-owned businesses as opportunity for broader SME recovery and digital economy growth Despite the gender gap and social challenges, entrepreneurial women across the world and

Futurex Crypto Chat with Stanchion Payment Solutions: FinTech Innovations, Agility, What’s Next in Contactless Payments

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Roland Allen, general manager, EMEA, Futurex, chats with Rudolf Smit, Managing Director: Africa, Stanchion Payment Solutions Roland: You work with payment companies around the world. Tell us about an interesting integration (or application). Rudolf: As a system integrator, we deliver a wide variety of projects and integrations globally. More recently, we did several Token Life

Ecobank Group Launches 2021 Edition of its Fintech Challenge

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Applications have opened for entries from all start-ups and developers in any of Africa’s 54 countries and global Africa-centered Fintechs The Pan-African Banking Group seeks innovative start-ups to partner and collaborate with; Applications are now open. The pan-African banking group, Ecobank group, is inviting African Fintech entrepreneurs to join the 4th edition of the Ecobank

At the African Caucus 2021, Governor Seegolam Invites African Central Banks to Work Together to Roll Out Digital Currencies

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Bank of Mauritius Governor Harvesh Seegolam was invited by the African Caucus to be one of the panellists at its hybrid 2021 meeting regrouping Ministers of Finance and Governors of central banks of all 54 African countries. This year’s edition of the Caucus, which was held in Burundi, focused on ‘Digitalization for Inclusive Recovery and

SWIFT Appoints Cheri McGuire as Chief Technology Officer

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–    McGuire brings more than 30 years of international industry and government experience –    Previously served as Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Standard Chartered SWIFT has announced the appointment of Cheri F. McGuire as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). McGuire, previously Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Standard Chartered PLC, has extensive technology

ACI Worldwide Strengthens Strategic Alliance with Microsoft to Deliver Payments Platform in the Cloud

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Alliance will accelerate and expand ACI’s cloud payments offerings in Microsoft Azure as more financial institutions embrace digital transformation ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time payments and digital payment software solutions, has announced an expanded multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft to deliver payments solutions in the cloud. The alliance will accelerate and expand ACI’s

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Issues New Guidelines for Mobile Money Operators in Nigeria

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Author: Ibrahim Moshood, Associate, Centurion Law Group The new guidelines provide a robust coverage of the MMO value chain from service providers to subscribers and agents Introduction The apex regulator of banking activities in Nigeria has released new guidelines to further regulate the services provided by mobile money operators (MMOs) in Nigeria (“the new guidelines”).