HomeSend Launches Remittance Service with Hello Paisa in South Africa

HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub,  announced the launch of live remittance services for Hello Paisa, a South African money transfer operator offering a fast and efficient way for customers to send money to friends and family in other countries. A joint venture between MasterCard, eServGlobal and BICS, HomeSend is changing the way

Western Union Expansion Continues with WU.com Online Money Transfer Capabilities Launched in Four European Countries

The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, announced the launch of new transactional websites in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia. With these new introductions, Western Union now has online transactional services in 33 countries, enabling consumers to send money to more than 200 countries and territories. “Western Union continues to expand its

FreshDirect and MasterCard Partner to Enhance the Online Grocery Shopping Experience

MasterCard and FreshDirect announced that the online fresh food grocer will now accept MasterPass, MasterCard’s digital payments platform, to enhance the online and in-app payment process. MasterPass by MasterCard is a simple, convenient, trusted digital platform for faster, safe shopping at thousands of online merchants. It enables consumers to pay for the things they want

Allied Wallet Releases New Integration with Jigoshop

Allied Wallet, a globally leading provider of online payment processing, multi-currency merchant services, and a PCI Level 1 secured payment gateway, released a new integration to pair their e-commerce payment solution with Jigoshop’s WordPress e-commerce plugin. Allied Wallet is a payment processor that prides itself on quick, seamless integrations with the ability to enable global,

aCommerce Announces Strategic Investment & Partnership with DKSH

Southeast Asian ecommerce service provider and online distributor aCommerce announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with DKSH Group that involves an undisclosed investment for a 20% stake and access to DKSH clients and infrastructure across the region. DKSH is a 150 year old Swiss-based Market Expansion Services provider with over 100 global blue-chip

Vodafone Romania Introduces a New Service for its Customers – M Pesa

In partnership with Azimo and WorldRemit, two of the largest operators of digital transfer money internationally, Vodafone Romania introduces a new service for its customers – international money transfer service through Vodafone M Pesa. In a safe and innovative new service facilitates money transfers from abroad, from any person in Europe, USA and Canada by

WorldRemit and Tigo Rwanda Launch Instant International Money Transfers to Tigo Cash Mobile Wallets

Online money transfer service WorldRemit launches instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda. This announcement makes WorldRemit the first international remittance service to send to mobile wallet users in Rwanda. The new service allows WorldRemit customers from over 50 countries from across the globe to send money to Tigo Cash customers in Rwanda – just

KBC Bank First to Issue MasterPass in Ireland

KBC Bank are delighted to announce they are Ireland’s first card issuer to offer the MasterPass digital payment solution and it is now available for customers to use. Customers who use the solution will be able to buy goods, or pay for services, at a diverse range of online sites around the world. MasterPass is

Wirecard and Alipay Sign Agreement for Innovative POS Payment Acceptance

A collaboration on innovative point-of-sale (POS) payment acceptance based on internet technologies and value added services in Europe between the Wirecard Group and Alipay, a business of Ant Financial, a related company of Alibaba Group, is set to begin today. The partnership will enable the brands and retailers to tap into the Chinese tourism market,

CRDB’s Agency Banking Deposits Reach 524bn/-

The agency banking that was approved by the central bank some two years ago is a platform used by over six banks including, CRDB bank, Postal Bank, Equity Bank, DCB Bank and Maendeleo Bank. CRDB Bank Managing Director Charles Kimei said for instance agents under FahariHuduma managed to increase open over 6,000 new accounts. “Though