InnoCentive Selects Transpay to Award Payments to Global Solver Network

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Transpay, a cross-border payments platform that offers the world’s largest, independent direct-to-bank payment network, announced it is powering the domestic and international payments processing for InnoCentive Inc., the global leader in crowdsourced innovation and software platforms. With a global network of more than 365,000 problem “Solvers,” InnoCentive crowdsources from some of the world’s best minds,

SumUp Expands to U.S. with Launch of New NFC Card Terminal

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SumUp, Europe’s leading mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) company, launched its mobile payments platform in the United States. The country migrates to EMV chip technology as new payment standard, including a liability shift in case of fraudulent transactions starting this month. SumUp’s proprietary, end-to-end payments platform is the first fully-certified EMV mPOS system in the world to

Virtusa Announces Tokenization Solution Accelerator for Providing Secure Mobile Payments

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Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, announced the availability of vToken, a solution accelerator. The solution was developed for enterprises, issuing banks and issuer processors that are considering providing Token Service Provider (TSP) functionality and building in-house EMVCo

SwaziBank Launches MasterCard Campaign to Reward Cardholders

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SwaziBank announced the launch of the MasterCard Festive Campaign in Swaziland, just in time for the festive season. The Campaign will reward the banks customers for purchases made on weekends only during the months of October to December 2015, when they use their MasterCard debit card for purchases at selected malls. SwaziBank customers will be

MoneyGram Announces Collaboration with Econet Wireless

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MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Econet Wireless, the leading mobile operator in Zimbabwe, announced the launch of a new service that enables customers from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide to transfer funds via EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile money transfer solution. The new offering means that more than 4.9

Mukuru Announce the Launch of their New Partner in Malawi: Post Office

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Mukuru announced it had entered into partnership with Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) to allow for easy access of remittances to Malawi. The partnership will allow for Mukuru customers in Malawi to easily collect cash sent from South Africa, the UK, Canada and European Union from any of the 182 Post Offices across Malawi. This brings

Orange and Wirecard to Expand Mobile Payment Coverage in France

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Orange`s mobile wallet app Orange Cash, that is supported by Wirecard Group, is available nationwide in France. After a launch in selected French cities, the mobile payment service is now promoted and marketed by Orange to its French user base. More than 30,000 retailers – like IKEA, Picard, Relay and many more – are participating

First Hawaiian Bank Selects Digital Banking and Payments Suite from Fiserv to Provide Superior Multi-Channel Financial Experience

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Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that First Hawaiian Bank, the oldest and largest bank in Hawaii with $18.7 billion in assets, has selected a suite of digital banking, payments and personal financial management (PFM) capabilities from Fiserv. The integrated services will enable First Hawaiian Bank to keep pace

Standard Bank Group Scoops 22 Awards

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Standard Bank Group, which trades as Stanbic Bank in Tanzania, and Africa’s leading bank by assets, collected 22 awards in Finance’s Treasury Services and Global Finance’s World’s Best Bank Awards for 2015. The firm said in a statement that the awards were presented at the Sibos conference in Singapore. Mr Hasan Khan, Standard Bank’s Head

Nomanini Raises Funding from Impact Investment Firm Goodwell

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South African-based enterprise payments platform provider, Nomanini, has raised an undisclosed round of funding from impact investment firm Goodwell Investments. The investment in Nomanini is the second on-the-ground investment made by Goodwell Investments in South Africa from its EUR 50 million uMunthu fund, which is targeting startups and high growth companies in the financial inclusion