Standard Chartered Bank said yesterday its global network of employees and clients will create awareness about the United Nations’ programme ‘Global Goals for Sustainable Development’. UN’s Global Goals is series of 17 ambitious goals that targets to end poverty, fight inequality, injustice and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. The bank is proud to
Beyonic, a technology company that aims to eliminate the rampant use of cash in emerging markets, is announcing a partnership with Mobile Accord that will make Beyonic the largest mobile money aggregator in Africa. Beyonic currently operates in Uganda and Kenya, and will leverage Mobile Accord’s expertise in building mobile solutions and relationships with leading mobile
Frost & Sullivan, a leading global market research and growth consulting firm, has acknowledged iVeri Payment Technologies for demonstrating technological innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) banking industry. iVeri has earned the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2015 Technology Leadership Award for its two exciting banking solutions, Payment Gateway and MicroBank+. Payment technologies in Africa have a
CRDB Bank has launched customer service week, a special period of year for the bank to meet and get feedback from its customers. During the event, CRDB Bank donated and handed over various medicines and other health facilities worth 15m/- to fight the outbreak of cholera in Kinondoni Municipality in Dar es Salaam. The outbreak
KeepKey, a leading provider of bitcoin storage security, is proud to announce that they began taking orders for their flagship bitcoin hardware wallet. Shipping starts immediately. KeepKey is a USB device that stores and secures your bitcoins. When you entrust KeepKey with your bitcoins, every transaction must be reviewed and approved via a large OLED
With just hours before the October 1 liability shift, new data from MasterCard reveals that 40 percent of all U.S. MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards feature EMV chip technology. According to a Payments Security Task Force forecast announced earlier today, the number of chip cards in the U.S. will to grow to 60 percent by the
Airtel Tanzania announced the distribution of over 5bn/- to its active Airtel mobile money customers and agents across the country. The move to distribute the interest accumulated in Airtel Money trust account will enable active Airtel Customers to receive a substantial amount of money. The amount paid to Airtel Money customers is based on their
GameEon, a game developer and publisher based in India, has partnered with SLA Mobile, a global Digital Service provider, to bring Carrier Billing to their customers. Founded in 2011, GameEon is one of India’s up and coming games developers having developed 16 games to date accumulating over half a million downloads through distribution partnerships with
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Eastern Africa’s oldest and largest commercial bank, and Planet Payment, Inc., a leading provider of international and multi-currency transaction services, announced an agreement to launch Pay In Your Currency (PYC), Planet Payment’s dynamic currency conversion solution. This will mark the first launch of dynamic currency conversion in the region. Pay In
Group Managing Director and CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza has emerged the 2015 Ai Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 30 CEO of the year at this year’s 8th annual Ai CEO Investment Summit. This is the second time he is winning the award after winning it first in 2013. He was named the winner from
