Luno, the crypto company founded by two South Africans, now has 9 million customers in over 40 countries. The remarkable growth of the company is illustrated by the addition of one million new customers in just over four months. South Africa is one of Luno’s strongest markets – over 30% of the one million new
Mondia is proud to bring its digital technology, infrastructure and payment services to the VodaPay Super App Mondia Digital, a consolidation of the Mondia Group’s digital content distribution business, an end-to-end, product-centric and data-driven company with a focus on opportunities in the B2B segment, and its digital payments company, Mondia Pay, are proud to have
Brands can now deliver immediate value to consumers through chat Clickatell, a leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, has announced it will unveil new payment capabilities via its Chat Commerce Platform at Money 20/20 Las Vegas, Oct. 24-27. Clickatell helps businesses easily deploy payments in chat channels with low to no execution risk associated
Akshay has more than 20 years of work experience in the Technology, Media and Communication Sector across emerging markets Cellulant’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Akshay Grover, has been appointed as Group CEO and Director of Cellulant with effect from 1 October 2021. The appointment follows an
Agreement to support greater financial inclusion among unbanked in Nigeria Pan-African fintech startup and digital bank Carbon Bank has partnered with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, as part of its plan to boost its digital payment offering. Under the agreement, Network International will issue and process
Cyber attacks pose a massive risk for financial institutions. The cost of data breaches averages tens of millions of dollars, and other after-effects are often far-reaching for organizations and their customers. At the root of these breaches are passwords – in an estimated 80% of cases. “Eliminating passwords and replacing them with more secure and user-friendly solutions is
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has announced that approved recipients of the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant can now collect their benefit from Pick n Pay and Boxer stores nationwide from Wednesday, 22 September. However, according to the national postal service, this is only open to grant recipients who have received an
Futurex, a leader in hardened, enterprise-class data security solutions, has announced a next-generation encrypted key loading (EKL) solution together with Verifone, a global leader in payment and commerce solutions. Remote key loading, which leverages encrypted key loading, is an essential part of managing point of sale (POS) terminals and PIN pad devices. This technology securely delivers
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a minor revision to the PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Standard. The PCI P2PE Standard provides a comprehensive set of security requirements for the validation of PCI P2PE solutions to protect payment card data via encryption. PCI P2PE v3.1 includes clarifications and updates previously released via bulletins and
As a leader in innovation, FNB continues to invest significantly in creating new platform-based capabilities and solutions to ensure that it stays ahead of changing market dynamics and evolving customer needs. Given the growing need to accelerate the shift from cash to digital and card payments, coupled with the phenomenal growth of eCommerce, the Bank
