Saxo Payments to Fulfil Cross Border Transfers for First Data Clients

Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider, is collaborating with First Data, the global leader in payment technology and services solutions to reduce the costs – and improve the speed – of global transactions carried out by First Data’s clients. The innovative Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace is providing a simple and secure web interface through

Saxo Bank Subsidiary Set to Shake Up International Transactions Sector

Global trading and investment bank, Saxo Bank, has invested in a business that is setting out to give the burgeoning FinTech sector a genuine alternative to the status quo in international payments. Established in 2013, Saxo Payments is addressing the compliance and security barriers to creating international transaction accounts that are holding back the success

MasterPass Now Available to More than 40 Million Consumers Across Asia/Pacific

MasterCard has revealed that its digital payments platform, MasterPass, has been gaining momentum, driven by the increasing trend among consumers in using it for smaller ticket, everyday payments. MasterCard has also seen a surge in transaction volumes, with a monthly compound average growth (CAG) rate of 38% for MasterPass transactions in Asia/Pacific for 2014. This

Shell Geismar Federal Credit Union Selects CUnify and Integrated Digital Solutions from Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Shell Geismar Federal Credit Union, based in Gonzales, Louisiana, has selected the CUnify account processing platform in an outsourced deployment. The credit union will also implement Popmoney for person-to-person payments and CheckFree RXP for electronic bill payments. “Over the past several

MasterCard and Buy Way launch MasterPass in Belgium

From now on, Belgians can put the entire content of their wallet in MasterPass, a digital platform launched by MasterCard and implemented by Buy Way. Thanks to this digital wallet there will be no more waste of time looking for payment and loyalty cards, giving consumers the ability to make transactions in an easy and

Kohl’s is Among First Retailers to Integrate its Private Credit Card into Apple Pay

Kohl’s Department Stores will bring Apple Pay, which has transformed mobile payments with the easy, secure and private way to pay, to customers in all Kohl’s stores nationwide this fall. Kohl’s will also be among the first retailers to integrate both its Kohl’s Charge private credit card as a form of payment as well as

NBC Bank Launches New Salary Account

NBC Bank has underscored the need for Tanzanians to capitalise on the technological revolution in the banking sector that could play a key role in fast tracking human development. This was said in Dar es Salaam by the NBC Bank Direct and Development Manager, Mr Amos Lyimo, after launching salary account that will provide opportunity

Tanzanian Courts to Offer New Electronic Payment System

Electronic payment will soon extend to the courts of law in the country in a bid to solve the problems court users face when using the newly introduced bank payments system, the government has said. The Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr Adam Malima, told the National Assembly here yesterday that the government

Ixaris Announces €4m Open Payments Ecosystem Project

Ixaris, a leading innovator in payments technologies, has chosen the week of the UK’s largest payments conference, PayExpo, to announce the initial phase of its €4m Open Payments Ecosystem (OPE) project. The pioneering two year project is financially backed by EU Horizon2020 under the Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (ODI). EU Horizon2020 is the flagship initiative

The 2015 South African eCommerce Awards Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

Currently celebrating the 10th year of South African eCommerce Awards, uAfrica.com is gearing up for what it believes will be the biggest South African eCommerce Awards yet. Designed to recognise and reward those South African websites demonstrating excellence in their use of the Internet as a platform for eCommerce, the Awards have shown a steady