Egyptian Government and MasterCard to Extend Financial Inclusion

The Government of Egypt, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and MasterCard announced the details of a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will aim to extend financial services to 54 million Egyptians. The announcement was made by H.E. Atef Helmy, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Ajay Banga, Chief Executive

Financial Institutions Can Launch EMV Chip Cards More Quickly and Less Expensively with New Solution from Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced the availability of The Card Collection from Fiserv for chip cards. As an alternative to ordering custom plastic and deploying a custom chip-card configuration, this new solution allows financial institutions using the Fiserv standard chip card configurations to more quickly and less expensively

Cardtronics Expands to Poland

Cardtronics, Inc. announced expansion of its European presence into Poland, partnering with Shell Poland as its first customer in this new geographic market. Cardtronics is the world’s largest retail ATM owner / operator. This new ATM services arrangement in Poland with Shell – with which Cardtronics has a global relationship – calls for Cardtronics to

eServGlobal Announces Mobile Money Project With GMT Cabo Verde

eServGlobal, the provider of mobile financial services to emerging markets, announced a project to supply an end-to-end mobile money platform for GMT Cabo Verde, a financial institution based in Cabo Verde. The mobile money service will launch this year and provide users with the ability to perform domestic and international money transfers. The service is

ECommPay Connects China UnionPay

In recent months, international payment provider ECommPay has widened its global reach and diversified its portfolio of alternative payment methods to feature China’s premier payment network. Accepted in 114 countries worldwide and boasting 2,7 billion bankcards in circulation, China UnionPay now comprises more than 10% of all ECommPay’s bankcard and payment system processing. The Chinese

PayCash Launches Payments Solution For POS

PayCash Europe S.A is presenting its wide range of flexible payment solutions for the physical point of sale (PoS) during the Internorga trade fair in Hamburg from March 13th to 18th. The mobile payment provider demonstrates the integration into cashier systems via ZVT gateway as well as MDB gateway for vending machines. Due to the

Investec Enhances Mobile Banking Security in South Africa

Specialist bank, Investec, has implemented Entersekt’s multi-factor authentication product, Transakt, to boost the security of its private client mobile application. Entersekt, an innovative pioneer in transaction authentication, helped Investec reinforce the bond of trust it shares with its clients through use of the Transakt Software Development Kit (SDK). In early 2014, Investec deployed Entersekt technology

Heron Foods Selects Verifone’s P2PE-Certified Payment as a Service to Protect Cardholder Data

Verifone announced that Heron Foods, a family-owned ambient, frozen and chilled food retailer in northern England, will deploy Payment as a Service from Verifone. The platform is certified by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) as an approved Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) solution and will enable Heron Foods to bolster payment security, reduce payment authentication times

Financial Institutions Can Meet Growing Demand for Mobile Banking

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions,announced the availability of Mobiliti Business, a comprehensive, secure and easy-to-use mobile banking solution designed to meet the unique needs of business banking users. Mobiliti Business delivers mobile banking and payment services to small and mid-sized businesses via downloadable apps for iPhone or AndroidTM devices.

GameStop Now Accepting Apple Pay in Stores

GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced that customers can start using Apple Pay to make payments with a single touch. GameStop is launching a nationwide rollout of Apple Pay, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay to its