Ecentric Payment Systems has announced that they will present their omni-channel payment products at the 17th annual Cards and Payments Africa Conference in Johannesburg on the 13th and 14th of March. Cards and Payments Africa will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg and is the largest payments conference in Africa. At the
MasterCard announced an agreement with eTranzact International plc, a leading pan-African mobile banking and payment services company, to make international remittance services available to millions of consumers in Nigeria. Under the agreement, citizens will be able to securely receive international remittances into their eTranzact mobile money wallets or select bank accounts through the international transfer
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced an innovative online banking solution called U-Social, which offers flexibility and convenience to customers who desire to do banking transactions on social media using their Facebook account. U-Social is designed to promote financial inclusion and to make the bank’s services available to customers regardless of the time
MasterCard have partnered with Wagamama to bring restaurant customers a more convenient, quicker and fuss-free way to pay for their meals via an app on their phone. The Qkr! app with MasterPass, will allow customers to pay their bill as and when ready and will offer the following benefits: Convenience – Customers are in control
MasterCard announced a partnership with Steward Bank, Zimbabwe’s most innovative bank, which will make remittance services available to the bank’s more than 1.5 million account holders. For the first time, the bank’s customers will be able to receive funds sent by family and friends abroad directly into their Steward Bank accounts. This is through international
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading global technology company, has unveiled Samsung Pay, a mobile payment service that will enable MasterCard cardholders to use their Samsung Galaxy S6 for everyday in-store purchases.As consumers increasingly trade cash to use their cards through connected devices, Samsung is enabling a wider audience to take advantage of digital commerce.
PayGo solar expert Azuri Technologies, leading mobile network operator Tigo and principal cellular retail operator Lotus Africa announce at Mobile World Congress their strategic partnership to bring integrated pay-as-you-go energy and mobile payment services to rural households in Tanzania. The partnership aims to bring solar power, mobile phone charging and mobile money services to over
Despite a fair number of attempts at elaborately fleshing out Mpesa for readers, in this article I outline 5 more things left out by: Claudia McKay & Rafe Mazer did an article for the CGAP titles “10 Myths About Mpesa: 2014 Update” – a follow up to a previous article by Claire Alexandre “10 things
Visa Inc. and Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, announced a partnership to bring innovative mobile payment services to seven markets in Africa including Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tanzania. Visa and Airtel will build on the existing capabilities of Airtel’s Mobile Money
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, and STS PayOne, a leading regional provider of ePayment solutions and services in Middle East and Africa, have announced a high-value, integrated solution that combines the market-leading ACI ReD Shield fraud prevention solution with the ePayment Gateway services offered by STS PayOne. The
