The rise of e-commerce on the African continent is changing the face of the traditional consumer, and brands need to adapt their business models and strategies in order to remain relevant amongst consumers and avoid a drop in market share. African consumers are increasingly searching online platforms with commercial intent, which include querying prices of
Fujitsu delivers on its new Connected Retail strategy in enabling major international retailers and their customers to go mobile with a range of omni-channel services for the modern retail environment. By extending its revolutionary FUJITSU Market Place omni-channel Point of Service (PoS) application to mobile, Fujitsu offers PoS and clienteling solutions to measure customer engagement
The mobile payments company Fortumo is revealing its Emerging Markets Payment Index. Fortumo’s Index is intended to be used by web, game and app developers for benchmarking their revenue in markets with high smartphone growth and low credit card penetration. The Emerging Markets Payment Index focuses on markets highlighted by GfK in its global forecast
Visa Inc.announced that it has partnered with several leading financial institutions around the world to offer new mobile payment services. BBVA and Cuscal launched new issuer-branded mobile payment applications for mobile devices running on the Android operating system. Additionally Banco do Brazil, PNC Bank, N.A., and U.S. Bank intend to launch similar capabilities in the
Sionic Mobile, a mobile commerce leader, announced it has partnered with AuthenticID, a leading technology company specializing in identity authentication solutions, to integrate catfishAir into both upcoming versions of ION Rewards and Shop2Give consumer apps. On release, both apps will be first to protect consumers using facial recognition for identity authentication during account setup. Biometric
Boku, the global leader in carrier billing-based mobile payments, has released Phone-on-File, a new cross-platform solution that allows a consumer to store their mobile phone number as their preferred payment method to enable a streamlined checkout experience for one-time and subscription purchases. While one tap purchases using carrier billing have existed exclusively on mobile for
Concorde Solutions, a leading payment service provider in Southern Africa, announced it has achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 3.0 certification. The assessment and subsequent certification was completed by Foregenix, the accredited industry expert in this field. Concorde Solutions provides integrated payment solutions predominantly in the retail andrestaurant industries and services many of
Wincor Nixdorf and Innovative Technology announced a joint partnership across Europe to develop a number of entry cash handling solutions for the Retail Sector. With a relationship dating back to 2013 the companies have signed a partnership agreement that will see them develop retail point of sale payment solutions. Sales Director from Innovative Technology, Tony
To support companies with further optimising their purchase to pay (P2P) process and their working capital management, ING will start to offer an automated invoice payment solution that can be easily added to the existing P2P workflow. The introduction of the new e-payment solution comes at a time that many companies are moving to e-invoicing
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that Bank of the West, a $71.7 billion asset bank with locations in 22 states, has added the Snap-to-Pay capability to its mobile banking app. Snap-to-Pay enables customers to pay bills with a snap of their smartphone cameras and is currently offered through
