Accenture has been named a “Market Leader” for the Accenture Mobile Wallet platform in the “Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting a White-label Mobile Wallet Platform,” scoring the highest overall technology assessment ranking in the report. “While relatively new, the Accenture Mobile Wallet platform has among the most extensive capabilities of platforms available on the market today,”
Africa’s leading hotel booking platform Jovago.com has announced the incorporation of Tigo Pesa, one of the region’s major mobile money transfer services. This partnership gives the customer yet another option for efficiency on top of the available card payments and pay-on-arrival model. “Africa is definitely moving on to the digital world, as part of this
South African-based company Nomanini has created a mobile point of sale terminal and cloud-based distribution platform that is fundamentally changing the nature of the prepaid voucher industry in informal markets. This is according to the latest case study from the GSMA, the global association that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide and the producer
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has established a new subsidiary in the United Kingdom called Zazoo Limited (“ZAZOO”) to oversee the global expansion of Net1’s mobile payments and value-added services businesses, including the activities currently conducted through its Net1 Mobile Solutions (“N1MS”) business unit based in Johannesburg, South Africa. ZAZOO’s management will
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has issued two security standards for point-to-point encryption (P2PE). Merchants that adopt a PCI-validated P2PE solution are promised simplified compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard and a significantly shorter self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) for their future PCI assessments. In spite of these proposed benefits, Shift4 Corporation,
Wincor Nixdorf announced that it is hosting a free webinar with ATM Marketplace on February 10 at 4:00 pm CET. This event will discuss the best practices for implementing a multi-layered security approach that’s needed to stop threats to ATMs and POS systems, customer data and proprietary information. Malware attacks are not only increasing in
Lion International Bank and Somali Micro Finance in partnership with BelCash Technology Solution PLC launched the official pilot of the HelloCash mobile money services. BelCash Technology Solution PLC is an Ethiopian based technology service provider for financial industry. The HelloCash mobile money platform will provide financial services to all Ethiopians. The HelloCash service enable existing
In emerging markets, mobile money services have the power to simplify lives, offering people the convenience of paying from anywhere and at any time, but also to transform them, playing a social noble role by addressing the unbanked or underserved population in Africa, offering them payment services they did not have access to before, says Paul
First Internet Bank, a premier provider of online banking services nationwide, announced it has been ranked among the Best Online Banks by GOBankingRates. Casey Bond, managing editor of GOBankingRates, noted, “A commitment to providing customers with competitive interest rates without sacrificing quality or convenience puts First Internet Bank in a top spot among our Best
Adyen, the global payments technology company, announced that it has enabled bitcoin payments for Jagex, the UK-based developer behind the highly popular MMORPG RuneScape. Jagex is the first merchant to accept bitcoin payments through Adyen’s platform. Adyen has integrated with BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, to enable customers to accept bitcoin payments. Jagex
