E-commerce, Data-driven Apps Would Attract much Investments this Year

An expert believes e-commerce startups and data-driven apps would attract much investment in 2015. ‘Seun Onigbinde, the team leader of BudgIT, a CcHUB-incubated startup focused on making the Nigerian budget simpler and more easily accessible to all Nigerians, told HumanIPO e-commerce’s will be in constant focus. He said: “E-commerce considering the high turnover will be

Commerce Bank Introduces Toggle

Commerce Bank is introducing toggle, an industry first innovative set of payment features that improves the way customers can manage their spending and borrowing. toggle allows consumers greater personal control of their finances with free tools that let them manage both their everyday spending and larger purchases all on one card. “Customers today are looking

Zimbabwe Introduces New Bond Coins

The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe, which represents all banking institutions in Zimbabwe, welcomes the introduction of the new Bond coins, which were unveiled by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and will come into circulation on the 18th of December 2014. The Bond coins, which have been issued on a one-to-one equivalence to the United States

KWI Announces Availability of Apple Pay for its Industry Leading KWI Cloud 9 Mobile Platform

KWI, the industry-leading cloud solutions provider to the specialty retail sector, announced the availability of the much-anticipated contactless digital wallet, Apple Pay, for its KWI Cloud 9 Mobile POS platform. This includes the addition of the VeriFone PAYware Mobile e315 and e335 sleds to KWI’s product offering which supports the Chip & Pin/ EMV retail

e3 Retail Announces Point-to-Point Encryption Available for ADVANTAGe TouchPointPOS

e3 Retail announces Point-to-Point encryption (P2PE) as part of its overall Point- of-Service strategy integrated into its TouchPointPOS solution. Having successfully integrated and deployed Point-to-Point encryption (P2PE) with a top 20 retailer in several strategic store locations across the country during Q4 2014, the solution will now deploy chain wide in early 2015. e3 Retail

Verifone Offers Merchants a Single mPOS Payment Terminal to Support All Major Smart Device Options

Verifone  announced a new device and operating system (OS)- independent mobile point of sale (mPOS) payment terminal that gives larger retailers more flexibility and choice in how they deploy mobile throughout their stores. ULTIMATE mPOS FLEXIBILITY Deploying smartphones and tablets as mobile points of sale often requires integration with a mobile payment terminal in order

Vantiv Certifies Verifone’s Secure Commerce Architecture

Verifone announced that Vantiv, Inc., a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, has approved Verifone’s Secure Commerce Architecture (SCA) solution for connecting Verifone’s line of commerce-enabled MX 900 payment terminals directly with Vantiv’s class leading processing platform. Vantiv’s support of SCA ensures that

Bluefin Payment Systems Introduces PCI-Validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution for Mobile Payments

Bluefin Payment Systems, the leading provider of secure payment technology for enterprises, financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses, announced that its PayConex PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution is now certified for Mobile Payments. Bluefin’s Mobile P2PE Solution becomes the first North American mobile solution to receive PCI validation. Bluefin’s Mobile P2PE Solution will interface

Investment in Wanda E-commerce by two Strategic Internet Investment Funds

On January 4th, 2015, two overseas internet investment funds offered 1 billion yuan for a 5% stake in Wanda E-commerce, quadrupling the value of the 4 month-old business to 20 billion yuan. This record investment for a newly established e-commerce company shows how highly Wanda E-commerce is regarded by the general public. The two investment

LoopPay, Expands OEM Partnerships at CES 2015

LoopPay, Inc., the world’s most accepted mobile wallet solution, announced two new OEM partners that will embed LoopPay’s technology into their products to let consumers turn their smartphones into mobile wallets. In addition to the new LoopPay products on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which include the LoopPay Card and CardCase for