CR2 & ATMIA Webinar: How COVID-19 is shaping ATM trends and driving innovation

Register here The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the world’s need to transform and adapt self-service banking to meet consumer needs, with smart ATMs playing an essential role. Many banks are responding to these changes with investment in low and no touch banking experiences at the ATM, offering additional self-service capabilities at ATMs to replace teller

PAYM8 | Towards a Cashless Future

New digital payment trends are ushering in the dawn of a cashless future – and a more inclusive financial landscape South African e-commerce saw unprecedented advancement last year, outpacing all estimates with a growth spurt of 66%, according to a study by tech research giant World Wide Worx. And, with that, payment technology grew in

PCI Security Standards Council Issues Remote Assessment Guidelines

Guidelines Provide Best Practices to Support the Appropriate Use of Remote Assessments for PCI SSC Standards The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has issued guidelines to support principles and procedures outlining the use of remote assessments. Built upon guidance provided throughout the course of the pandemic, the “PCI SSC Remote Assessment Guidelines and Procedures”

PayFast Gives Consumers MoreTyme to Make Payments

In line with the latest ecommerce trend, online payment gateway PayFast has announced the addition of MoreTyme, a buy now, pay later feature recently launched by digital retail bank TymeBank, as a payment option on their platform. The feature will benefit merchants, who will be paid upfront in full, and customers, who can have their

Mastercard Welcomes NymCard as its Newest Network Enablement Partner

Mastercard has welcomed the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider and modern card issuing platform, NymCard, as the newest company to join its Network Enablement Partner program, providing it with the ability to deliver Issuances in record time. As a Network Enablement Partner, NymCard gets a direct connectivity with Mastercard, providing it with privileged access to Mastercard’s core

PayPal Introduces Customers to the Next Digital Payments Era with the New PayPal App

PayPal introduces new features and services, adding access to high yield savings, in-app shopping tools, deals and rewards, up to two-day early access Direct Deposit, and bill pay All-in-one, personalized app provides PayPal customers with a single destination to easily and securely manage their daily financial lives and do more with their money PayPal announced

Absa Group to Implement Second Significant B-BBEE Transaction

Absa Group Limited, one of the largest diversified financial services providers in Africa, plans to implement a second significant broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) transaction as part of its broader efforts to achieve transformation in a meaningful and sustainable way. “The planned transaction is a demonstration of our commitment to transformation and cements our longstanding

Banks Across Africa Turn to IBM Hybrid Cloud and AI Solutions to Accelerate Digital Innovation

Africa’s leading banks including EcoBank, Nedbank, Attijariwafa Bank, United Bank of Africa, Co-operative Bank of Kenya and Banco Mais are tapping into IBM technologies to help advance financial inclusion across the continent IBM has announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation and continue

Juniper Research | Future Digital Award Winners Announced for Fintech & Payments 2021

It is with great pleasure that Juniper Research announces the 2021 winners of the Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments. This year’s awards had a record number of applications; making choosing the winners more difficult than ever! This category recognises the most impactful financial products and services operating across numerous areas, including: Banking, Fraud

Mastercard Partners with Lulu Exchange to Enable Speedy and Secure Online Remittances

Lulu Exchange will be the first exchange house in the UAE to enable debit cards on its payments app LuLu Money Service will use multi-rail processing gateway MPGS (Mastercard Payment Gateway Services) to enable power, speed, and security of transactions Mastercard has entered a strategic partnership with Lulu Exchange to enable UAE consumers to carry