NCR Corporation Named a Top Financial Technology Provider in the 2021 IDC FinTech Rankings

NCR Corporation, a global enterprise technology provider, has announced that it has placed in the top ten of the 2021 IDC FinTech Rankings, a comprehensive list of the financial services industry’s leading global hardware, software and service providers. The IDC FinTech Rankings evaluates the top IT vendors based on revenues and the percentage of revenues

EMVCo Publishes Guidance for EMV® 3-D Secure Transactions to Utilise EMV Payment Token Data

New resources enable use of EMV Payment Token data for EMV 3DS authentication to support improved consumer experience. Global technical body EMVCo has published new resources to help card issuers and merchants to optimise the EMV® 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) authentication experience for online shoppers when EMV Payment Tokens are in use, enhancing the fraud-prevention benefits that EMV 3DS provides.

Fiserv Tops IDC FinTech Rankings of Financial Technology Providers

Fiserv, Inc. has topped the 2021 IDC FinTech Rankings of the leading global hardware, software and service providers to the financial services industry. The 18th annual rankings recognize 100 providers of financial technology worldwide based on their 2020 calendar year revenues attributed to financial institutions. “Fintechs like Fiserv continue to provide financial institutions with the tools that they

ACI Worldwide Ranked in the Top 20 Largest Global Providers of Financial Technology by IDC FinTech Rankings

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time payments and digital payment software solutions, has announced its ranking in the IDC Financial Insights 2021 FinTech Rankings. ACI is ranked 19 on this international list of financial technology companies that were judged according to their global revenues attributed to financial institutions. Now in its 18th year, the IDC

Equity Receives Double International Standards Certification on IT Service and Information Security Management Systems

The two, ISO/IEC 20000-01:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013, protect revenue flow into the business and prevent confidential information from falling into the wrong hands. The Bank commits to continue engaging regulators to ensure appropriate governance that balances the value of giving customers control of their data and its duty to protect customer privacy and security. Equity

Locally Designed Standard Bank App Wins Best Locally Developed Financial Solution for 2021

Standard Bank’s Shyft has won the Everest Wealth Best Financial Solution for 2021. This locally designed app simplifies the experience of buying and selling foreign exchange and international shares and allows the sending of money offshore as well as paying for goods and services in foreign currency, while travelling or online. Their win was announced

Direct Transact | Platform Banking and Open Banking: Why it’s the Next Big Thing for Banks and their Customers

Incumbent banks are starting to look to “platform banking” to stay relevant and loved by customers. But what is platform banking in the first place? And why is it a good thing for society? Anthony de Gray Birch, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Direct Transact, South Africa’s biggest banking enabler of the past

Cellulant, Ecobank and GAINDE 2000 Sign a Partnership with KenTrade to Provide a Payment Gateway to Enhance Service Delivery

With this new partnership, Importers and Exporters will enjoy premium services on the TradeNet system To offer efficient and robust services to their customers, KenTrade has entered into a consortium partnership with Cellulant, Ecobank and GAINDE 2000. With this new partnership, Importers and Exporters will enjoy premium services on the TradeNet system; an online platform

Vopy Payments Selects FSS Technologies to Support Global Digital Payments Growth

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a leading global provider of integrated payment products and a payment processor, has been selected to work with Vopy Payments in a partnership designed to support European digital commerce growth through a premium embedded finance approach. Embedded finance – which supports the integration of financial services into products and business

WonderNet Proves That Listening to Customers Pays Off

SEACOM’s consumer-focused, fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the small business offering, WonderNet, launched a new payment system this June to finally give consumers more flexibility when settling their accounts. The idea behind the new Pay Now feature is to put the user back in control of their accounts and finances. Unlike most