Ecobank, the Pan-African Bank, has won the award for ‘Best Use of Information Technology in Wholesale/Transaction Banking’ at the Banking Technology Awards 2014 in London. Ecobank was recognised for Ecobank Omni, a comprehensive suite of flexible online cash management solutions, designed to help corporations increase productivity, manage their cashflows and help with an efficient management
TechPay Mobile Payment Systems announced the launch of SwiftPay for grocery stores, convenience stores and retailers. The new mobile payment system offers numerous benefits to merchants and consumers not available from similar solutions. SwiftPay requires no new hardware for the merchant to install – it integrates directly into the retailer’s existing system. It doesn’t require
Jumia announced a new round of investments amounting to EUR 120 million. These investments, which were made by existing shareholders, strengthen the company’s position as the leading online retailer in Africa. Jeremy Hodara, co-CEO of Africa Internet Group said: “We are very pleased to have been given this show of confidence, which acknowledges JUMIA’s success.
Optimal Payments, a leading global online payments provider, has launched its new Developer Centre and a suite of REST-based APIs, enabling developers to easily integrate e-commerce Websites and payment applications with NETBANX payment gateway solutions. The launch is phase one of a long term commitment to providing developers with the latest payment integration solutions. The
Doluna, the pioneering global SMS provider, is delighted to announce the launch of its Sage Pay partnership, to provide a new SMS payment collections solution. This innovative SMS offering means that any company can request payments via SMS to anyone with a mobile phone, 24/7. Sage Pay account holders can integrate Doluna’s API to send
PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, Tbk. (“The Bank”) launched a mobile banking application called D-Mobile (the Bank Mobile Banking), which provides an easy and convenient way to perform banking transactions via a smartphone connected to the data network (GPRS / 3G, EVDO-CDMA, WiFi). Besides being able to conduct banking transactions such as transfer funds, reload, and
Cardtronics Inc., the world’s largest retail ATM owner, announced the establishment of the Cardtronics Accessibility Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence, whose mission is to deliver an industry-leading voice-guided user experience at Cardtronics-supported ATMs, is part of a multi-year agreement by and among the company; the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s
A new online ad site that allows individuals to buy mobile devices has been launched in Nigeria. Dubbed giddiphones.com, the platform allows buyers and sellers to meet and transact business. In an interview with HumanIPO, Yemi Olulana, founder of the startup said the goal is to simplify the way Nigerians buy phones. “giddiphones.com is an
Optimal Payments, a leading global online payments services provider has launched its Acquiring Service. The Acquiring Service went live ahead of schedule in September 2014, following the announcement in January 2014 that Optimal Payments had obtained principal membership status for merchant acquiring from MasterCard Europe and Visa Europe. The service supports Optimal Payments’ strategy to
Merchants often view selling globally to be too complicated and overwhelming. Understanding these challenges,BlueSnap announced that they have partnered with First Data, the global leader in payment technology and services solutions will provide safe and secure cross-border payment capabilities for the company’s ecommerce merchants. BlueSnap has reinvented and optimized the checkout experience by combining intelligent
