Chek Africa Holdings, a South Africa privately owned eCommerce Company, announced the launch of cheklocums.co.za, a real-time e-recruitment platform focused solely to locum professionals and employers in the healthcare industry. The platform embraces the locum industry by encompassing its innate flexibility with functionally rich e-recruitment solutions, making it the ideal tool for healthcare employers to
E-commerce and payments fraud remains high on the agenda for consumer-facing organizations, according to a recent Deloitte online poll. Nearly half (47 percent) of executives and managers reported that fraud protection ranks as a “high priority” for their organization and a further eight percent cited this as their organization’s number one priority. Despite fraud prevention
Visa Europe and Orange have announced a strategic partnership that reflects the companies’ shared ambition to accelerate awareness and everyday usage of mobile contactless payment in France. The initial step to deliver widespread availability of the innovative payments will be the launch of Orange Cash. The first prepaid product of its type to be launched
October marks the one year anniversary of the mPOS tracker, an industry report produced by PYMNTS.com and sponsored by ROAM, a leader in the mobile commerce industry. In just one year, this sector has experienced extraordinary growth, which tracked 17 players in 2012 to now over 90 players. A newly released PYMNTS.com infographic provides details
MTN and Visa have partnered to offer customers a ground-breaking mobile payment solution which allows MTN Mobile Money users to make face-to-face and online transactions wherever Visa is accepted. As part of the agreement, MTN customers’ devices will be able to pay using their MTN Mobile Money account in stores with Visa Points Of Sale
One of the leading national banks and newest MasterCard licensee in Myanmar, Asia Green Development Bank Limited (AGDBank), began accepting MasterCard payments cards for cash withdrawals at its ATMs throughout the country. This announcement is timely given the upcoming 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) which will be held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, from 11
FinMark Trust has released its annual FinScope South Africa 2013 survey results. This year’s study reveals a significant increase in financial inclusion compared to last year from 28.9 million people in 2012, to 30.7 million in 2013. Significant increase in financial inclusion This growth in financial inclusion is mainly due to an increase in borrowing,
Ingenico the leading payment solution provider, and ROAM, Ingenico’s innovative mobile payment subsidiary, announce that they are extending their joint footprint to eight countries this year, now covering the US, Mexico, France, Belgium, Italy, Australia, Brazil, and Norway With the launch of the new international mobile payment engine, the “ROAM Mobile Commerce Manager” (ROAM MCM5),
Last week at the 16th annual AfricaCom top industry professionals gathered from all over Africa to discuss Mobile Money in Africa. One interesting theme to come out of the discussions was the need to move beyond the success of Mpesa. The success of the Mpesa Mobile Money System in Kenya over the last few years
Trustwave announced the acquisition of data security provider Application Security, Inc. The company’s automated database security scanning technologies strengthen Trustwave’s ability to help organizations protect high-value data, reduce security risks and achieve compliance with mandates and regulations. Application Security, Inc. pioneered the research and development of security software for relational databases and big data stores—helping
