Allure, recognized as the beauty expert since 1991, and MasterCard announced an agreement that will evolve the content-to-commerce experience by empowering Allure’s audience of over 8 million women to shop from all of its content platforms. Through ShopThis! with MasterPass, consumers will be able to purchase products from multiple merchants with an easy and secure
In order to inaugurate their partnership,and the Ivorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry are organizing a symbolic ceremony at the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday 30th October. Amongst the guest speakers: Fatoumata Ba, Managing Director of Jumia Côte d’Ivoire, and Lucas Dossetto, Head of Marketplace, who spoke about e-commerce and
Established Namibian ICT provider, Paratus Telecom, has diversified its offering by launching a new mobile airtime distribution service called “Katiti”. The service runs on Nomanini’s popular cloud-based mobile point of sale platform and is designed to be used by informal traders and budding entrepreneurs. John D’Alton, Managing Director: Namibia, Paratus Telecom, explains: “We wanted to
WorldRemit the online money transfer service announces that its customers can now send remittances to Zantel EzyPesa accounts in Tanzania. The addition of EzyPesa means that WorldRemit now offers transfers to two of Tanzania’s four Mobile Money services. Customers can also send money to friends and family using Tigo Pesa. Tanzania is one of nine
MasterCard cardholders with a consumer credit or debit card from Barclaycard, Navy Federal Credit Union and USAA now have access to faster, more secure everyday payments through Apple Pay. After a successful introduction and strong initial consumer adoption, Apple Pay is expanding with additional cards from new banks that consumer can add to Apple Pay,
Optimal Payments, a leading global online payments provider, is launching a new card issuing services division. The new division will further enhance Optimal Payments’ end-to-end payment capabilities to offer the complete payments value chain. With more than a decade’s worth of experience with the Net+ pre- paid card and since 2012 being a fully licensed
First Data, the global leader in payment technology and services solutions, unveils Clover Mobile, a powerful new mobile point-of-sale (POS) business solution that brings new flexibility and versatility to the Clover family. Clover Mobile enables more personal consumer engagement for innovative small- to mid-sized businesses by taking the functionality of the popular Clover Station off
One of Nigeria’s major commercial banks United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced the introduction of Value Added Services (VAS) on it Point of Sale (POS) terminals. The bank in a statement said services supported include airtime purchase, cable subscription, electricity, water and other bill payments. The bank said the service has been rolled out
The Government of Rwanda moved today to accelerate plans to transform into a cashless economy by joining a United Nations-backed initiative that supports countries’ transitions to electronic payments. With the assistance of the Better Than Cash Alliance, which is hosted by the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the Government of Rwanda will transition all forms
Stanbic Bank has been named the best investment bank in Tanzania by EMEA Finance, a prestigious magazine, for the year 2014, while its parent company Standard Bank has been named leading investment bank in Africa for the seventh consecutive year. “We are delighted to have retained the award for the best Investment Bank in Tanzania,
