Fintech Startup Azimo Launches Instant Vodafone M-Pesa Mobile Money Transfer Service

Azimo, the online money transfer service, announced that customers across Europe can now send money instantly to the mobile “eWallets” of M-PESA’s 19 million subscribers in Kenya. Kenya boasts one of the highest global rates of mobile banking, with around 60% of all Kenyans sending or receiving money via their smartphone. Between January and February

Taco Bell Becomes the first Quick Service Restaurant to Launch its Mobile Ordering and Payment App

Taco Bell becomes the first Quick Service Restaurant to launch its mobile ordering and payment app at participating restaurants nationwide for both drive-thru and dining room orders. The free Taco Bell mobile ordering app for iOS and Android gives consumers complete access to every Taco Bell ingredient to create what they want, when they want

Optimal Payments Partners with Rs2 to Provide UK Merchants with Fully Integrated Payment Solutions

Optimal Payments, a leading global online payments provider, has selected RS2 Smart Processing, a wholly owned subsidiary of RS2 Software PLC (MT: RS2), as its payments processor for UK and European merchants. The service went live in September and has been delivered ahead of schedule. “This partnership with RS2, a leader in the acquiring industry,

MasterCard Launches MasterPass in Taiwan

Online shopping in Taiwan will soon be made simpler with the launch of MasterPass, MasterCard’s global digital payment solution, on November 19. MasterPass eliminates the need to enter detailed payment and shipping information with every purchase, and simplifies and speeds up the process of completing a transaction from any connected device. Today’s shoppers want simpler

iovation Launches New Solution to Better Prevent Fraudulent Transactions through Mobile Apps and Browsers

iovation, the trusted source for mobile and online fraud prevention, launched an updated solution for businesses to identify and prevent fraudulent mobile transactions while improving mobile user experience. The iovation Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) leverages the world’s largest device behavior database to determine the trustworthiness of transactions conducted from iOS or Android phones and

goSwiff’s New mCommerce Platform will Drive Mobile and Online Transactions

goSwiff, the leading innovator in mobile commerce and marketing services, launched its integrated mCommerce platform of payment solutions. The platform helps businesses to increase and streamline their mobile and online transactions. At its core, goSwiff mCommerce Platform is designed to maximise revenue and customer loyalty via the increasing number of channels through which customers make purchases. The platform offers the

South African Consumer Confidence Improves

South African consumer confidence has improved for the second half of 2014, according to the latest MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence released. With a score of 58.7, a slight improvement of 2.4 points compared to last year’s score of 56.3, the Index currently describes consumer confidence as ‘neutral-positive’. Now in its eleventh year in South

Cardfree Partners with Taco Bell For New Mobile Commerce Application

Cardfree, the leading mobile commerce provider to large merchants, announced that it is the mobile application platform provider enabling Taco Bell’s® new mobile offering launched nationwide. The company was selected by Taco Bell to provide the new mobile ordering application solution, as well as to provide cross-channel CRM solutions. “We are excited to bring our

Kili Technology Unveils First mPOS Solution-on-a-Chip

Kili Technology Corporation, a rapidly growing developer of secure, low-cost payment processing solutions, announced the industry’s most highly integrated line of secure Solution-on-a-Chip (SoC) processors for payment processing applications. Offering more functionality than any other controllers for payment processing on the market today, this new line of processors and supporting firmware allow designers to quickly

Optimal Payments to Launch Ios SDK for Apple Pay

Optimal Payments Plc, a leading global online payments provider, announces it will launch an iOS software development kit (SDK) for Apple Pay allowing developers, merchants, and partners to add Apple Pay In-App Purchase as an accepted payment option. Apple Pay provides a secure method to accept payments from customers through the iPhone 6 and iPhone