VeriFone Systems, Inc. has announced that Karen Austin, change management expert and CIO for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E), will join the board, effective immediately. “We are very excited to welcome Karen to the board. The technology expertise she’s demonstrated at some of the nation’s largest retailers as well as her strong leadership in
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced it signed an advisory services agreement with Firstmonie, a subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria Limited, to advance mobile financial services and agent banking in order to strengthen the supply of affordable financial services to low-income individuals and small-scale entrepreneurs in Nigeria. IFC will provide Firstmonie
Vodafone has announced a partnership with eTranzact Ghana to allow the network’s subscribers to make voice and data payments electronically via eTranzact’s e-payment platform. Subscribers can pay for postpaid and broadband subscriptions at branches of banks nationwide, online and via mobile – all in real-time. “We provide the technology platform in partnership with Vodafone to
Orange and the BNP Paribas group offer retail banking customers in Africa direct access between their BNP Paribas account and their Orange Money account through their mobile phones. This new service is available starting in Côte d’Ivoire and will be extended to other countries in which BNP Paribas and Orange Money are present, particularly Senegal.
NCR Corporation has showcased its suite of innovative omni-channel technologies at the ‘NCR Omni-Channel Consumer Experience Forum’ for the banking, retail and travel industry in the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region. Across all industries, consumers are using physical and digital channels interchangeably, often expecting the ability to begin a transaction in one channel
BlackBerry Limited has announced a new three-year agreement with EnStream LP, a mobile payments joint venture owned by Canadian wireless carriers Bell, Rogers and TELUS, to provide a secure platform that supports transaction services between leading banks and consumers. Under the agreement, EnStream will leverage BlackBerry’s proven and reliable infrastructure to enable financial institutions, including
PayPal, a leading global payments provider, announced plans to introduce services into 10 new markets, starting from today. As services go live, the people of Belarus, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Zimbabwe will be able to register for a PayPal account and start making payments on millions of websites around
Like all other services on the market – ZimSwitch’s Vpayments, Pay4App, PesaPal, FloCash – at the core, Paynow enables anyone with a website or app to start receiving payments online from major credit cards as well as, for some at least, local bank cards and local mobile money wallets. So yes, Paynow comes to a
Cybercrime is on the rise in Kenya and one of the most affected areas is mobile money, according to a report launched by Serianu and the Telecommunication Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK). The Kenya Cyber Security Report 2014 said: “In 2013, we noted an increase in mobile money fraud targeting individuals and organisations. The
PayPal launched PassPort, a website designed to educate and empower small businesses with free tools to expand their global sales. PassPort provides country-specific guidance on seasonal sales peaks, including holidays and events; cultural customs, taboos and trends; shipping and distribution logistics; currency exchange and fees; and customs procedures and taxes. “Small business owners know that
