US Payments Forum Provides Guidance on Optimizing Speed of EMV Transactions
First Bankcard Introduces New Credit Card Benefits for Small Business and Middle Market
First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha and a leading issuer of credit cards, has announced the release of three new credit card benefits designed to support the business needs of today’s small business and middle market business customers. The new benefits, which include Cell Phone Protection, MasterCard, Easy Savings and MasterCard Business Lounge Powered by
Europe Net to Release New Prepaid Card for Forwarding Agents in Collaboration with Wirecard
Visa and Oracle Introduce New Tools to Help Improve Digital Ad Performance
How it Works: A retailer who wants to promote a seasonal sale selects a target audience based on a mix of demographic and aggregated, past purchase behavior data. In this situation, they choose millennial women as their target audience, and a digital ad is delivered to this group using the Oracle ID graph across multiple
Six Things Worth Knowing About Chip Cards (EMV): An Evolution in Security
six things to know about chip cards, so here are six more things worth knowing about chip cards: 1) Why should I pay with a chip card? The chip on the front of your card protects your personal information much better than the magnetic stripe on the back. When you buy something, the chip on
Thames Card Technology Halves Co-Branded Card Production Cost & Time with Retransfer Tech
Thames Card Technology Ltd has expanded its retransfer manufacturing capabilities in response to market demand for the production of co-branded or personalised cards from program managers, issuers and card processors. The new hardware, a combination of XID 8300 and XID 9300 machines, reduces the time to market and cost of producing a range of bespoke
Online Shopping Made Simple, Easy, and More Secure with Visa
Aramex Global Shopper, Discovery, Emirates Airline, TicketPro, WebTickets and YuppieChef. Shoppers can now enjoy this digital checkout service that allows them to pay with their cards online and on any device that’s connected to the Internet, with just a few clicks. [video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://paymentsafrika.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Visa-Script-01_Online.mp4" autoplay="true" preload="auto"][/video] Enrolling in Visa Checkout is a simple, one-time
Mastercard Chip Momentum: Reducing Fraud One Year In
As of July 2016, 88 percent of Mastercard U.S. consumer credit cards have chips, representing a 105 percent increase in chip card adoption since the October 1, 2015 liability shift. The company also sees 2 million chip-active merchant locations on its network, a 468 percent increase in chip terminal adoption since October 1, 2015. Two
Visa and Leading Banks Launch mVisa – Kenya’s First Interoperable Mobile Payments Service
Consumers can pay merchants by scanning a QR code on a smart phone or by entering a merchant number into a feature phone. The payment goes straight from the consumer’s bank account into the merchant’s account and provides real-time notification to both parties. The QR code, which provides the customers with the merchant’s bank details,
