MasterCard-branded Cards More Widely Accepted in The Gambia Thanks to Collaboration with Guaranty Trust Bank

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MasterCard and Guaranty Trust Bank Gambia (GTBank Gambia) have announced a collaboration that will broaden the acceptance of MasterCard payment cards in The Gambia. Consumers can now use their MasterCard prepaid, credit and debit cards at GTBank Gambia ATMs and Point of Sale (POS) terminals including hotels, restaurants and retailers. “Tourists and business travelers carrying

Visa Working to Promote E-Payments in Africa

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Visa is looking to displace cash in Africa wherever they can by introducing and familiarising people to various e-payment technologies. This is according to Mandy Lamb, Visa’s Country Manager for South Africa, who held a media briefing last week to discuss Visa’s plans in Africa. Mandy pointed out that one must no longer think of

Telecel Launches Debit Card

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Telecel has introduced a debit card for Telecash subscribers, the Telecash gold card, which they can use to pay for goods and services at any of the more than 5 000 ZimSwitch points of sale across the country. It is the first mobile phone network to have issued debit cards for its mobile electronic wallet

Mercury StoreCard Now Available

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Mercury StoreCard now enables local merchants to offer their customers a gift, reward, mobile payments and promotions card all in one product. Mercury Payment Systems, an award-winning provider of payment technology and services, is making Mercury StoreCard widely available to all Mercury merchants. Mercury StoreCard enables small businesses to compete with larger retailers by providing

MasterCard Launches MasterPass in Poland

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MasterCard has announced the launch of MasterPass, its global digital service in Poland. MasterPass provides consumers a seamless, secure and speedy checkout – regardless of where they may be and what device they may be using – at online merchant sites around the globe. MasterPass eliminates the need for consumers to enter detailed shipping and

UBA Launches Salary Advance Credit Card For Workers

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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc last week announced the introduction of a new product “U-Advance Card,” a payment card that allows workers who operate a salary account with UBA to get a credit advance ahead of pay-day. “The U-Advance Card is an internationally accepted card payment solution designed to address the salary account holders’

MasterCard Launches MasterPass in South Africa

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South Africans will now benefit from a more seamless, speedy and secure online shopping checkout with the launch of the innovative MasterCard digital service, MasterPass. MasterPass enables consumers to make convenient, simple, fast and secure digital payments. Digital wallets accessible through the MasterPass acceptance network allow consumers to store all their MasterCard or other branded

Thousands of Merchants and Service Companies Suing Visa and MasterCard Over Swipe Fees

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Visa’s logo is visible almost everywhere during soccer’s World Cup, but its reception may be a little frosty at baseball’s All-Star game Tuesday. That’s because the Minnesota Twins, which are hosting the game, are suing Visa and MasterCard for gouging them every time a fan buys a ticket with a credit card. These unfair, uncompetitive

Cash Passport Allows Four Currencies to be Preloaded on a Single, Chip and PIN Prepaid Card

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MasterCard’s Multi-currency Cash Passport, a prepaid Chip and PIN-protected travel card, is now available from 54 American Express Foreign Exchange bureaux countrywide. As the only product of its kind in South Africa that can be preloaded with up to four currencies (U.S. Dollars, Pound Sterling, Australian Dollars and Euros) at once, the MasterCard Multi-currency Cash

Visa Everywhere Travel Report: Host Cities for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil See Significant Spending Increases by International Travelers

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Visa Inc. the global leader in payments, has released the second installment of the Visa Everywhere Travel Report for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The report, which analyzes travel data and spending through the use of Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards, found that some smaller Brazilian cities, which are hosting tournament games, realized