FTS, a global provider of billing, charging, policy control and payment solutions, has announced that it has extended its relationship with national telecommunications provider Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel). Camtel has signed a significant licensing expansion contract and renewed its agreement with FTS for convergent charging and billing support. FTS is also due to implement a major
MTN Mobile Money users, who are also Ecobank customers in 12 African countries, will soon be able to withdraw cash from Ecobank ATMs. They will also be able to transfer money between their Mobile Money and Ecobank accounts. The service was piloted in Ghana last month, and will soon be launched in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory
MasterCard has announced its expansion into seven new markets across Central and West Africa, increasing its acceptance footprint across the continent and securing a number of strategic agreements. The addition of Chad, Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and The Gambia to the MasterCard network extends the company’s presence to 48 of the
Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), an electronic payments card processing company in the Middle East and Africa, announced today that it has been appointed to provide electronic payments processing for taxes and customs fees at the Port of Douala in Cameroon. EMP has committed to pilot the service from next month, with the full launch scheduled
‘Airtel Money’, Bharti Airtel’s mobile money platform, is making a mark in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the government embracing it to make large-scale salary payments from December last year. Now, civil servants including the military, the police force, pensioners and other civil servants can receive payments on their mobile phones. Louis Luballa, the Managing Director
Aftab Currency Exchange, a remittance and foreign exchange brand with a presence in three continents, has strengthened its bonds with Airtel Communications, a leader in global payments services to extend joint operations in Kenya and Nigeria. Aftab Currency has taken another initiative with Fidelity Bank with an active network of 173 branches across Nigeria to
