Amplifin Launches Heavyweight Solution for Small to Medium Business

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In the dynamic business landscape, growing enterprises encounter an escalating array of challenges that demand innovative solutions. Amplifin recognises that as businesses expand, their concerns multiply – from financial intricacies to operational complexities. The organisation understands that these enterprises require access to cutting-edge technologies, akin to those embraced by larger corporations, but without the financial

Harnessing the Power of Data to Drive Financial and Economic Inclusion – Mukuru

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By Sandy Rheeder, CIO at Mukuru The modern world has moved towards digitisation, yet a significant gap remains in terms of financial and economic inclusion, particularly in Africa. Despite this, there is a substantial opportunity to harness the power of data to bridge this gap and further the cause of economic and financial inclusion. The

Scan to Pay Vouchers: a New Way to Reward Loyalty

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With the holiday season fast approaching, many businesses are working on gift lists and incentives to thank employees and reward loyal clients. And while the reliable (if somewhat boring) box of chocolates is still appreciated by some, what better way to thank someone than to let them choose their own perfect gift? That’s just one

Easily Pay for Groceries at all Pick n Pay Tills Using Bitcoin

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South Africans who have a Luno wallet will be able to pay at Pick n Pay with crypto in one easy step by simply scanning a QR code. Crypto payments have been available at over 1 500 Pick n Pay stores since February 2023. But the payment process required customers to download two apps to

FutureBank and IDVerse Partner to Fight Cybercrime

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The customisable and compliant embedded finance platform, FutureBank, has partnered with world-leading digital ID verification company IDVerse (previously known as OCR Labs Global) to further its digital transformation and accelerate customer onboarding through swift and secure digital identity verification (IDV). Through this partnership, new FutureBank customers can access the IDVerse software as part of its

The New Standard of Universal Coupons – Ingenico

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Legacy processes for offering, accepting, and using coupons are about to give way to a modern approach. With consumers doing more of their shopping with mobile devices, the legacy coupon standard, (AI) 8110, isn’t meeting the industry’s needs. Moreover, that standard is also increasingly vulnerable to fraud. A new universal coupon standard (A1) 8112 from

Swift Unlocks Potential of Tokenisation with Successful Blockchain Experiments

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Swift today released results from a new series of experiments that show its infrastructure can seamlessly facilitate the transfer of tokenised value across multiple public and private blockchains. The findings have potential to remove significant friction slowing the growth of tokenised asset markets and enable them to scale globally as they mature. While tokenisation is

Standard Bank and ICBC Celebrate 15-year Partnership, Sign 5-Year Renewal to Drive Africa China Trade

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Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank, and one of the world’s leading banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have renewed their strategic cooperation partnership for another five years. The partner institutions continue to lead the Africa-China trade and investment markets, jointly providing unequalled expertise and capabilities to individuals and businesses trading

A Record 1,490 Fintech’s Entered the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2023 with Eight (8) Reaching the Final

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Over 1,400 Fintech startups from 64 countries across Africa and beyond applied for this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge with eight of them making the cut to the final where they will compete for the ultimate prize. This is the sixth edition of this international competition, with the highest number of applications on record. Ecobank Group,

FSS Launches Future-Ready Payments Technology Platform BLAZE for Banks

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Financial Software & Systems Pvt Ltd (FSS), a globally leading provider of payments technology solutions has announced the launch of ‘BLAZE’, an advanced payments technology platform, designed to meet the diverse needs of banks and financial institutions. Using BLAZE architecture, for instance, the FSS Payment Gateway can process more than 5000 transactions per second. BLAZE