The Nordic firms Vipps and ePassi, leading smart payment providers from Norway and Finland respectively, revealed that their users will be able to use their home app to scan the QR code of the partner scheme from 2019. This will provide easier payment solutions to the existing 4 million app users when they travel, with
Easy and seamless payments are one of the key concerns for large retailers. As new technologies emerge, and the payments ecosystem evolves, retailers must stay ahead of customer expectations around availability, channel variety, and ease-of-use. “The payment environment in retail must not only ensure high availability and performance, but is also a key part of
Visa Inc. has announced that Aida Diarra has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa SSA, effective 1 November 2018. Diarra will oversee all Visa operations in forty-eight markets across Sub-Saharan Africa. She will report to Visa’s Regional President of CEMEA, Andrew Torre, and join Visa’s Central and Eastern
603 First National Bank branches are now connected to Wi-Fi as a part of a drive to allow customers to bank digitally The number of Wi-Fi connected branches has increased from 383 branches since February 2017. Lee-Anne van Zyl the chief executive of FNB Points of Presence said, “The expansion of Wi-Fi connectivity across our
Late last month, innovators and industry leaders gathered at the Spier Wine Farm in Stellenbosch for the second annual African Fintech Unconference (AFU18). The groundbreaking industry event was co-convened by African fintech pioneers Nomanini, MFS Africa and Tugende. “This was an incredibly valuable event for the African financial inclusion sphere in that it produced crucial,
FNB Business has once again been voted “SA’s Best Business Bank” in the 20th Annual Sunday Times Top Brands survey. This makes it the sixth year in a row that FNB Business wins this award. The Sunday Times Top Brands survey is the leading indicator of consumer and brand sentiment in the country. Mike Vacy-Lyle,
For the eighth consecutive year, Paycorp has met the rigorous security requirements for PCI-Data Security Standard compliance; the industry-mandated security standard that applies to all businesses that store, process or transmit credit and/or debit card data. Paycorp was one of the first organisations in the South African financial services industry to achieve PCI compliance, and
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has been presented with the award of the Best Bank in Nigeria by Global Finance in its World’s Best Banks Award 2018 held on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Bali, Indonesia. According to Global Finance, “Winners in the World’s Best Banks Awards 2018 were selected based
Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, has announced the global expansion of its processing business with its fully compliant, Mastercard and Visa certified UK-based processing centre. Compass Plus is globally known as a payments software vendor, however, the company has been successfully offering processing
Visa Inc. has announced that Marianne Mwaniki has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Social Impact, with responsibility for the company’s comprehensive strategy in the areas of financial inclusion, financial literacy, corporate social responsibility and corporate giving programmes. In this new role, Ms. Mwaniki will also lead the Visa Foundation, which was established
