ProPay, a TSYS company in merchant services, payment security and mobile payments, announced it was recently recognized as the top online payment service by merchants participating in the EcommerceBytes awards survey. ProPay achieved the highest overall score of all service providers with the highest scores for the following: Customer Service and interaction with merchants Account
Standard Bank Group has been awarded the 2013 Bank of the Year award from Africa Investor magazine. The award recognises their growth and performance, how their banking structure and strategy equips them for future developments in the market and their contributions to financial inclusion and economic development in Africa. Africa Investor is an influential niche
MasterCard announced that Sam Ahmed has been appointed to the role of group head, Marketing, Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA), effective October 14, 2013. Based in Singapore, Ahmed will be responsible for the management of the region’s marketing teams, and will work to ensure that the company’s brand positioning is executed effectively. He will
ATMIA is pleased to announce that it has concluded an agreement with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) who will be Regional Sponsors in the newly established ATMIA India chapter. NPCI will promote ATMIA’s interest in the sub-continent which is the world’s largest democracy and one of its fastest growing and most promising economies. “Having
GuestLogix Inc. a global provider of onboard retail and payment technology solutions to airlines and the passenger travel industry, announced that it has signed a ten-year agreement with NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies. The purpose of the relationship is to significantly improve the way travelers are able to conduct transactions through
Humanness, social contracting, and trust – these are the three key aspects that influence customer satisfaction and retention, according to the latest trends reported by the 2013 Ask Afrika Awards. The Ask Afrika Orange Index uses audited, independent research to measure service in South Africa. Capitec Bank, the winner of the overall Banking Industry Award, cites its recent investment of over R200 million
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, together with Lottomatica and MasterCard announced the launch of the My WU® reloadable prepaid card in Italy. Lottomatica, the brand through which GTECH S.p.A operates in Italy, is one of the most trusted and well-known brands in Italy, is the first company in Europe to
With the launch of the Pick n Pay smart shopper mobile app, customers can now access all the benefits of South Africa’s favourite rewards programme anytime. With about 12 million smart phones in circulation in the country, they¹re the one thing that many South Africans just can’t do without. With this in mind, Pick n
Absa Bank Limited and Absa Financial Services Limited, subsidiaries of Barclays Africa Group Limited, announced that Louis von Zeuner has resigned from the boards of Absa Bank and Absa Financial Services, with effect from the end of September 2013. Von Zeuner relinquished his full-time executive role as Deputy Chief Executive of Absa Group in December
Revel Systems, the leader in iPad point-of-sale (POS) solutions announced that they will offer PayPal’s mobile payment capabilities as an integrated service within the Revel POS solution. According to the analyst firm Heavy Reading, the mobile payments market is poised to reach $1 Trillion by 2015. Revel’s integration with PayPal is part of a new
