DPO Group Partners with Mastercard to Help Businesses Accept Digital Payments

 DPO Group has partnered with Mastercard to enable thousands of businesses in Ghana to offer their customers greater choice and convenience by pivoting online and accepting digital payments. Through the collaboration, DPO will leverage Mastercard’s digital payments technology to enable merchants to safely, seamlessly and securely accept a wide range of digital payment methods including

Mastercard and Ecobank Group Partner to Digitize Agricultural Value Chains in Africa and Empower Millions of Smallholder Farmers Through Digital and Financial Inclusion

Mastercard and Ecobank Group will deploy Mastercard Farm Pass, an award-winning, innovative solution that helps connect smallholder farmers to financial and agricultural ecosystems Mastercard Farm Pass will be rolled out leveraging the 33 countries where Ecobank has banking operations, helping millions of smallholder farmers gain digital access to markets, quality inputs, financial services, and real-time

Pay@ Partners with Stitch to make EFT Payments Faster and Improve Customer Service

Instant EFT payments just got better and faster. Southern Africa’s leading payments aggregator Pay@ has partnered with Stitch, a payments and data Application Programming Interface (API) fintech, allowing billers and merchants to easily accept secure payments from customers via Instant EFT. Pay@ has partnered with Stitch to bring a much-improved customer experience – allowing a

Network International Appoints Dr. Reda Helal as Group Managing Director, Processing Business – Africa

Reda will be responsible for leading and growing a client-focused business unit serving financial institutions, fintechs and payment partners across all African geographies Network International (www.Network.ae), the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has announced the internal appointment of Dr. Reda Helal as Group Managing Director, Processing Business –

Cellulant Partners with Orange Money to Power Card to Wallet Transfers for 8 Banks in Botswana

This partnership enables customers to move funds from their bank accounts through their cards straight into their Orange Money wallets  Orange Money, the mobile money service of Orange and leading Pan-African payments company, Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io), have launched a partnership to enable card-to-wallet transfers for 8 banks in Botswana. The Orange Money Card-To-Wallet service (https://bit.ly/3ex927w) in

Ade Ayeyemi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ecobank Group, to Retire

Alain Nkontchou, Ecobank Group Chairman, thanked Ade for his immense contribution during his seven years at the helm of the Ecobank Group as Group CEO Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), today announced that the current Group Chief Executive Officer, Ade Ayeyemi, will retire after he attains the age

Introducing the New PCI SSC Mobile App 

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is pleased to announce the release of its new mobile app. The PCI SSC mobile app allows for more direct engagement with payment industry stakeholders, including instant notification of Council news and announcements, and easier access to important resources. PCI SSC launched its mobile app as a new

The Cryptocurrency Industry is a Progressive Step and is an Opportunity Rather than a Threat

By Mark Chirnside, CEO & Co-Founder of Xago Technologies With the bear market trading in full swing, crypto companies are hamstrung by lower trading volumes and fees earned, which is hurting the bottom line. Finger pointing towards UST, Defi lending and general subpar operations are all leading to regulators rightly taking a stronger stance on

Mastercard Powers Launch of Telda’s Cobranded Prepaid Card

Unbanked Egyptians can now get a prepaid Mastercard with a seamless onboarding process The launch is a step towards creating a ripple-effect for providing financial access to millions of Egyptians Mastercard powers the launch of Telda prepaid cards, jointly issued by one of the major banks in Egypt and a fintech. The innovative payment solution

Predictive Data Intelligence Removes Hurdles to Instant Cross-Border Transactions Over SWIFT

New capability leverages SWIFT’s insight on millions of daily transactions to flag upfront when a payment may stall because of incorrect payee details Innovation is latest in SWIFT’s strategy to eliminate friction and drive instant international payments around the world  As part of its ambitious strategy for instant and frictionless transactions, SWIFT today announces a