Kenya Airways, the pride of Africa, and Uganda’s leading Mobile Money service provider, MTN Uganda have partnered to launch a service that allows customers to pay for Kenya Airways tickets using MTN Mobile Money. This additional payment option is part of the airline’s efforts to embrace technology and the convenience and improved customer experiences that
Version 1.2 of MPress, iVeri’s MPos solution is now available in BlackBerry World. This means that iVeri now has MPos apps for Android, Apple and BlackBerry. For iVeri customers this increases the potential pool of merchants which can be serviced. The App is compatible with all BlackBerrys running operating systems from 5 to 7. Development
The Solidarity Bank Charges 2013 report shows that FNB’s Easy Account is the cheapest full-service bank account in South Africa. “Price is important for customers, but they should also look for the best quality account offering the best benefits,” says Seth Maanda, Head of Sales and Marketing at FNB Transact. FNB’s Easy Account customers have
MasterCard has revealed the results of the latest MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence, which indicates that Consumer Confidence in Morocco has increased to 85.2. Consumers in Morocco are optimistic about all five indicators measured in the Index. When compared to the previous edition of the survey released six months ago, consumers are more optimistic about
Mr Archie Hesse, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) said Ghana would soon host an online internet gateway. This would make it possible for consumers to use their normal ATM cards to make payments online . He said with the launch, payment for goods and services purchased locally via
Standard Chartered Bank has introduced cross border banking aimed at providing seamless banking services to its SME customers across East Africa. With this new service, customers can transact freely within East Africa as if they were in their home country and at no extra cost. A customer will be able to access their funds throughout
FNB unveiled its unique Slimline ATM capable of delivering digital banking into retailer environments at remote locations where the volume of business does not support a conventional ATM. FNB Slimline offers a large touch screen with an integrated camera, a card reader for CHIP and PIN enabled cards with a numeric keypad. Says Head of
M-PESA, the flagship brand of the leading integrated communications service provider Safaricom Limited, has introduced a new rent collection and payment service dubbed Lipa Kodi na M-PESA. Under the new scheme, customers will pay Kshs.6 for transactions of upto to Kshs. 5,000 while those paying between Kshs.50, 000 and Kshs.70, 000 will be charged a
Last week, South Africa’s payCity stopped accepting online credit card payments for its SMS prepaid electricity service for Cape Town customers. The suspension of services occurred without notice too many customers unless they had been to the payCity website to see the notice, leaving them in the dark. Customers, when trying to purchase using the sms
Xpertek Group’s loan finance solution, Acquire, is now being used in the consumer credit market, for online shopping, and in the cellular product space. Subsequent to the launch of the credit card solution last year, Xpertek implemented the solution at AFB, where it is used as a retail credit solution for merchants operating within sub-Saharan
