Comviva and SBI Card Win Payments & Cards, PayTech and InnTech Awards for SBI Card Pay Service

Comviva, the global leader in digital solutions and SBI Card, the leading credit card issuer in India have recently won three prestigious awards – Payments & Cards Award 2020, PayTech Award 2020 and InnTech Award 2020 for the ‘SBI Card Pay’ service. SBI Card and Comviva were recognized as the winners in the ‘Best Payments

Financial Inclusion Firmly on Africa’s Agenda

A year since launching, uKheshe, South Africa’s cheapest and most convenient QR cash card and micro transaction platform, has left an indelible imprint on South Africa’s unbanked and underbanked. The start-up, with over 300 000 users to date, has forged ahead with its financial inclusion strategy, receiving high praise and global recognition. Clayton Hayward, co-founder and

Orange Bank Celebrates Its Second Birthday as it Continues to Grow

Two years after its launch, Orange Bank is living up to its initial promise; occupying a position in the banking market with an offer that differentiates it from the competition: simple, accessible, above all mobile and regularly enriched with new services such as transfers by SMS  in 2018 and the Visa Premium card in 2019.

Travelex Expands ATM Acceptance to Major Global Payment Schemes with TNS

Travelex, a Finablr company and a market leading foreign exchange specialist, has announced a new agreement with Transaction Network Services (TNS), a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. Through the partnership, Travelex will expand the card schemes available across its 1,050-strong ATM network. The company will use TNS’ managed hosting service to

ACI Worldwide to Deliver Universal Payments Technology via Microsoft Azure

ACI Worldwide has announced a global strategic collaboration with Microsoft via the Microsoft Partner Network to support the payments industry’s rapid adoption of technology deployed in the public cloud. As one of Microsoft’s top 10 global ISV partners in the financial services industry, ACI will support the company’s industry growth and extend the reach of

ACI Worldwide’s Retail Payments Solution Helps Cardtronics Drive More ATM Transactions

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced an extension of its long-term relationship with Cardtronics, the world’s largest ATM operator. Cardtronics, a long-time ACI customer, is modernizing its offerings for merchants and financial service providers through ACI’s UP Retail Payments solution – an integrated platform for all

Adyen Launches Card Issuing Offering

Adyen offers the first global, end-to-end card issuing solution completely built in-house. Adyen, the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, has announced the addition of card issuing to its offering. Adyen Issuing will enable clients to provide virtual and/or physical cards to their customers. Cards issued by Adyen can

Mama Money Improves Financial Control with Duco Reconciliation Platform

Duco’s automated matching process provides the capacity of two full time employees. Having gone live in 24h, costs are now capped, enabling rapid and controlled scaling. Duco, the global leader of cloud-based enterprise data integrity and next-generation reconciliation services have announced that Mama Money, the world’s first social business money transfer operator, has gone live

Demand for Cash Remains Strong Despite Proliferation of Alternative Payment Methods

Cashless payments have come a long way in recent years, but cash is still a popular means of payment in most countries, particularly those with large rural and unbanked populations. ATM cash withdrawals will continue to increase in most countries After many years of growth, the total number of ATM cash withdrawals worldwide dropped by

Zazu to Launch Mastercard Prepaid Cards Linked to its Mobile Wallet – a First in Zambia

Zazu and Mastercard partnership to drive digital payment adoption and reduce cash through globally accepted prepaid and virtual cards In a market first, Zazu Africa Limited (Zazu) announced a partnership with Mastercard to issue prepaid cards linked to the Zazu app in a move that will help to reduce cash dependence and increase financial inclusion