Ingenico Partners with Fintech Pundi X to Enable Crypto Transactions Around the World

Ingenico Group the global leader in seamless payment, and Singapore-based Fintech Pundi X have just announced a major milestone in the global adoption of crypto payments, as Pundi X has completed the integration of their XPOS software with the point-of-sale (POS) APOS A8 devices of Ingenico. Leveraging blockchain to facilitate payments Through this partnership, merchants

Interswitch and Visa Enter into Strategic Partnership

Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa, and Visa Inc., the world leader in digital payments, today announced a strategic partnership that will further advance the digital payments ecosystem across Africa. As part of the agreement, Visa will acquire a significant minority equity

Ecobank Announces Appointment of Deepak Malik to its Board of Directors

Deepak Malik joins the Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) Board of Directors as a nominee of Arise B.V. (“Arise”) which now holds a 14.1% equity stake in ETI Mr. Deepak Malik has been coopted to the Board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (https://www.Ecobank.com), the parent company of the Ecobank Group as a Non-Executive Director. Deepak Malik

MIGA Supports Banking in Middle East & North Africa

MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued $67 million in guarantees to BBAC of Lebanon to help increase the loan portfolio of BBAC’s branches in Iraq. This in turn is expected to facilitate the growth of domestic Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). MIGA is providing a guarantee for up to five years,

Airtel Africa & Finablr Partner to Facilitate Seamless Inbound and Outbound Cross-border Payments

Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider, and Finablr, a global platform for payments and foreign exchange solutions, have entered into an extensive global partnership that will see the two companies bringing together their complementary capabilities. As an outcome of the arrangement, Airtel Africa mobile money operations will be integrated with Finablr’s technology platform and

Diebold Nixdorf Achieves Highest Satisfaction Levels With Global Banking Customers

Diebold Nixdorf  has announced that customer satisfaction results among its global banking clients grew substantially, surging by 100 percentage points over the past year. As measured by Diebold Nixdorf’s most recent annual customer survey, the company saw its net promoter score (NPS) results improve dramatically with customers across its banking industry segments. Highlights of the

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa Implement Click to Pay to Make Online Checkout Simple and Secure

BassPro, Cinemark, JoAnn Fabric and Crafts, Movember, Papa John’s, Rakuten, Saks Fifth Avenue, Staples, SHOP.com and Tickets.com are among the first merchants to offer consumers new option to click to pay. American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa announced the arrival of faster, more secure online checkout based on the new EMV® Secure Remote Commerce (SRC)

Cybersecurity Leaders Launch Initiative for Interoperable Security Technologies to Thwart Attacks

The OASIS international consortium announced an industry initiative to bring interoperability and data sharing across cybersecurity products. With initial open source content and code contributed by IBM Security and McAfee, and formed under the auspices of OASIS, the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) brings together organizations and individuals from around the world to develop open source

Bankmed Launches First Deployment Of DN Series™ In Lebanon

Diebold Nixdorf’s new, integrated ATM solution with cash recycling provides increased efficiency, functionality and security Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a global leader in driving connected commerce for the banking and retail industries, announced today that Bankmed is the first to deploy its new DN SeriesTM self-service solution in Lebanon. Bankmed is also the first bank

Ingenico Launches Full Suite of Chinese Payment Methods for International Ecommerce Players

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, is transforming how international ecommerce companies operate in China. By introducing a suite of payment methods that fully caters to the preferences of local consumers, Ingenico will enable online businesses to gain better access to one of the world’s most significant online markets. As 82% of the