Emirates NBD customers in the UAE will soon be able to get banking updates, track spends as well as listen to daily market briefings on their Amazon Alexa devices, as the bank continues to lead digital innovation in the MENA region with new Voice Banking solutions powered by “Amazon Web Services” (AWS). Using the Emirates
Ingenico, the global leader in seamless payment, analyses the disruptive trends that will transform the payment industry in the future. For Michel Léger, EVP Innovation at Ingenico: “Over the past five years, consumer behaviour and expectations have radically changed the way we make and take payments: until recently, consumers still had to pay when they
Many businesses are now part of a global marketplace. Even companies that primarily serve a local community cannot afford to ignore the wider world. Such businesses are likely to be receiving supplies from abroad, or dealing with other companies that are internationally owned. And for most businesses, making foreign sales and investments, and the added
Bank granted SAMA approval to open 20 new branches in the Kingdom Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has announced plans for further expansion in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), following approval from SAMA (The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority) to open 20 additional branches in the Kingdom. The announcement reflects KSA’s
Shopping has always been a social activity that brings people together, creates conversations, and helps build brand loyalty. Last year, we launched Shopify Ping, a mobile app that centralizes all customer conversations along with intelligent, automated marketing workflows to leverage the power of chat to help you grow your business. Today, we’re excited to launch
Allied Wallet Africa, a global FinTech company offering various payment solutions in 196 countries, recently announced that they will be able to service X-Cart users to further aide global entrepreneurs. This integration will serve to simplify e-commerce for merchants all around the world. With a custom, tested integration process, Allied Wallet Africa and X-Cart products
New format may impact environments beyond payments that use card details to identify and reward customers EMVCo is working to evolve the EMV® Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems to support both future eight-digit Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN), as well as the existing six-digit format. As the change may have implications for merchant and
Cash Matters, a movement by the International Currency Association (ICA), issued a study today that makes the case for cash as a public good, “Virtually Irreplaceable: Cash as Public Infrastructure.” The paper by Dr. Ursula Dalinghaus , Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Ripon College and affiliated scholar at the Institute for Money, Technology & Financial
Mastercard and Bahrain’s leading electronic financial transactions network, BENEFIT, will enable banks to send and receive cross-border business-to-business payments on a secure, private and direct network Blockchain technology will strengthen authenticity, improve efficiency, turnaround time and certainty of such payments Bahrain’s Electronic Network for Financial Transactions (BENEFIT), and Mastercard have partnered to launch a pilot
New European PSD2 requirements significantly impact how European consumers and businesses buy and sell online—ACI’s UP solutions with real-time, multi-layered capabilities help businesses to lower fraud rates while providing a frictionless checkout experience ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced a number of tools and solution updates to
