VeriFone Systems, Inc. announced that its PAYware Wynid managed payments solution is powering passenger ticket purchases aboard France’s national railroad operated by SNCF Group. Deployment began in April with the first 1,000 handheld devices that are planned to number 12,000 over three months and handle an estimated 1,650,000 million payment transactions annually across the SNCF-managed
Botswana will be the first country to benefit from the new program and will allow easy access to funds 24 hours a day, bringing new point-of-sale, online and ATM transaction options to consumers. Currently, Orange Money allows customers to use their mobile phones to transfer funds to any mobile phone subscriber in or outside the
iZettle today announces that its Chip & PIN and Chip & Signature mobile payments solutions has been approved by the Visa Ready Program, making iZettle mPOS solutions software and hardware Visa Ready. The approval applies to Visa Inc territories. This comes after iZettle’s successful enrollment last June in the Visa Ready Program, which is designed
The fact that 88.5 million Americans attempted to open account online or with a mobile device in the past 12 months underscores how far online account opening has come in a few short years. Nonetheless, its potential remains largely untapped, especially as consumers place growing importance on mobile capabilities. Today, Javelin Strategy & Research released
US debit and ATM network PULSE and Paydiant, a provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet and offer redemption platform, are working together to provide an easy-to-use mobile commerce solution for PULSE participants. The Paydiant solution will enable PULSE financial institution and merchant partners to quickly deploy contactless payment and cash access functionality to better serve their
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, and eTranzact International plc, a multi-application and multi-channel electronic payment processing company, announced the launch of a new mobile money transfer service. Consumers in Nigeria who use the eTranzact Mobile Money platform now have the option of receiving a Western Union Money Transfer® transaction on their
Airtel Networks limited has entered into a partnership with Equity Bank in Kenya and First Bank of Nigeria that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya and Nigeria, through Airtel Money. In Kenya the service, available to all customers with Airtel lines, will enable customers from both Airtel and Equity Bank
Orange and Total have signed a partnership giving Orange customers access to Orange Money services at all TOTAL service stations in African and Middle-Eastern countries where the two groups are present and Orange Money is available, a total of 13 countries to date. Orange Money is Orange’s payment and money transfer service for Africa and the
Mobile payments provider Fortumo has announced direct carrier billing agreements with China Unicom and China Telecom. Together with an earlier partnership with China Mobile, Fortumo is now the first and only mobile payments provider who can provide mobile operator billing for in-app purchases to all 1.15 billion mobile phone subscribers in China. “China is already the largest
Leading mobile billing and messaging provider txtNation announces its acquisition of mobile entertainment outfit 24GMedia. 24GMedia, with headquarters in the UK and South Africa, designs, integrates and maintains consumer-focussed mobile payment apps for top-fight brands such as Pizza Hut and leading operators in online gambling. It specialises in solutions for selling digital and physical goods
