Orange is launching a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called “Orange Money International Transfer”. The offer is available between Mali, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. Every year, 200 million euros are moved between those three countries in the form of money transfers. With the new service, Orange meets the needs
RBC today announced its RBC Secure Cloud mobile payments service (patent-pending). This new technology, a first in Canada, will allow clients to more safely and securely pay for purchases using their mobile devices. Keeping sensitive client data secure with RBC in the cloud, not on the phone, makes RBC Secure Cloud a safer, faster, more
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has signed a partnership Agreement with Air France which will enable customers to purchase flight tickets from the French airline via Airtel Money. Charles Alexis Boukinda, the Director of Airtel Money Gabon, said: “We are fully aware that a
Econet Wireless’ mobile money service, EcoCash, has jumped off the starting blocks registering 31% of Zimbabwe’s adult population in just 18 months. EcoCash accounts already outnumber all of Zimbabwe’s bank accounts combined. How has EcoCash achieved such early success? They have combined effective operational execution with an unusually high degree of investment and organisational focus.
Payvia, the direct carrier billing mobile payments and messaging provider, announced a partnership to integrate its mobile payments technology with Mobile XL, whose feature phone browsing platform provides access to digital services such as Facebook, Twitter, email, news, sports and games for millions of people in Africa and India. Mobile-XL browsers use SMS as a data
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces that its UpTeq NFC SIM embedded software and product has been selected by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to secure its NFC payment program. CHT is Taiwan’s largest mobile network operator with 10 million subscribers. The initiative, using the SIM as the secure element to safeguard mobile NFC transactions,
Ensygnia, the mobile payments company backed by Telefonica’s technology start-up accelerator Wayra, today confirmed it had been granted its second UK patent. The company, which recently closed its $3.3m start-up funding round, added that its granted UK patents now covered both log-in and payment processes. Ensygnia also confirmed that it had now acted on its
Tangazoletu Limited recently launched one of its products ‘Spot Cash’ at the Hotel Starbucks in Karatina town of Central province, Kenya. Speaking during the event, the company’s Technical Director Chris Gathingu, clearly explained that members of SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperatives) and Microfinance institutions will now be able to withdraw and deposit their money from
Kipochi Ltd has launched a groundbreaking solution that allows people to send/receive BitCoin and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance. This enables Kenyans to receive money transfers from the diaspora in an easier, faster and cheaper way, compared to using banks and money transferring services such as Western Union and MoneyGram. Kipochi is
Mahindra Comviva, a provider of mobile financial and VAS solutions, announced the global launch of its payPLUS solution, powered by its award-winning mobiquity® platform. An integrated payment solution, payPLUS works as a one-stop-shop for all requirements of businesses and enables merchants – small and medium businesses and service professionals, to convert their mobile phone into a Point-of-Sale (MPOS) device and drive
