Mastercard Enables Banks and Merchants to Rapidly Innovate with New Digital Platform

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The Mastercard Innovation Engine serves as a hub for the enablement of varying digital solutions, the first of which provides highly personalized and contextually relevant cardholder experiences Mastercard has introduced the Mastercard Innovation Engine, an API based digital platform that enables issuers and merchants a simplified path to rapidly deploying digital capabilities and experiences to

Chinese Tourists Can Now Pay with Alipay at More than 300,000 merchants in Japan

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Alipay is working with its e-wallet partners to bring more Asian tourists to Japan Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial, has connected more than 300,000 Japanese merchants as of early 2019 with tourists from Chinese mainland paying through the Alipay app. This was an increase of about 500 percent

Ingenico Answers Consumers’ Call for More Payment Options through New LinkPlus Solution

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Payment leader Ingenico Group has launched LinkPlus, a simple and secure solution for businesses who handle payments over the phone. The solution enables online businesses to send payments through a link or QR code, removing the need to manually process unsecured credit card details or banking information. Despite the best efforts of airlines, hotels, retailers

FNB is the First Bank in South Africa to Allow Customers to Shop on App

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First National Bank (FNB) has launched a new functionality on its banking app that enables customers to shop directly from the app. The eBucks Shop, which was previously only accessible on the eBucks website, offers customers exclusive pricing for products ranging from tech and gaming to appliances and outdoor. FNB is the first bank to

Banking is now just a WhatsApp away for Emirates NBD customers

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Bank is the first in the region to launch Chat Banking via WhatsApp Emirates NBD customers can now chat bank via WhatsApp as the bank introduces customised services via the WhatsApp Business Solution, a first in the region. Enhancing the bank’s award-winning suite of digital capabilities, Emirates NBD Chat Banking via WhatsApp, supported by Infobip,

South Africa’s TymeBank Chooses Finn AI for Conversational AI

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Finn AI, the world’s leading AI-powered conversational banking technology provider, announces that TymeBank in South Africa has launched Max, a financial fitness coach within their TymeCoach offering. TymeBank partnered with Finn AI to develop Max, a conversational assistant dedicated to helping consumers learn about their money including how they can enhance their financial profile, improve

E-commerce Expected to Create Local and International Opportunities for Kenyan SMEs

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Kenyan SME must embrace e-commerce as a strategy to grow their business, increase capacity and eventually attract long term financing. Business and corporate leaders meeting during the E-Commerce Kenya Conference held at Strathmore University said that ecommerce is an indispensable proposition in the growth of the SME sector. Dr George Njenga, the Strathmore Business School

Introducing Apple Card, a New Kind of Credit Card Created by Apple

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Apple® has announced Apple Card™, an innovative, new kind of credit card created by Apple and designed to help customers lead a healthier financial life. Apple Card is built into the Apple Wallet™ app on iPhone®, offering customers a familiar experience with Apple Pay® and the ability to manage their card right on iPhone. Apple

Youth Prefer to Bank Smart with Digital Channels

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Statista.com, the global statistical data portal estimates that the number of smartphone users in South Africa will reach 22 million in 2019. This is in line with FNB’s data which indicates an increase in banking via digital channels by young people, especially the Banking App. According to FNB data, customers between the ages of 22-30