Walmart knows customers want to save not just money, but also time. The retailer introduced Walmart Pay – a fast, easy and secure way for customers to pay with their smartphones in Walmart stores. Built with the goal of improving how customers check out and dramatically expanding mobile payment access, Walmart Pay is like no
Some 62 percent of adults are covered with mobile money services across the country so far, a national financial digital money conference heard in Dar es salaam. The Bank of Tanzania Senior Legal Counsel, George Sije said, during the Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference running under the theme Risk Management in the Mobile Money Ecosystem.
Vodafone extended M-Pesa to Ghana, the 11th Vodafone market across Africa, Asia and Europe to benefit from the world’s leading mobile money transfer service. The launch of the service, operating in Ghana under the ‘Vodafone Cash’ brand, follows a successful pilot launched in August 2015. Around 15 million people – approximately 64% of the population
Mozido, a provider of mobile wallets for payment and commerce solutions, announced it has launched NFC mobile payment and loyalty services for Telkomsel Indonesia, in partnership with Verifone Mobile Money and financial services provider Finnet Indonesia. Mozido powers Telkomsel’s NFC-based TWallet application for its 140 million subscribers, enabling them to seamlessly tap and pay with
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announced that its SafeNet Luna EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) Payment HSM (Hardware Security Module) supports new standards from the major credit card networks for secure implementations of contactless payments via mobile phones. The SafeNet Luna EFT device is able to deliver on highly secure cloud tokenization requirements in
WeChat has extended its features in South Africa with the introduction of the WeChat Wallet, a digital wallet service. Like a physical wallet, you can securely store your bank cards and make instant cash payments within WeChat with the new feature. With WeChat Wallet, users can electronically send cash to friends and family, just like
Verifone and Swipp, a leading Danish mobile payment app, announced an agreement to integrate Swipp as an accepted payment method for more than 30,000 Danish merchants using Verifone devices. The development of the app has been supported by more than 70 banks in Denmark. Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, the service will allow
Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has entered into a strategic partnership with one of the world’s leading mobile money service providers, Vodacom, to launch a service that now enables customers to pay for Qatar Airways tickets using the M-Pesa service. The new service offers greater flexibility for Qatar Airways’ passengers
The world of retail came alive at the Cape Town based wiGroup offices with over 65 hospitality and retail organisations attending an interactive event that unpacked the future of the South African mobile transaction landscape. wiGroup, together with Barrows, hosted an interactive event that “turned on” retail through mobile transacting combined with digital media. Ten
Money transfer app WorldRemit launches remittances to Vietnam. Customers can now send money from the WorldRemit app direct to any bank account in Vietnam. Backed by early investors in Facebook, Spotify and Dropbox, WorldRemit enables people to send money to friends and family overseas using its award-winning iOS and Android mobile apps. Customers already send
