The Electronic Payments Association announced its Payments Innovation Alliance has launched a Mobile Wallet Initiative to enable stakeholder companies and the broader mobile wallet community to leverage an “open” acceptance platform that includes support for retailer- and bank-branded mobile wallets for electronic payments. Launched last year, The Alliance is a membership group of more than
Orange is launching Africa’s first mobile crowdfunding platform in Côte d’Ivoire: Orange Collecte. With this platform, private individuals and charities can finance their personal (weddings, birthdays, etc.) and charitable projects (fundraising, events, projects, etc.) by making an appeal through their mobile network. This novel solution is open to all Orange Money customers in Côte d’Ivoire. Contributors
Online money transfer service WorldRemit expands its service to Armenia by offering remittances to MobiDram, the mobile wallet offered by VivaCell. Founded by Dr Ismail Ahmed, ‘the man changing the world of remittances’ according to the BBC, WorldRemit is a quick, convenient, and low-cost way for people to send money to friends and family abroad.
Leading electronic payment solution provider in South Africa, PayU, is pleased to announce the signing of a two-way partnership with Callpay, the provider of secure payment technology for call centres. As Callpay continues to expand its presence, the agreement will provide existing and new PayU merchants with a secure way to accept payments over the
Investec Asset Management has acquired a significant shareholding in wiGroup, South Africa’s only interoperable point-of-sale mobile transacting network. Investec Asset Management will partner with wiGroup’s founder management and existing shareholder Capital Eye Investments (CEI) to support the Company’s growth and development both domestically and in new markets outside South Africa. Founded in 2007, wiGroup has
Safaricom has opened up its M-PESA platform to allow local and international developers to come up with next-generation applications that will work with the most preferred mobile money solution. By availing M-PESA’s Application Programming Interface (API), Safaricom is fulfilling a promise made during the commissioning of the new M-PESA technological platform in April this year.
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, joins forces with Samsung to accelerate the deployment of Samsung Pay through Gemalto’s Allynis Trusted Service Hub (TSH). Samsung Pay is a simple and secure mobile payment service that will provide wider acceptance with NFC and MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) working in most of merchant locations. Gemalto and
MobilArt, a digital B2B and B2C solutions provider, specialising in content for the mobile generation, has partnered with SLA Mobile, a mobile solutions provider, to offer Direct Operator Billing as a payment option to their customers. Based in India, Middle East & South Africa, MobilArt offers a wide range of content including web, mobile games,
We are thrilled to announce an innovative collaboration with Bharti Airtel – the largest wireless carrier in India and third largest wireless carrier in the world. Through this partnership, riders in India can pay for their trips with Airtel’s mobile wallet, Airtel Money. Additionally, Mumbaikars will now be the first in India to enjoy free
Millicom, announced that Tigo Pesa, its Mobile Financial Services in Tanzania, has joined with WorldRemit, the London-based online peer to peer money transfer service. The partnership will enable the Tanzanian diaspora to directly send money to families and friends back home through their smartphones, tablets and computers. Announcing the launch in Dar es Salaam today,
