The Minister of Social Development, Honourable Susan Shabangu has appointed Busisiwe Memela-Khambula as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She takes over from Abraham Mahlangu who was the stand-in CEO since 2018. Memela-Khambula comes with a vast senior management experience in the private, public and developmental sectors of the economy
Bahrain’s national bank partners with Tarabut Gateway, Bahrain’s first licensed open banking systems provider, to enable customers to access new digital services and aggregate all their accounts from different banks National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has today taken a lead role in evolving the banking industry in the region, by adopting technologies that enable it
Adyen, the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, announced that it has been selected by Uber to be its initial solutions provider for 3D Secure (3DS). “Uber is excited to be expanding our payments platform with Adyen. We are focused on maintaining a seamless and rewarding payments experience for our
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
uKheshe, South Africa’s cheapest and most convenient QR cash card has announced the launch of uKheshe Life, a hospital, disability and life benefits card. Offering all of the features that the normal uKheshe QR card does, but also including added hospital & life benefits for the card holder. Clayton Hayward, co-founder, uKheshe, says that in
SWIFT announces the launch of an ‘in-flight’ payment investigation and resolution service, available in the cloud, in a significant expansion of its network-wide payments validation toolkit. The new capability allows for dynamic query handling between banks on the SWIFT network, enabling them to quickly resolve instances in which required operational, regulatory or compliance information is
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
Mastercard and Edenred has announced the first regional test of biometric card technology in Mexico. The effort, focused on state benefits programs, features an embedded fingerprint sensor that provides an additional layer of security to conveniently verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. “The Administration for Sonora state is committed to technological innovation and the
Visa Inc. has announced the launch of Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s largest retail payments network to an open platform that will drive innovation in payments and commerce. For the first time in the company’s nearly 60 year history, software application developers will have open access to industry leading payments technology, products
UnionPay International announced today that the partnership with Steward Bank Limited (Steward Bank), which is the one of the largest banks in Zimbabwe, to issue 150,000 UnionPay international prepaid cards and 50,000 inclusive debit and credit cards. The international prepaid cards will be used by Zimbabweans traveling abroad, while the debit cards will be used
