Capability is powered by Masterpass, Mastercard’s digital payment service FNB, South Africa’s best digital bank, is expanding its digital payments ecosystem by enabling consumers and sole proprietor businesses to perform and accept QR code payments using the FNB Banking App. This makes FNB the first bank in South Africa to integrate QR code payments for
Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to payment processors and financial institutions, has announced that Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), one of the largest card issuers in Vietnam, has made online transactions more secure for its customers. The bank, which utilises TranzWare e-Commerce from
Folarin is a smart entrepreneur who is in touch with technological advancement and the digital age. He has different apps on his mobile phone which he uses to organise both his business and private lives. He has a food app which he uses to order for his breakfast and lunch, he has another one that
Emergent Technology Holdings LP, a global financial technology company, is pleased to announce it has acquired Interpay Limited, a payments processor based in Ghana. The acquisition extends the operations of EmTech’s digital payments business, Emergent Payments®, a local payments provider in 70 emerging markets. Interpay Africa connects African merchants to local and international payments capabilities
3-D Secure 2 access control server comes bundled with APIs for a wide range of in-app payment experiences Entersekt, an innovator in mobile-first fintech solutions, announced that it has gained EMVCo certification for its 3-D Secure 2 access control server. EMVCo is a payments industry consortium managing global specifications for secure card-based e-commerce transactions. Entersekt
Payment leader enhances messaging bot solution with AI services from IBM Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, launched its innovative payment-enabled chatbot, which uses natural language processing (NLP) from IBM Watson to create a smooth customer experience. Watson capabilities allow Ingenico’s chatbot to better understand users’ requests once they have been inputted, whatever
Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that SINNAD, a leading GCC third-party payment service provider based in Bahrain, has deployed a new processing platform built on TranzWare and TranzAxis. As part of a major strategic expansion plan, SINNAD – a subsidiary of
UnionPay International has announced the launch of the UPI Developer, an open platform that gives global developers access to 18 of UnionPay’s UnionPay cross-border mobile Internet payment products and services in the first phase. Through the platform’s application programming interface (API), developers can integrate UnionPay’s technical services into their products efficiently and cost-effectively, thus providing
This is the last of a three-part series on the importance of interoperability in the payments space. In the first article we looked at the early history of electronic payments and how interoperability played a key role in the success of credit cards and ATMs. In the previous article we will take a closer look
In a bid to address their challenges in a more systematic and holistic way, Janngo closes a strategic partnership with Agence Côte d’Ivoire PME to further improve access to market, capital and capacity for Ivorian SMEs. Through Jexport, its turnkey import-export platform, Janngo brings a solution to Small and Medium Enterprises competitiveness challenges in Ivory
