ATMIA Partners with New Global ATM Research

ATMIA, the only global trade association for the ATM industry, has launched a new research partnership with leading award-winning software and analytics group, P1M1, which includes discounts for the association’s 11,000+ members. As part of the agreement, P1M1’s annual global ATM Efficiency Benchmarking Report, priced at $10,000, will be available at $9,000 for ATMIA members.

Ecobank Fintech Boosts Financial Inclusion in Africa

Fintech is boosting financial inclusion across Africa, according to Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group, a pioneer in Africa’s digital transformation and the main sponsor of the 2018 Africa Tech summit taking place today. Although over 80% of Africans have mobile phones, only around one quarter (28%) of them have bank account. But mobile

NCR Launches Select Edition Small Footprint ATMs

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, has unveiled its SelfServ™ Select Edition (SE) Cash and SE Recycle ATMs, that will help financial institutions (FIs) to expand their reach and serve the more than 19% unbanked population in India. This new, small-footprint ATM technology from NCR is designed to enable banks to offer access

Wirecard Offers Next Generation Consumer Touchpoints via Chatbot

Wirecard, one of the leading global specialists for digital financial technology, will soon offer innovative, fully-digital and automated consumer interaction experiences via a Chatbot handling consumer enquiries. The fastest growing mobile payment solution in Europe, boon by Wirecard, will be the first mobile payment app to benefit from this new way of managing consumer interactions

AFRRI 2017 Financial Services in Africa: Disruption vs Leapfrogging

The 2017 African Financial Retail Readiness (AFRRI) Report looks at the relationship between technology and financial retail services in Africa. Produced by Calleo, a South African based marketing consultancy, in consultation with iVeri Payment Technologies, a leading global payment solution provider, the report gives a thorough analysis of the key metrics that are required for

Expansion by IADs Outpaces Bank ATM Growth in Major Markets

RBR’s Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2022 report shows that independent ATM deployers (IADs) accounted for one in six ATMs worldwide at the end of 2016. Five markets – the USA, Japan, South Korea, Canada and the UK – are home to over 80% of the world’s IAD terminals, and with the exception of

Growth in Payments Drives SWIFT Annual Traffic to Exceed 7 Billion Message Mark

SWIFT’s FIN traffic rose to an all-time high of 7.1 billion messages in 2017, fuelled by double-digit growth in global payments. While SWIFT’s FIN traffic grew by 9% over the year, FIN Payment traffic rose by 12%, driven by growth across all regions and the adoption of SWIFT’s gpi service. With an average of 28.14

Entrust Datacard and Gemalto Partner to Deploy Effortless and Affordable Instant Issuance

Gemalto, a leader in digital security and payment card supplier, has joined forces with Entrust Datacard, a leading provider of trusted identity and secure transaction technology solutions, to provide a unique, SaaS-based instant issuance solution for U.S. financial institutions. Instant issuance is a must-have for financial institutions In 2006, instant issuance began to penetrate the

UnionPay QRC Product Debuts in Africa Region

UnionPay and KCB jointly announced that they are bringing QRC Payments to the people of Kenya. UnionPay International is accelerating the promotion of UnionPay QR code payment in markets outside Mainland China to create more usage of electronic payment channels, such as the “UnionPay” APP, and is a building an infrastructure model primarily focused on

AFRRI 2017: is ‘Leapfrogging’ Still the Solution to Financial Services in Africa?

This is the question posed by the African Financial Retail Readiness Index 2017 (AFRRI). The second annual AFRRI report looks at eight countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, comparing various metrics to determine the maturity of the current financial retail services in each country, and highlighting areas of opportunity for formal retail banking. Produced by Calleo, a