Asia-Pacific Now Home to More than Half of the World’s ATMs

China still propels ATM expansion At a country level, China added by far the most ATMs in 2016. Local banks have sought to gain new customers and provide a better service for current ones by introducing ATMs to rural and previously underserved urban areas. It should be noted however that the RBR research found the

Allied Exchange Africa Launches a Cross-Network Mobile Money Platform

Allied Exchange Africa Ltd. has launched its novel digital payment platform, ALEXpay to overcome the lack of cross-network fund transfer and interoperability which currently inhibits the potential of mobile money services in Ghana. According to Mr. Moses Kanduri, COO and Co-founder of ALEXpay, “the increased transactions and cash flows via mobile money transfer service platforms

Allied Exchange Africa Launches a Cross-Network Mobile Money Platform

Allied Exchange Africa Ltd. has launched its novel digital payment platform, ALEXpay to overcome the lack of cross-network fund transfer and interoperability which currently inhibits the potential of mobile money services in Ghana. According to Mr. Moses Kanduri, COO and Co-founder of ALEXpay, “the increased transactions and cash flows via mobile money transfer service platforms

SA FinTech Firm Electrum Selected for Gartner Innovation Programme

Electrum, one of South Africa’s most successful fintech companies which specialises in payments technology, has been selected to participate in the Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme. The aim of this prestigious programme is to highlight innovative providers of enterprise technology to attendees of the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Africa 2017, which is being held in Cape Town from

SA FinTech Firm Electrum Selected for Gartner Innovation Programme

Electrum, one of South Africa’s most successful fintech companies which specialises in payments technology, has been selected to participate in the Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme. The aim of this prestigious programme is to highlight innovative providers of enterprise technology to attendees of the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Africa 2017, which is being held in Cape Town from

Mastercard Reinforces Commitment to Drive Financial Inclusion in Egypt through Payments Innovation

Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, is set to participate at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum 2017, which will take place in Sharm El Sheikh from 13-15 September. The company is also the Lead Sponsor of the Euromoney Egypt Conference 2017. Representing Mastercard at both forums will

Mastercard Reinforces Commitment to Drive Financial Inclusion in Egypt through Payments Innovation

Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, is set to participate at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum 2017, which will take place in Sharm El Sheikh from 13-15 September. The company is also the Lead Sponsor of the Euromoney Egypt Conference 2017. Representing Mastercard at both forums will

Consortium of Accenture and Certus Solutions to Transform Back-Office Services

Accenture and Certus Solutions have been selected by the United Kingdom Home Office to deliver a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed to transform the way the Home Office delivers back-office services across finance, procurement, human resources (HR), customer service and payroll-related functions. The two-year contract, valued at approximately £20 million, was awarded after

Consortium of Accenture and Certus Solutions to Transform Back-Office Services

Accenture and Certus Solutions have been selected by the United Kingdom Home Office to deliver a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed to transform the way the Home Office delivers back-office services across finance, procurement, human resources (HR), customer service and payroll-related functions. The two-year contract, valued at approximately £20 million, was awarded after

SA FinTech Companies Traderoot and Sureswipe Partner on New Payment Platform

Two of South Africa’s first financial technology companies have announced a strategic business relationship that is set to change the fintech payment space. Traderoot and Sureswipe have made available a quick, comprehensive and PCI compliant payment platform that reverses the relationship SMEs and merchants have with traditional financial institutions and places control of business processes