False positives: The conversion killer

Fraud

Compass Plus Technologies  For merchant acquirers across Africa, fraud prevention has long focused on minimising chargebacks, reducing scheme exposure, and protecting merchants from losses. But there is another threat hiding inside many fraud strategies: false positives. Legitimate transactions wrongly declined as fraud are not just a customer experience issue – they are a major revenue

Yuno Partners with Onafriq to Unlock Pan-African Payments for Global Merchants

Yuno

 Yuno, the global financial infrastructure platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Onafriq, the leading Pan-African payments network, to bring Africa’s most expansive payments infrastructure to merchants worldwide. Through this integration, Yuno’s clients gain instant access to Onafriq’s network spanning 43 African markets, nearly 1 billion mobile wallets, 500 million bank accounts, and 2,000 cross-border payment corridors — all through

PawaPay Hits Three Billion Mobile Money Transactions as Daily Volume Doubles

Pawa

PawaPay, a leading pan-African payments aggregator, has processed three billion successful mobile money transactions through its platform. This milestone reflects growing demand from businesses that need to collect and send payments reliably across multiple African markets. The third billion was processed in under nine months, three months faster than the previous billion. Daily transaction volumes

Omnea: Why Payment Coordination Is Still Finance’s Hardest Problem

Omnea

By Deon Tomp, CEO, Omnea In the late 1990s, South Africa stood at the edge of a financial infrastructure transformation. The country’s payment system – the invisible machinery responsible for moving money between banks, businesses, institutions, and consumers – was undergoing modernization. Real-time settlement systems were emerging globally. Financial markets were becoming increasingly interconnected. Electronic

BPC: Enabling Growth in Africa’s Emerging Economies Through Payment Innovation

BP

Ilyas Berrajaa, Managing Director Africa, BPC Banking Technologies. A farmer selling produce outside a town market, a minibus operator collecting fares, a pharmacy in a rural district, or a small shop owner serving a cash-based community often has the same challenge: Consumers increasingly rely on digital payment instruments like mobile wallets, but merchants still have

Vodacom M-Pesa and PayPal Empower Tanzanians with Expanded Access to Global Digital Payments

Vodacom

New integration enables customers to seamlessly link accounts and transfer funds between PayPal and M‑Pesa wallets through the M‑Pesa Super App Vodacom M‑Pesa Tanzania has announced a new partnership with PayPal that will enable customers in Tanzania to seamlessly transfer funds between their PayPal and M‑Pesa wallets through the M‑Pesa Super App; As part of

Temenos and Interswitch Partner to Scale Digital Banking Services Across Africa

Temeno

Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, and Interswitch Group, a leading integrated payments and digital commerce company in Africa, today announced a collaboration, wherein Interswitch will adopt Temenos technology to enhance its digital banking capabilities, supporting its growth and expanding access to modern financial services across the continent. Interswitch will use Temenos solutions –

Payfast: Digital wallets are reshaping how South Africans pay

Payfast

Payfast by Network and Network International‘s Managing Director of Merchant Services for Africa, Mpho Sadiki South Africa is reaching a tipping point in digital payments. Digital wallets are becoming a more common way for consumers to pay, both online and in-store. The conversation around payments in South Africa has shifted. The question is no longer

enza Awarded PSP Enhanced Licence in Ghana

enza is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a Payment Service Provider Enhanced licence by the Central Bank of Ghana. The award of the PSP Enhanced licence marks an important milestone for enza, Ghana’s financial services sector, and the continued development of regulated digital payments infrastructure across Africa. The Bank of Ghana’s licensing

Interswitch Unveils Digital Forecourt Suite with ‘Pay-As-You-Want’ Capability at NNPC Retail Transformation Summit.

Inter

Interswitch has unveiled its tailored Digital Forecourt suite, an integrated digital retail ecosystem designed to seamlessly connect payments, operations, and customer experiences within modern fuel retail environments. The unveiling took place at the NNPC Retail Business Transformation Summit held this May at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Abuja, where Interswitch participated as Headline Technology