KFH and Mastercard Launch Innovative ‘Mobile Wallet Payment Service’

Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the world’s leading Islamic financial institution and Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, have announced the launch of a ‘Mobile Wallet Payment Service’ for the bank’s Mastercard credit and prepaid cardholders. Group Chief Retail and Private Banking Officer at KFH, Waleed Mandani said that KFH is the

Innervation Acquires Rewards Solution Provider Edenred South Africa

CROSSFIN Technology Holdings announced that it has financed the acquisition of the South African subsidiary of leading global corporate services company Edenred through its portfolio company Innervation. Speaking of the deal, CROSSFIN COO Anton Gaylard says the acquisition creates a compelling value proposition for South African corporates. “According to the latest Deloitte Human Capital Trends,

New Integrated Payment And POS Solution Brings 2-Second Transaction Speed To Retailers

The South African financial technology company that brought card-payment systems to smaller businesses as far back as 2008 has just announced a new integrated payment solution that will benefit franchise store owners, larger independent retailers and franchise owners. Sureswipe is SA’s first independent payment service provider to offer a fully integrated payment solution with acquiring

Kifiya Works With Mastercard To Launch First International Remit To Pay Service In Ethiopia

Mastercard and digital service provider Kifiya have partnered to introduce a simple, secure and convenient digital solution that will ultimately allow citizens to pay for all bills in one location in Ethiopia. The partnership will impact millions of Ethiopian citizens living abroad, as well as those living in the East African country. The digital solution,

Kifiya Works With Mastercard To Launch First International Remit To Pay Service In Ethiopia

Mastercard and digital service provider Kifiya have partnered to introduce a simple, secure and convenient digital solution that will ultimately allow citizens to pay for all bills in one location in Ethiopia. The partnership will impact millions of Ethiopian citizens living abroad, as well as those living in the East African country. The digital solution,

Direct Pay Online Continues Southern Africa Expansion With Acquisition Of PayThru South Africa

Direct Pay Online (DPO) Group, through its South African subsidiary DPO SA, have announced the acquisition PayThru South Africa, a cloud-based payment gateway that specializes in the integration of mobile devices. The acquisition is in line with the Group’s strategy to strengthen its positioning in South Africa and establish itself as the leading payment service

TransferTo and MallforAfrica team up to Accelerate Digital Payments and Connect Africa to the E-commerce World

TransferTo, a global B2B Cross-Border Mobile Payments Network, has partnered up with MallforAfrica (MFA), an award-winning global e-commerce platform, to offer shoppers living in Africa with direct online access to over 200 major retailers across Europe and the USA. Over the last few years, e-commerce has been growing in popularity across Africa.  According to McKinsey,

SWIFT Offers 200,000 EUR for FinTech Community to Leverage gpi Platform

SWIFT invites FinTech companies from around the world to develop new overlay services that leverage its SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) platform. SWIFT will provide funding of up to 200,000 EUR for the two winning FinTech finalists of an Industry Challenge. The FinTech winners will work with banks on collaborative innovation concepts that solve additional

SWIFT Offers 200,000 EUR for FinTech Community to Leverage gpi Platform

SWIFT invites FinTech companies from around the world to develop new overlay services that leverage its SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) platform. SWIFT will provide funding of up to 200,000 EUR for the two winning FinTech finalists of an Industry Challenge. The FinTech winners will work with banks on collaborative innovation concepts that solve additional

ACI Worldwide Brings Alipay to Africa via Peach Payments

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and Alipay announced that they are launching Alipay in South Africa, via leading regional payment service provider (PSP) Peach Payments. This latest news builds upon ACI’s long-standing work with Alipay, as well as Peach Payments, whose merchants already benefit from the flexibility and seamless mobile