Tanzania’s NMB Bank Starts to Effect Payment Through Agency Network

NMB Bank has started offering its services through the MaxMalipo agency banking, in a bid to reach more customers. The development comes after a successful piloting of the project in Kigamboni-Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Arusha regions. This was unveiled at the weekend by the NMB Information Officer, Ms Doris Kilale, at the promotion held

Wallet One South Africa has Launched a Payment Solution for Online Merchants

Wallet One South Africa has launched W1 Checkout, a payment aggregator for e-commerce merchants and service providers, enabling them to offer customers an increasing number of online and cash payment methods with immediate, safe and secure processing. Electronic payments are processed through Wallet One’s PCI DSS certified payment gateway and 3D secure acquiring partners. Cash payments for online purchases are

CBN Grants Payment Terminal Service Provider Licence to Computer Warehouse Group

Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), the leading Pan-African ICT Company has been issued the license to perform the activities of Payment Terminal Service Provider (PTSP) to Point-of-Sale terminals (PoS) in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This followed a visit by a delegation of the Apex bank to CWG late last year to

eProcessing Network Integrates Three Epson Mobile POS Printers for the Mobile Market

eProcessing Network, LLC (ePN), the leading independent payment gateway and software development company in the Electronic Payment Processing Industry, announced integration of Epson’s TM-T20II Ethernet, Bluetooth and WIFI printers with its ePNMobile for Tablet iOS and Android Applications. ePN understands that mobile merchants need the option to offer printed receipts to their customers, and the

Nomanini Enables Rapid, Reliable Prepaid Retail in Informal Markets

South African-based company Nomanini has created a mobile point of sale terminal and cloud-based distribution platform that is fundamentally changing the nature of the prepaid voucher industry in informal markets. This is according to the latest case study from the GSMA, the global association that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide and the producer

Shift4 Introduces True P2PE Solution

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has issued two security standards for point-to-point encryption (P2PE). Merchants that adopt a PCI-validated P2PE solution are promised simplified compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard and a significantly shorter self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) for their future PCI assessments. In spite of these proposed benefits, Shift4 Corporation,

Citizens Bank Extends Fiserv Relationship with Seven-Year Renewal for Multiple Payment Solutions

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions,announced that Citizens Bank has renewed its agreement with Fiserv for multiple digital payment capabilities, signing a seven-year extension for CheckFree RXP, Popmoney, and TransferNow, as well as the small business versions of each of these services. The agreement enables Citizens Bank to continue offering

Xoom Launches Instant Money Transfer Service to China, Processed Through UnionPay

Xoom Corporation, a leading digital money transfer provider, announced the launch of its money transfer service to China. This instant bank deposit service allows Chinese immigrants with a U.S. bank account, credit card, or debit card to conveniently send money online to most bank accounts in China within seconds. With the addition of China, Xoom’s

EFTPOS New Zealand Appoints TNS to Handle Payments Traffic

Multi-channel payments solution provider EFTPOS New Zealand has migrated its Dial POS network to Transaction Network Services (TNS). The agreement enables EFTPOS New Zealand, which was acquired by Verifone in 2013, to support the changing technology mix for payment acceptance in New Zealand and more quickly rollout its next generation of payment technologies. EFTPOS New

Vietnam Eximbank Trusts in Wirecard mPOS Solution

Wirecard Group, with its Singapore subsidiary Trans Infotech Pte. Ltd., cooperates with Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) in the field of mobile payment via innovative mPOS terminals. The new service to accept card transactions via smartphones or tablets is called “Eximbank`s mPOS”. It enables small and medium-sized enterprises to offer MasterCard, Visa