Coremobile has launched Quick Airtime, an online platform for secure airtime recharge, mobile top-up and prepaid re-up in Nigeria, which it said is the fastest and simplest online recharge platform in the world. “Users can choose between Interswitch, PayPal, Google-Wallet, Verified by Visa and Etranzact. It is important for users to have options, but most
PYMNTS.com has released the August 2014 issue of the mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report sponsored by ROAM. In the report, PYMNTS ranks the players it tracks, scoring them based on numbers and types of devices used, geographies where solutions are implemented, the number of payment types accepted, and more. This month’s report begins by
First Data, the global leader in payment processing solutions and e-commerce, has dramatically expanded its presence in Brazil with the launch of Bin, the company’s acquiring solution developed specifically for the local market. Leveraging over 40 years of experience in the payments industry and international markets, First Data will differentiate itself in the Brazilian market
Paynow, the Zimbabwean internet payments platform developed by Webdev has decided to give local internet payments a shot in the arm by working with developers. Together with Hypercube Hub, Paynow will be hosting a developer day at the tech hub on Saturday 16 August 2014. The day long event (9 am to 5 pm) will
New findings from leading analysts, Juniper Research, show that the number of household bill payments made via PCs, Tablets and Mobiles will exceed 20 billion this year, representing approximately 16% of all global consumer household bills. This trend is being driven by a growing consumer acceptance of transactional digital banking, and the sharp rise in
Square announced its plans to release Square Reader for chip cards, an EMV solution to combat card fraud and protect sensitive payment data. Continuing its commitment to provide sellers more ways to securely accept payments, Square’s new reader will give sellers the ability to accept chip cards with a low-cost, beautifully designed mobile card reader
Today at the Retail Solutions Providers Associations (RSPA) RetailNOW show, Epson, a leading supplier of value-added Point of Sale (POS) solutions, announced the addition of two new printers to the company’s growing lineup of out-of-the-box ready solutions for mobile POS (mPOS) devices. Epson’s cost-effective TM-T20II and its under-the-counter TM-T70II are MFi (Made for iOS) compliant
SureSwipe, a leading Payment Services Provider (PSP), has launched SureSwipe Move – the first Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) solution in South Africa to achieve Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) certification from the PCI Security Standards Council. This means that SureSwipe Move’s secure devices, applications and processes comply with the Standards governing the encryption of card data
Nigeria’s oldest commercial bank, FirstBank Nigeria, has been announced the official partner of PayPal in Nigeria. HumanIPO reported last month PayPal had become available in ten new markets, with Nigeria and Zimbabwe added to the platform to take the number of markets it operates in to 203, and Efi Dahan, PayPal’s regional director of Sub-Saharan
Perago, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIA, has signed an agreement with Swish Payments Ltd., a mobile commerce provider owned by leading South African payment service provider Setcom Payment Solutions, to support its new m-commerce initiative in Africa and Europe. Through SIA’s technology infrastructure, Perago will enable the Swish solution that utilises a mobile app and
