Emerge Mobile, a South African based technology company in the mobile payments space, has announced the commercial launch of its Edge MPOS payment card acceptance solution. iKhokha, a South African, Cape Town based financial services brand created by Emerge Mobile, is the inaugural go-to-market vehicle for The Edge, which is a secure and compact Chip
Russian Standard Bank, Samsung Electronics and MasterCard have announced the commercial launch of a contactless payment service on some flagship NFC-enabled Samsung devices. For MasterCard and Samsung, the Russian launch is the second one globally and the first in Europe and will help to accelerate the adoption of mobile payments. The service, available through Russian
GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, has unveiled Get Paid, a new offering designed to help small businesses ‘get paid’ anytime, anywhere, and by any digital method. Get Paid is the newest addition to GoDaddy’s family of technology solutions, which are designed to make it easier for small business owners to
Kopo Kopo has announced that they have now processed over 1 million transactions. A statement on their blog said, “We’re thrilled to announce a big milestone for Team Kopo Kopo. A few weeks ago, we processed our 1,000,000th payment via Lipa na M-PESA. Our first live Lipa na M-PESA payment was for six bottles of
Bluefin has partnered with GoSmallBiz.com to provide their QuickSwipe mobile point-of-sale system to GoSmallBiz.com clients. GoSmallBiz.com provides business consulting, mentoring, tools and services for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Adding this mobile payment processing solution gives on-the-go small business owners the ability to accept payments anywhere, any time. “Our members want flexible, valuable business tools
‘mPOS attitudes and adoption’, carried out by research firm MobileSquared on behalf of Kalixa Group, reveals that only 2% of micro-businesses in the UK use a Mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) to accept payments. It also identifies the number one barrier to business growth is cash flow. mPOS solutions enable businesses to accept a card payment using
VeriFone Systems, Inc. has announced that Banco Nacional de Costa Rica has selected VeriFone’s VX Evolution line of portable EMV and NFC capable point of sale terminals to enhance payment mobility and security for merchant customers throughout Costa Rica. BNCR’s migration to VeriFone’s VX Evolution terminals will enable its merchants to accept all types of
Tracom Services has partnered with Ingenico to train and certify engineers on Point of Sale Terminal (POS) hardware technology in Kenya. Tracom is the master partner for Ingenico POS East and Central Africa and has the only local POS application development capacity using the hardware from Ingenico, managing and partnering in eight countries. The certification
IxoPay LLC a global compliance, support, and payment service provider, and PAY.ON, the world’s leading operator of Web-based, omnichannel payment infrastructure systems, are combining their expertise to provide global merchants with a quick and easy interface to a payment solution that has all the advantages of the latest payment technology and over 150 payment methods
Allied Wallet, a globally leading provider of online payment processing, multi-currency merchant services, and a PCI Level 1 secured payment gateway, and its CEO Andy Khawaja were recently featured in the high-end publication BRIC Magazine. Khawaja was featured under the “Success” section, highlighting his inspiring story. This section typically covers success stories, featuring celebrities, entrepreneurs,
