Nakumatt Collaborates with MasterCard to Launch new Card to Over One Million Customers

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Leading Regional East African retail chain Nakumatt Holdings Limited today launched the Nakumatt Global Prepaid MasterCard card, in partnership with Kenya Commercial Bank and Diamond Trust Bank. The new card, which is EMV compliant, replaces the current Nakumatt Cybercash loyalty smartcard and provides a range of enhanced benefits and security features. With the multicurrency Nakumatt

VeriFone Launches New Solutions for C-Store Management

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VeriFone Systems, Inc. announced the availability of Commander Site Controller, the company’s next generation site management solution, and Ruby2 a touch-screen point of sale (POS) solution, both designed to provide greater efficiency, faster payment acceptance and new management capabilities that maximize profit potential for convenience store retailers. Commander Site Controller is purpose-built for rugged c-store

Revel Systems to Offer PayPal at More Brick-and-Mortar Retail Locations

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Revel Systems, the leader in iPad point-of-sale (POS) solutions announced that they will offer PayPal’s mobile payment capabilities as an integrated service within the Revel POS solution. According to the analyst firm Heavy Reading, the mobile payments market is poised to reach $1 Trillion by 2015. Revel’s integration with PayPal is part of a new

Which Way to Pay South Africa Launches Online Comparison Site for Money Transfers

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Traveling abroad and sending money home by foreigners are just a few of the reasons people check currency exchange rates and money transfer services, only partially accounting for the rise in numbers of transactions in the last ten years. With an increasing number of companies offering these services, consumers are often at a loss as

Automatia and NCR Upgrade ATM Network to Withstand Bone-Chilling Cold

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NCR Corporation announced that it is extending its relationship with leading Finnish ATM network operator, Automatia. The engagement includes an innovative ATM solution to withstand the extreme low-temperatures in Finland, as part of a deal to replace 400 older, non-NCR ATMs and 200 NCR Personas series ATMs with 600 NCR SelfServ 25 and 26 ATMs.

VeriFone and NPCA Debut Mobile Payment and Rewards Solution

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VeriFone Systems, Inc., and National Payment Card Association (NPCA) debuted a mobile payment and rewards solution that enables convenience store and petroleum retailers to provide customers with smartphone-based payment options at the pump. Utilizing VeriFone’s Smart Fuel Controller and NPCA’s mobile payment solution, c-store and gas station operators with VeriFone payment acceptance systems can quickly

Consumers Rack up $1 Billion in Online Spend Per Day

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New data from Visa shows consumers are spending more online than ever before. eCommerce sales on the Visa network have surpassed $1 billion a day for 188 days in the first nine months of the year, demonstrating that billion-dollar eCommerce days have become the norm rather than the exception. The data coincides with a recent

Diebold Launches New Range of Branch Banking Terminals

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With a new family of banking terminals, Diebold, Incorporated is helping financial institutions (FIs) achieve branch transformation goals. Influenced by a two-year research initiative on the ideal in-branch consumer experience, Diebold’s Opteva® Branch Performance Series™ is designed to help FIs realize operational efficiencies and encourage customer relationship-building opportunities. The in-lobby teller terminals deliver a self-service

Clinkle Appoints COO, Barry McCarthy, Former CFO of Netflix

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Clinkle Corporation, a startup working to modernize how people transact, announced that Barry McCarthy has joined the company as chief operating officer. He will play a key role in the impending launch of the product and will help to drive the company’s growth. “Barry will be an incredible asset to Clinkle’s senior leadership team,” said

Fortumo Partners with Kyivstar for Mobile Payments in Ukraine

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The mobile payments company Fortumo is announcing partnership with Kyivstar, the second largest mobile operator in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the innovation leaders in the region. This partnership allows 25 million Kyivstar customers to make payments in games and applications in Kyivstar’s App Club app store without using a credit card. The