As part of efforts to enhance the delivery of affordable financial services in the country, Access Bank (Ghana) Limited has launched its first ever customer loyalty promotion dubbed “Easy Access Promo”. The promotion, which seeks to reward loyal customers of the Bank, is also aimed at deepening the savings culture in Ghana by empowering individuals
Itron, Inc. announced that it has delivered its smart payment solution for gas to EnviroFuel, a private gas utility, as a part of an initiative to provide alternative energy sources to Waterfall Country Estate, in Johannesburg, South Africa. A partnership between EnviroFuel and Sasol Homegas, the initiative allows residents to be energy efficient and live
Cardtronics announced that Costco Wholesale has renewed the company as a key provider of ATM services in the United States, adding a long-term contract extension to a relationship established in 2005. The world’s largest retail ATM owner, Cardtronics owns and operates more than 450 ATMs located in Costco membership warehouses spread across 39 states today,
Two million low-income Turkish citizens will receive their welfare funds on MasterCard Prepaid Cards. That means beneficiaries such as widows, the disabled, and the elderly, will no longer have to wait in queue for hours on end to get their money. Their benefits will be given to them faster and much more securely. Electronic payments
SkyVision’s Private Network solution provided a voice and data network to a Côte d’Ivoire microfinance provider. SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems, announced that it has successfully completed the installation of a private satellite network solution for UNACOOPEC-CI (National Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives)
Mahindra Comviva, a provider of mobile financial and VAS solutions, announced its mobiquity® mobile financial services platform has been awarded the best Mobile Banking Technology award by World Finance Technology Awards 2013, declared recently in London. Mahindra Comviva was recognized for its work in delivering relevant technology solutions for accelerating financial services growth in Asia
Nedbank Group and the Bank of China (’BoC’) have entered into a strategic business cooperation agreement to grow business flows between the People’s Republic of China (’China’) and Africa. The alliance will support clients of the BoC as they look to grow and invest in South Africa and the rest of Africa by providing access
Groupon announced the addition of credit card terminals to the company’s existing payments suite for local businesses. With the inclusion of terminals, Groupon extends its popular payments service to the most common way that local businesses accept credit cards and makes an affordable and sophisticated payments solution available to nearly every merchant — regardless of the size of
Global technology company NCR Corporation has secured a significant order from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”) for more than 2,000 NCR SelfServ™ automated teller machines (ATMs) in the first half of 2013. The purchase came from ICBC’s first and second batch ATM central buy order in 2013, which includes a total of 2,146 NCR SelfServ
The Western Union Company, released the latest findings from the Western Union Bill Payments Money Mindset Index. The survey of U.S. consumers reveals mobile device ownership and usage are changing consumers’ bill payment behaviors, even as people continue to use different payment channels like in-person or mail to meet their budget and lifestyle needs. For example,
