Ethiopia has emerged as one of the continent’s most exciting new markets, boasting the fastest growing non-energy-based economy in Africa, growing at an average annual rate of 11 percent GDP in recent years. Global’s optimism is supported by the IMF’s projection of Ethiopia as the 3rd fastest growing economy in from 2011 through 2015, trailing
SecureBuy, a provider of payment fraud prevention technology announced today that it has released SecureBuy 2.0 for Call Centers. As eCommerce payment transactions become more secure, call center security must become more sophisticated to foil internal theft, and the more sophisticated external fraudster. Call Center payment fraud is at an all-time high, and whether it’s
Cardtronics announced that Travelex has awarded the company a long-term contract extension, which reaffirms Cardtronics’ role as exclusive manager of all U.S.-based Travelex ATMs—a fleet Travelex has grown significantly since the two companies first established a relationship in 2010. Travelex is the world’s leading retail foreign exchange specialist and has been operating in the United
Access Bank’s merger deal with the defunct Intercontinental Bank has been judged Africa’s top merger and acquisition (M&A) deal by the Banker Magazine. The Banker Magazine, a member of the Financial Times stable of publications, selected the Access Bank and Intercontinental Bank deal as the “2012 Mergers and Acquisitions Deal of the Year” for Africa.
Binary Options, Bitcoin and affiliate marketing are the buzz words of 2013. BinaryAffiliates.com integrated all of them in one location, offering access to leading Binary Options brokers, binary options to profit on Bitcoin value without purchasing bitcoins, and a leading affiliate program to earn commissions on traders referred to binary option brokers. It also offers
Orange is launching a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called “Orange Money International Transfer”. The offer is available between Mali, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. Every year, 200 million euros are moved between those three countries in the form of money transfers. With the new service, Orange meets the needs
Angola’s economy is expected to expand by 7% to 9% a year over the next decade. It’s one of the fastest growth rates in the world, yet the country’s financial sector is just keeping pace. So it may seem a bit ambitious for Standard Bank de Angola to aim even higher. As part of Africa’s
RBC today announced its RBC Secure Cloud mobile payments service (patent-pending). This new technology, a first in Canada, will allow clients to more safely and securely pay for purchases using their mobile devices. Keeping sensitive client data secure with RBC in the cloud, not on the phone, makes RBC Secure Cloud a safer, faster, more
Consumers can now use their smartphones, instead of their debit or credit cards, to withdraw cash from automated teller machines (ATMs). Enabled by a partnership betweenDiebold and mobile wallet provider Paydiant, the cardless Mobile Cash Access (MCA) solution gives consumers a more convenient and secure option to interact with their financial institutions, while giving banks
In line with its commitment to enhance the electronic payment card acceptance infrastructure in Morocco, MasterCard today announced the appointment of M2M SPS, a leading provider of secure e-transaction processing solutions as its Principal Member in Morocco. As a new Principal Member of MasterCard, M2M SPS will be enabling its customers to leverage MasterCard’s acquiring
