ATMIA today announced the publication of the results of its first international ATM innovation survey. The survey aimed to determine the most important ATM innovations in recent times and in the anticipated future, including rating value-added services over and above core ATM functions. Deposit automation came out as the top recent ATM innovation, while Mobile/Contactless
MoneyGram announced an agreement with Lebara Mobile, one of Europe’s leading mobile telecoms operators, to offer MoneyGram transfer services over the Lebara Money mobile and web solutions. MoneyGram’s money transfer platform is now integrated within the Lebara Money iPhone and Android mobile payment platform solutions and the Lebara Money website, enabling customers in the United
The FNB Lesotho Board of Directors announced the appointment of Emil Heppell to the position of Chief Executive Officer of FNB Lesotho. Heppell succeeds Trevor Holtman who left the bank at the end of a four year secondment to pursue other opportunities within the group. Heppell’s qualifications and capabilities are highly regarded by the Board
MasterCard Worldwide and Kount, a leading provider of fraud prevention and management technology in the US, announced an agreement to make MasterCard’s Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants available to Kount and its merchant customers. MasterCard’s Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants Application Programming Interface (API) improves an online merchant’s ability to detect and prevent
Ireland’s largest provider of retail and web payment solutions, has announced that they have reached 6,000 contactless payment terminals in Ireland. Contactless payment cards are just beginning to emerge in Ireland, 6,000 Irish Sage Pay retailers have installed the machines. In the UK, over 143,000 card machines have been installed in the market as a
MasterCard announced the launch of a brand new training facility in Kenya to empower the financial services ecosystem with knowledge on various aspects of cashless payments in order to boost acceptance readiness in the region. The training centre, located at MasterCard’s East Africa offices in Eldama Park, off Peponi Road, will be used for training
The German Bundesbank has approved three automated teller safe models with recycling function from Wincor Nixdorf to be used as customer-operated cash recycling machines. The systems – from the CINEO C6030 and C6040 to the C6050 – thus meet the requirements of the European Central Bank in accordance with the ECB framework. As a result,
Nigerian banking behemoth Diamond Bank has intensified its focus on delivering financial services to the under-banked in the informal sector by launching its “branchless banking” service on BankOne, a mobile banking application which allows instant account opening and registration. The application is designed and developed by AppZone, a fast-growing technology company. The integration of the
Interswitch Transnational Holdings, a pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company, announces the spin-off, of two of its core divisions: Verve International and Switching and Processing, as separate, autonomous businesses. The transaction forms part of Interswitch’s planned strategy to separate its core divisions, allowing each division focus on its core competencies and best facilitate
Heartland School Solutions, a division of Heartland Payment Systems has launched a mobile payments application for parents of school-aged children to manage school meal expenses from smart phones and tablets. As the first such app available on Apple iOS, Android and Windows Mobile, Heartland’s new MyLunchMoney.com® app enables parents to use their smartphones or mobile
