Omnea: Why Payment Coordination Is Still Finance’s Hardest Problem

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Omnea

By Deon Tomp, CEO, Omnea In the late 1990s, South Africa stood at the edge of a financial infrastructure transformation. The country’s payment system – the invisible machinery responsible for moving money between banks, businesses, institutions, and consumers – was undergoing modernization. Real-time settlement systems were emerging globally. Financial markets were becoming increasingly interconnected. Electronic

BPC: Enabling Growth in Africa’s Emerging Economies Through Payment Innovation

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Ilyas Berrajaa, Managing Director Africa, BPC Banking Technologies. A farmer selling produce outside a town market, a minibus operator collecting fares, a pharmacy in a rural district, or a small shop owner serving a cash-based community often has the same challenge: Consumers increasingly rely on digital payment instruments like mobile wallets, but merchants still have

Vodacom M-Pesa and PayPal Empower Tanzanians with Expanded Access to Global Digital Payments

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Vodacom

New integration enables customers to seamlessly link accounts and transfer funds between PayPal and M‑Pesa wallets through the M‑Pesa Super App Vodacom M‑Pesa Tanzania has announced a new partnership with PayPal that will enable customers in Tanzania to seamlessly transfer funds between their PayPal and M‑Pesa wallets through the M‑Pesa Super App; As part of

Temenos and Interswitch Partner to Scale Digital Banking Services Across Africa

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Temeno

Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, and Interswitch Group, a leading integrated payments and digital commerce company in Africa, today announced a collaboration, wherein Interswitch will adopt Temenos technology to enhance its digital banking capabilities, supporting its growth and expanding access to modern financial services across the continent. Interswitch will use Temenos solutions –

Payfast: Digital wallets are reshaping how South Africans pay

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Payfast

Payfast by Network and Network International‘s Managing Director of Merchant Services for Africa, Mpho Sadiki South Africa is reaching a tipping point in digital payments. Digital wallets are becoming a more common way for consumers to pay, both online and in-store. The conversation around payments in South Africa has shifted. The question is no longer

enza Awarded PSP Enhanced Licence in Ghana

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enza is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a Payment Service Provider Enhanced licence by the Central Bank of Ghana. The award of the PSP Enhanced licence marks an important milestone for enza, Ghana’s financial services sector, and the continued development of regulated digital payments infrastructure across Africa. The Bank of Ghana’s licensing

Interswitch Unveils Digital Forecourt Suite with ‘Pay-As-You-Want’ Capability at NNPC Retail Transformation Summit.

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Interswitch has unveiled its tailored Digital Forecourt suite, an integrated digital retail ecosystem designed to seamlessly connect payments, operations, and customer experiences within modern fuel retail environments. The unveiling took place at the NNPC Retail Business Transformation Summit held this May at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Abuja, where Interswitch participated as Headline Technology

Africa’s Payments Paradox: Why Complexity is the Market’s Greatest Advantage

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African payments infrastructure and cross-border payment ecosystems

By Tim Davis, CEO, Cross Switch They are the kind of top-line statistics that would make any would-be payments provider excited about Africa, with a total continental population of roughly 1.6 billion people (around one-fifth of the world’s population). Mobile penetration levels vary geographically but can be reliably estimated at roughly 45–50%. And finally, a

How South Africans Shop in 2026: Key Trends Reshaping Local Commerce by Stitch

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Stitch

Stitch‘s new report on how South Africans shop in 2026, based on a survey of 3,000 consumers and 27 in-depth qualitative interviews, paints a detailed picture of how South Africans discover, buy and pay for things today, and the findings show that local commerce is changing faster than most businesses realise. Here are the most

How the World’s Fastest Growing Economies Offer Strategic Payments Opportunities in 2026

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Stanchion

This article was originally published on Stanchion Payment Solutions website here. According to a Euromonitor article, Egypt, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia are all emerging markets that will rank among the world’s fastest-growing economies this year. What’s driving them? Demographics, structural reforms, rising consumption and accelerating digital adoption. While the familiar developed economies are navigating