To provide easy, fast and more convenient digital financial services to millions of Moroccans inwi, Moroccan telecom operator known for its digital innovations, has recently launched its mobile money service “inwimoney”. The service works on Comviva’s mobiquity® Money, one of the world’s largest mobile money platform. The service offers consumers a quick, convenient and secure way
AccèsBanque Madagascar in partnership with UnionPay International launched the first UnionPay. The UnionPay debit cards are accepted by automated teller machines and point of sale terminals in all UnionPay International networks. This launch event is attended by UnionPay representative, government officials, and ambassadors, giving a new image of banking industry in Madagascar. This announcement has
As in many developing countries, cash has been the most prevalent mode of payment in Nigeria until 2012 when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced the cashless policy with the aim of promoting the use of electronic payment channels instead of cash. Since then, banking services in Nigeria have shifted from physical and tangible
UnionPay, with a massive 7.5 billion cards in circulation globally, now accepted in Tunisia, thanks to the strategic partnership with local payment switch, Monétique Tunisie (SMT) and recent developments with major Tunisian banks, significantly expands UnionPay’s presence across Tunisia, that ensures convenient local services to a growing number of global UnionPay cardholders. This partnership has
SBM Bank has partnered the leading global payment network UnionPay International to roll out its UnionPay Prepaid Card. The partnership with SBM Bank enables cardholders of UnionPay prepaid card to leverage on UnionPay’s global footprint to make both online and real-time purchases. UnionPay cards are accepted in 174 countries and regions with 55 million merchants
Consumers are embracing the technology offered by virtual cards, as Standard Bank starts to see the benefits of online shopping ecosystem, nine months after the launch its virtual card proposition. In the past nine months, virtual card payments have increased by more than 300%, though they started off at a very low base. A virtual
Allied Wallet Africa, a global FinTech company offering various payment solutions in 196 countries, recently announced that they will be able to service X-Cart users to further aide global entrepreneurs. This integration will serve to simplify e-commerce for merchants all around the world. With a custom, tested integration process, Allied Wallet Africa and X-Cart products
New format may impact environments beyond payments that use card details to identify and reward customers EMVCo is working to evolve the EMV® Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems to support both future eight-digit Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN), as well as the existing six-digit format. As the change may have implications for merchant and
Verve, a leading payments technology company and Interswitch’s card scheme in Africa, and Discover Global Network, the payments brand of Discover, held an event to launch the Verve Global Card. Cardholders will now have the ability to use their Verve Global Cards on the Discover Global Network which provides acceptance at millions of merchants globally.
Advances Mastercard’s strategy to capitalize on the vast and fast-growing global Real-Time Payments opportunity Helps meet application, service and payment needs of governments, consumers, and businesses across card and account-to-account payments Further strengthens Mastercard’s existing capabilities with its proven Real-Time and Bill Pay technology and talent Mastercard has announced it has entered into an agreement
