Region

Karri App for School Payments Expands Offering to Any Organisation

The Karri app, launched in April last year, has grown to just under 300 South African schools driven by parent and teacher demand for a solution to school payments. Due Read More →

Oct 16, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

Mastercard and EasyPay Partner on Bill Payments

South Africans can now buy prepaid utility services or pay their accounts from approximately 600 bill issuers with the new EasyPay Mobile app using Masterpass, the global digital payment service Read More →

Oct 3, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

Mastercard and Nedbank Create Digital Payment Ecosystem for Businesses

Nedbank has partnered with Mastercard to launch Qkr! with Masterpass, a mobile order-ahead and payment platform developed by Mastercard Labs, and Nedbank POSplus™ as part of their efforts to open Read More →

Sep 18, 2018 Staff Reporter

Banking 739

FNB Receives 50 million US-dollars to Accelerate SME Development

First National Bank (FNB) has received 50 million US-dollars from the DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft to deploy towards small and medium enterprise (SME) development in South Africa. DEG is Read More →

Sep 18, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

Mastercard Partner With Vodacom to Take Tanzania Cashless

Mastercard has partnered with market leader Vodacom and BancABC to introduce the first online card in Tanzania – the M-Pesa virtual card. “Vodacom’s M-Pesa is already an industry trailblazer with over Read More →

Sep 13, 2018 Staff Reporter

Eastern Africa 683

Uganda: The Sixth Largest Market for Digital Cash Transfers

Online money transfers have become so popular in African countries. You could transfer money to about anyone, no matter where they live in the world. Add to it the fact Read More →

Sep 12, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

Garmin Pay Contactless Payments are Now Available in SA

Garmin Southern Africa have announced that the Garmin Pay contactless payment feature is now live on a range of Pay-Enabled Garmin watches in South Africa. The feature is currently available to VISA-enabled Read More →

Sep 7, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

SASSA Ready for October Payments Without Cash Paymaster Services

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is ready for the October payment cycle in which all social grant payments to beneficiaries will be made by itself in partnership with Read More →

Sep 7, 2018 Staff Reporter

Companies 728

Stripe, Visa Join $8 Million Series A Round in African Payments Startup Paystack

Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Stripe, and includes Visa, follow-on funding Read More →

Sep 5, 2018 Staff Reporter

Country 1789

Mastercard Joins Forces with Samsung Pay to Enable Mobile Payments in SA

In a move to further expand its efforts to displace cash, stimulate innovation and drive the growth of digital payments in South Africa, Mastercard is working with participating banks to Read More →

Sep 5, 2018 Staff Reporter