The national airline of Namibia, Air Namibia, and Wirecard, one of the leading specialists in digital financial technology, are cooperating in the field of payment processing. Air Namibia customers around the world who book via the airline’s website www.airnamibia.com now have the option of paying by Diners/Discover and JCB credit card additionally to Visa and
Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) is the first payment service provider (PSP) in Africa to receive the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Level 1 certification in 12 African countries. This comes after the successful completion of comprehensive audits in the Group’s global headquarters and all its other markets which include Kenya, Tanzania,
Established Namibian ICT provider, Paratus Telecom, has diversified its offering by launching a new mobile airtime distribution service called “Katiti”. The service runs on Nomanini’s popular cloud-based mobile point of sale platform and is designed to be used by informal traders and budding entrepreneurs. John D’Alton, Managing Director: Namibia, Paratus Telecom, explains: “We wanted to
Tranwall Limited, in partnership with Payment Express Mauritius, has successfully completed the implementation of Tranwall Transaction Control for the OMCARD Namibia project. Tranwall Transaction Control enables the OMCARD to empower their cardholders with the ability to secure their cards by using mobile telephony to switch their cards ON or OFF for specific transactions types, such
BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System payment solutions for the financial industry, announces the successful completion of the OMCARD Namibia project. Powered by the SmartVista installation at Payment Express (PEX), Mauritius and in partnership with Bank Windhoek, the OMCARD from Old Mutual provides customers in Namibia with a unique set of features
Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) Namibia, a network and Telecommunications Company, has partnered with Mobicash Payment Solutions (Pty) Ltd, trading as MobiPay to offer mobile payment solutions in Namibia. MTC Money is a payment solutions that allows you to use your cellphone to transfer/withdraw/deposit money, buy airtime, electricity, pay bills and make Point of Sale (POS)
Bank Windhoek was honoured on 11 December 2013 with the “Best Bank in Namibia” award for the sixth consecutive year by EMEA Finance, a UK-based economics magazine that covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This award to Bank Windhoek falls in the category of “African Banking Achievement Awards”. 2013 was a successful year for
The Standard Bank of Namibia has officially unveiled its smart banking app, allowing customers to access banking services more conveniently through their smartphones or tablets, with plans to launch a second version next year. The new mobile banking platform will allow customers to check their account balance, view the last five transactions through a mini
FNB’s eWallet is showing strong growth in its African operations with a 119% year-on-year increase in the last financial year. It has also maintained its growth trajectory in South Africa with the total number of eWallets in all countries reaching 2.5 million, an 84% increase on the previous financial year. “The success of eWallet in
The Bank of Namibia has announced that e-BANK Limited was provided authorization under section 11 of the Banking Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No. 2 of 1998 as amended). The provisional license is valid for a period of six months as from 1 August 2013 to allow e-Bank to set up their operations. The public is
