e& and Mastercard Partner to Drive an Ambitious Digital Future for Consumers in 16 Markets Across the Middle East, Asia and Africa

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Mastercard’s technology solutions and digital payment expertise will help revolutionize payments, loyalty and personalization as e& transforms its consumer offerings e& accelerates ambitions to enhance e& international’s consumers’ digital journey and maintain robust digital leadership by providing innovative financial services e& has announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard that will see consumers and businesses in

Smart and Intelligent: Payments Redefined

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Managed connectivity and mobile device management are being transformed by intelligent technologies to deliver payment solutions at the edge The global fintech market is currently expected to grow at a CAGR of 20% over the next few years, achieving an impressive $305 billion by 2025. The Global Fintech Market Report also pointed out that low-cost,

Retailers Must Accommodate the 86% of Consumers Who Still Use Cash

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With recent research showing that only 14% of South African consumers are ready to go completely cashless, retailers should be looking at ways to accommodate their customers’ preferred way to pay, while also reducing their operating costs. Leading retailers are looking towards automating the handling and management of cash, so that they can meet this objective. The

African Fintech Paycode on a Winning Streak After Receiving 4th Accolade in 10 Months

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Selected from a pool of 98 highly qualified applicants across 34 countries, Paycode were judged based on rigorous criteria by an expert Advisory Committee.  Biometric identity and digital payments fintech, Paycode (https://Paycode.com), has been selected as one of the Top 4 Finalists in the Women’s World Banking Fintech Innovation Challenge and will be competing live

EziPay Partners with MFS Africa to Enable Remittances Across Africa

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Award-winning, intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay, has partnered with MFS Africa, the continent’s leading digital payments gateway, to bring last mile connectivity for remittances and collections to and from mobile money wallets and bank accounts in Africa.  The partnership comes at a time when mobile money is burgeoning at increasing rates on

SC Ventures Partners with Yabx to Expand Access to Financial Services in Africa

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‘Purpose-driven loans’ centred around inclusion, education, skill development and gender are the main products being developed for African markets This collaborative partnership leverages the expertise and global best-practices from the financial services industry with the disruption and nimbleness of a fintech to address the need for responsible consumer finance in Africa. SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s

Standard Bank Advises Vivo Energy on its Combination with Engen to Create a Pan-African Energy Champion

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Standard Bank is pleased to announce that it advised Vivo Energy on its combination with Engen to create one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies. The combined group will have over 3,900 service stations and more than two billion litres of storage capacity across 27 African countries. Engen is the clear market leader in South

Rise in Manipulation Fraud Could Result in More Regulation Unless Banks Act

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The UK has seen a 41% increase in payer manipulation fraud, (or as they call it, Authorised Push Payments fraud or APP), in the last year. And, unless banks take a proactive approach, they could soon face some stiff regulatory pressure, warns authentication specialist, Entersekt. According to the UK’s annual fraud report, there was a

How the Digital Banking Revolution Can Help South African Banks Regain Their Customers’ Love

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With a recent report showing that over 80% of South Africans are ready to do all or most of their banking digitally, retail banks will need to reimagine their customer service with continuous innovation to meet and exceed customers’ evolving expectations. Retail banking in South Africa is increasingly competitive, with fintechs, neobanks and digital players

Clickatell Launches Chat 2 Pay with FlySafair for WhatsApp Mobile Payments

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FlySafair customers can now make faster, secure and more convenient payments to the airline via their mobile phones  Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), the Chat Commerce and mobile messaging leader, today announced that they have gone live with its Chat 2 Pay feature with FlySafair (www.FlySafair.co.za), South Africa’s leading low-cost airline. FlySafair is the first airline in the