Leading fintech enablement partner, Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with Chipper, one of Africa’s most valuable startups, to enhance and accelerate the rollout out of Chipper’s digital payment offerings. These include free and unlimited P2P payments across South Africa, value-added services such as airtime and data and the ability to legally buy, sell
New Visa research reveals that 54% of ‘cash only’ merchants have missed business opportunities, with 70% of women-owned businesses expecting eCommerce to expand beyond the pandemic September 23rd, 2021 – As the rate of women entrepreneurs across Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise, Visa is expanding its global She’s Next initiative to empower women entrepreneurs on
DPO Group (DPO), Africa’s largest and fastest-growing payment service provider (PSP), has finalised its acquisition by Network International, a globally renowned enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa. In a landmark deal for the African payments space, Network International has acquired 100 per cent of DPO Group, which will continue to operate
While people have been paying for goods and services for millennia, the arrival of the internet in the ‘90s became a major turning point for the payments sector. Since then, digital innovation has evolved payments solutions at breakneck speeds. Everything from contactless payments, QR codes and digital wallets, consumers have so many new ways to
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked digitalisation over the past 18 months. The development of solutions that enable people to live a more connected existence, far from slowing down, has accelerated beyond our wildest expectations. Despite enormous changes and disruptions to life and work as we know it, the level of
Standard Bank’s Shyft has won the Everest Wealth Best Financial Solution for 2021. This locally designed app simplifies the experience of buying and selling foreign exchange and international shares and allows the sending of money offshore as well as paying for goods and services in foreign currency, while travelling or online. Their win was announced
Incumbent banks are starting to look to “platform banking” to stay relevant and loved by customers. But what is platform banking in the first place? And why is it a good thing for society? Anthony de Gray Birch, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Direct Transact, South Africa’s biggest banking enabler of the past
Nedbank has announced that thy have been recognised as Investment Bank of the Year at Environmental Finance’s IMPACT Awards 2021. The award, which was presented to Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) on 6 September 2021, validates their leadership position as an investment bank with a clear and demonstrable commitment to contributing to the achievement of
Clickatell solves the last mile of digital transformation by embedding payments in the service stream, simplifying digital commerce for consumers Clickatell, a leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, launches Chat 2 Pay. Chat 2 Pay takes Clickatell’s decades of developing chat commerce solutions for global customers and delivers a simple and comprehensive way for
As a sign of pride in our industry and to highlight the positive impact of cash during the pandemic and on everyday life, the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has released ‘Cash Stories.’ Cash Stories is a portfolio of photos and stories, submitted by ATM deployers and vendors from around the world, underscoring how cash and
