Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces the deployment of prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile wallet service in South Africa. The card is certified by the major international payment schemes and accepted at any of the 240,000 EMV-compliant payment terminals and over 27,000 ATMs throughout the country, which will significantly
Nomanini, a Cape Town-based mobile point of sale service that specialises in facilitating cash payments in emerging markets, has successfully scaled into six countries across Africa in just four years, using Google’s Cloud Platform. It currently processes over a million transactions per month. Every element of the device is designed specifically for African environments: the
SLA Mobile, a global mobile solutions provider, announced an agreement with Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle), a leading IT management solutions company, to bring together managed Digital Services to the African market. Blue Turtle is a South African Enterprise Technology company focused on optimising, enhancing and leveraging existing IT investment. Their expertise within the IT,
E-commerce payment services provider PayGate says its new partnership with global fraud prevention company ReD, an ACI Worldwide company, will give added protection to South African online merchants. “As e-commerce in South Africa has matured, more and more local merchants are doing business outside our borders,” says PayGate’s head of business development Brendon Williamson. “This
2014 was an exciting time for payments in South Africa, here are a few of the top stories which made headlines over the past year. South Africa’s Top Five Articles: FNB’s Easy Account Cheapest Full-Service Bank Account in South Africa The Solidarity Bank Charges 2013 report shows that FNB’s Easy Account is the cheapest full-service
BeepTool, who has nearly 40,000 users around the world, is expanding to offer its popular vouchers in South Africa. Starting today, users will be able to top up at internet cafés and schools across the country, thanks to a new distribution partnership with Conect2U, a Welkom-based technology company. The vouchers are available in small denominations,
Online shopping hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2014, says e-commerce payment services provider PayGate and the growth is set to continue during 2015. “The number of merchants we serve doubled this year, and the vast majority of those are new entrants to the market,” says PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “We’ve also seen significant
Organisers of eCommerce Africa Conference 2015 have announced members of the conference’s advisory panel. They are Nigeria’s Supermart.ng, South Africa-based Bidorbuy.co.za and ecommerce platform Yuppiechef.com Participants at the conference will enjoy tech demo sessions, networking opportunities, cocktail functions and supplier demonstrations. The expert-led advisory panel which includes Raphael Afaedor, Co-Founder of Jumia, and CEO and
ABC Holdings Limited announces that Doug T. Munatsi, Group CEO, Beki Moyo, Group CFO, and Francis M. Dzanya, Group COO, will be stepping down from their roles at BancABC at the end of the year. This follows Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Ltd’s (“Atlas Mara”) successful completion of its acquisition of BancABC in August 2014. Since the
Exchange4free have been appointed as an Authorised Dealer in foreign exchange with limited authority in South Africa to operate as an independent Money Transfer Operator by the South African Reserve Bank. This licence is issued under the new Category 3 Money Transfer Operator license allowing ‘Person to Person’ remittances out of South Africa independently of
