FreedomPay Commerce Platform Adds New EMV-Ready Payment Terminals To PCI Validated (P2PE) Solution

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FreedomPay Commerce Platform, North America’s first PCI Validated P2PE solution with EMV and NFC ready payment terminals, has enhanced its offering with a range of new secure devices for merchants that deliver operational superiority to solve for multiple payment use cases. With solutions for retail, restaurant, lodging and e-commerce, FreedomPay delivers the industry’s most comprehensive

DHL Predicts eCommerce Boom in sub-Saharan Africa

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In line with Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) projected economic growth of 4.9%(1) this year, which is double the projection for advanced economies (2.4%), DHL SSA expects 2015 to be a year of growth for the logistics industry on the African continent, largely driven by increased consumer demand and the rapidly developing e-commerce industry. This is according

ECommPay Connects China UnionPay

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In recent months, international payment provider ECommPay has widened its global reach and diversified its portfolio of alternative payment methods to feature China’s premier payment network. Accepted in 114 countries worldwide and boasting 2,7 billion bankcards in circulation, China UnionPay now comprises more than 10% of all ECommPay’s bankcard and payment system processing. The Chinese

NMI Launches Payments Enablement Platform for VARs and ISVs

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NMI, a leading provider of e-commerce payment gateway enablement technology for Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), announced the expansion of its payments enablement platform for the Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) markets. NMI’s payments enablement platform technology allows web and mobile application developers, shopping carts, domain registrars, hosting providers and Customer Relationship

Niche Players, Start-ups Will Dominate SA e-Commerce in 2015

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2015 will see many more new e-commerce start-ups along with continued growth and innovation by established niche players, predicts PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “Five years ago we’d load ten start-ups onto our payment gateway for every established business; now the ratio is more like 100 to one,” says Harvey. “The sluggish job market in traditional

Wallet One South Africa has Launched a Payment Solution for Online Merchants

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Wallet One South Africa has launched W1 Checkout, a payment aggregator for e-commerce merchants and service providers, enabling them to offer customers an increasing number of online and cash payment methods with immediate, safe and secure processing. Electronic payments are processed through Wallet One’s PCI DSS certified payment gateway and 3D secure acquiring partners. Cash payments for online purchases are

Chinese E-commerce Companies Benefit from New Digital Service from MasterCard

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The growth of Chinese e-commerce companies’ cross-border business will be supported by safer, smarter and more convenient checkout services as MasterCard and BOC Services, the acquiring subsidiary of Bank of China, come together to enable payment via MasterPass, MasterCard’s global digital payment solution. With the agreement signed, BOC Services will become the first bank acquirer

Cardis and JetPay Payment Services Launch New Digital Content Solution to Reduce Payment Card Processing Costs

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JetPay Payment Services  a division of JetPay Corporation a full end-to-end payments processor specializing in complete technology solutions for the e-commerce and card-not-present marketplace, and Cardis USA, a division of Cardis International, the award-winning developer of low-value payment processing solutions, announced Wednesday the launch of a new small payments processing solution. This solution is designed

Investment in Wanda E-commerce by two Strategic Internet Investment Funds

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On January 4th, 2015, two overseas internet investment funds offered 1 billion yuan for a 5% stake in Wanda E-commerce, quadrupling the value of the 4 month-old business to 20 billion yuan. This record investment for a newly established e-commerce company shows how highly Wanda E-commerce is regarded by the general public. The two investment

Online Shopping Becoming Popular in Tanzania

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University students can now acquire knowledge on e-commerce and how to open virtual shops and boost their sales thanks to an initiative from a local online shopping platform, Kaymu. According to a statement made available to the ‘Daily News,’ the initiative dubbed ‘Kaym University’ comprises six sessions which cover the basics of Kaymu, account and