Gemalto is World's First Vendor to Receive Complete MasterCard Approval for Cloud Based Payments
MasterCard and P97 Drive Mobile Payments Innovation at Gas Stations and Convenience Stores
MasterCard announced a global partnership with mobile commerce provider P97 to make it easier for consumers to find, buy and save on gasoline and convenience store purchases through their mobile phones. Last year, in the U.S. alone, consumers pumped more than 135 billion gallons of gasoline, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse. As trips to the pump
United Bank for Africa Has Launched its U-Mobile Service in Tanzania
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has launched its U-Mobile service in Tanzania, which will enable customers to acquire banking services on their mobile phones or electronic devices. In a ceremony held at the bank’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam on Friday, UBA became the first bank in Tanzania to have its mobile services accessible in
Access Bank,Airtel Nigeria Unveil Mobile Money Platform
Access Bank Plc and Airtel Nigeria Limited have gone into a partnership to introduce a mobile money service known as Access Money.The service allows customers to perform simple, secure and instant financial transactions using their mobile phones. With the service, customers on the mobile network can send and receive money, make deposits and withdrawals, pay
Calpian’s Money-On-Mobile Extends Growth in India
Calpian, Inc. announced that for the month ending October 31, 2014, its Mumbai-based subsidiary Money-On-Mobile has been accessed by more than 112 million cumulative unique users since its inception with a total of 8.4 million unique users accessing the service in October. Money-On-Mobile is a mobile payments service provider that allows Indian consumers to use
Mobile Phones Speed Up Financial Inclusion
The use of mobile phone money services has proved to be efficient means in speeding up financial inclusion, a senior official with the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has said. BoT Senior Legal Counsel Mr George Ben Sije said in an interview in Bagamoyo last week that the partnership between financial institutions and telecom companies has
