Gemalto Unveils the Most Comprehensive Hub Service to Accelerate the Roll-out of Mobile Payments

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Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, introduces its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a turnkey business service that enables financial institutions, enterprises, transport operators and more generally all digital service providers to benefit from a single connection in order to securely deploy their value-added and mobile payment services across a comprehensive portfolio of smartphones and

goSwiff Announces 50th Bank Client, GCB Bank in Ghana, to Go Live With Mobile Commerce Platform

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goSwiff, a global innovator in mobile commerce and marketing services, announced it has connected its 50th bank client, GCB Bank Ltd. in Ghana, to leverage mobile point of sale on goSwiff mobile commerce platform. At the same time, goSwiff’s Chief Executive Officer Simone Ranucci Brandimarte unveiled the new business strategy for the Singapore based company’s

European Operators Could Save Millions with Better Mobile Payments Compliance Management

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Europe’s mobile operators could save millions of Euros per year with better management of mobile payments compliance, claims Empello. In the UK, a market with 80 million mobile subscribers, Empello estimates that £400,000 could be saved per year by the big four UK operators, just from the reduction in call centre costs. Across Europe, a

Mobile Phone Based Bank Service Now Gains Ground in Tanzania

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More than 500,000 Tanzanians have so far subscribed with M-Pawa banking service with deposits 4bn/- within less than three months since it was launched in Dar es Salaam. The service operated jointly by Vodacom Tanzania and the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA). M-Pawa is mobile phone based bank in the sense that it make it

Annual Digital Payments to Reach $4.7 Trillion by 2019, Juniper Research Finds

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A new report from Juniper Research has found that the annual transaction value of online, mobile and contactless payments will reach $4.7 trillion by 2019, up from just over $2.5 trillion this year. The report – Digital Payment Strategies: Online, Mobile & Contactless 2014-2019 – observed that the largest net increase in spend would occur

New Datacomm Research Report: Restaurants Chains’ Mobile and Online Revenue Will Triple Within Five Years

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You can’t download your dinner, but you will order food, pay checks, and do much more with your smartphone. That is one of the conclusions of Datacomm Research Company’s new 118-page study, Good Food and Drink and Connected Technology, 2014-2019. “The restaurant business is going digital,” said David Strom, co-author of the report. “Online ordering

ABSA Launches Payment Pebble

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South Africa’s ABSA bank has announced the launch of its Payment Pebble, a device that allows businesses and vendors to accept card payments through a smartphone. The device allows businesses to accept chip-and-PIN and magstripe-and-PIN payments from Mastercard and Visa cardholders. “The Payment Pebble is a compact, mobile device that simply plugs into the audio

FNB’s Digital Channels Rated Best by South African Banking Customers

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FNB’s digital banking channels are voted as having the best experience by South African banking consumers, this is according to the 2014 South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi). In the banking channel measure, the SAcsi surveyed 7337 banking customers about their experiences with the different banking channels. FNB scooped top spot across all the digital

Payfirma Unveils One API for All Kinds of Payments

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Payfirma, the mobile, online and in-store payments provider, is empowering merchants to accept payments in multiple ways through access to their full solution payment API. Developers can now use Payfirma’s easy-to-integrate API to build versatile products for accepting payments online and on mobile devices, so they can meet the needs of merchants who want to

Orange Cash Launches in Spain with MasterCard Prepaid Card

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Orange has announced the launch of Orange Cash in Spain, a rechargeable prepaid card from MasterCard that can be used within smartphones or as a traditional payment card. With Orange Cash a consumer will be able to make online payments in a safe way, send money to the mobile phones of other Orange Cash users