Xoom Corporation, a leading digital money transfer provider, announced the launch of its money transfer service to Singapore. Xoom customers can now send money online to bank accounts in Singapore via their U.S. bank accounts, credit cards or debit cards. Money can be sent to 10 local banks in Singapore, including DBS, POSB, UOB, OCBC
Although e-commerce is growing fast in South Africa and across the continent, the majority of the population in African markets is still excluded from buying online. This is no fault of online retailers or service providers – it is simply because many South Africans (and Africans) do not have their own bank account or a
Xoom Corporation, a leading digital money transfer provider, announced the launch of its money transfer service to Hong Kong. This bank deposit service allows immigrants from Hong Kong and other individuals to conveniently send money online to bank accounts in Hong Kong with their U.S. bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. “We are thrilled
Africa’s leading hotel booking platform Jovago.com has announced the incorporation of Tigo Pesa, one of the region’s major mobile money transfer services. This partnership gives the customer yet another option for efficiency on top of the available card payments and pay-on-arrival model. “Africa is definitely moving on to the digital world, as part of this
Xoom Corporation, a leading digital money transfer provider, announced the launch of its money transfer service to China. This instant bank deposit service allows Chinese immigrants with a U.S. bank account, credit card, or debit card to conveniently send money online to most bank accounts in China within seconds. With the addition of China, Xoom’s
As part of the e-Government initiatives under the e-Ghana project, the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), an Agency established by the Ministry of Communications is implementing the e-Services and Government e-Commerce project to support operations of government services online. Under this project, a portal infrastructure is deployed to provide a platform for online submission of
Payment service provider PayGate says its automated fraud protection service PayProtector continues to save online businesses from lost revenue due to online fraud attempts. “At one regional airline in Africa we reduced their incidence of fraud from over a million rand a month to under R80,000 in just one month,” says PayGate’s general manager for
Pick n Pay has partnered with Webtickets, South Africa’s market leader in integrated online ticketing solutions, as its exclusive retail ticketing outlet. And, in a first for South African retailers, customers are now able to order tickets for any Webtickets event online or via their mobile device – and pay for them in store at
MyBank and Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale (AgID) announced that the MyBank payment option, which allows bank customers across Europe to pay online by using their own bank account, has been activated on the payment hub “Nodo dei Pagamenti-SPC”, a new platform that connects the Italian public institutions with payment service providers and allows citizens and
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has partnered with United Bank Limited (UBL) to introduce an online bill payment service which will enable their customers to pay bills and recharge prepaid services online through credit and debit cards with ease. This online bill payment service, based on UBL’s internet based cutting-edge payment system, provides PTCL customers
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