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Mojaloop's Singapore CBDC Center of Excellence working to ensure universal financial inclusion

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Aug 2022

Nick Drury, director of the Mojaloop Foundation’s CBDC Center of Excellence, discusses what the new initiative in Singapore means for advancing financial inclusion and for the financial literacy of the Asia-Pacific region.

CBDC, stablecoin, financial inclusion, cross-border payments, financial services, payments

Bangladesh, Malaysia mobile wallets to use RippleNet for payments

News | Mobile Payments | 19 Jan 2021

Real-time gross settlement system Ripple has announced that Malaysia’s Mobile Money and Bangladesh’s bKash mobile wallet are connected via RippleNet for payments. 

Ripple, RippleNet, bKash, mobile money, partnership, mobile payments, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Asia, APAC, remittance, Mutual Trust Bank of Bangladesh

Pakistan launches government-run digital payments system

News | Online Payments | 12 Jan 2021

Pakistan has announced a new government-run digital payment system aimed at boosting financial inclusion and government revenue.

Raast, Pakistan, Asia, digital payments, financial inclusion, State Bank of Pakistan, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, government payments, merchants

GSMA launches Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform for financial inclusion

News | Mobile Payments | 15 Jul 2020

GSMA has launched Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform (ITP) aiming to help make transactions more seamless in emerging markets.

GSMA, Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform, financial inclusion, Africa, ITP, transactions , GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab, GoPay, IDEMIA, KaiOS, MTN, Telenor, University of Washington, VEON, Vodafone, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, digital, payments , digitisation, account-to-account interoperability, mobile money, APIs

Google, Gates Foundation partner to exceed the M-Pesa platform

News | Mobile Payments | 07 May 2020

Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have initiated the Mojaloop Foundation, in order to develop a new M-Pesa platform. 

Google, Gates Foundation, M-Pesa, digital payments, mobile payments, Mojaloop Foundation, real-time payments, Interledger, Ripple

EIB outlines finance and advisory support for health in response to COVID-19

News | Payments General | 05 May 2020

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has joined a global fundraising effort in the fight against the coronavirus. 

European Investment Bank Group, finance, COVID-19, funding

Automated attacks and their role in an evolving fraud landscape

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 16 Oct 2019

Kevin Gosschalk of Arkose Labs uncovers unique insights into an evolving fraud landscape and believes that the only way to fight these attacks is a long-term approach rooted in prevention

Arkose Labs, fraud prevention, bot attacks, risk management, report

Brac Bank and Bkash partner with WorldRemit

News | Payments General | 29 Nov 2018

Brac Bank and Bkash have teamed with WorldRemit for bank and mobile money transfers to Bangladesh.

BRAC Bank, BkashWorldRemit, money transfer, Bangladesh, wallet

bKash, Ant Financial to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked in Bangladesh

News | Payments General | 26 Apr 2018

bKash and Ant Financial Services Group have partnered to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked and underbanked communities in Bangladesh.

bKash, Ant Financial, unbanked, Bangladesh, International Finance Corporation

Veridium, Wala to pilot digital banking model for biometric authentication

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Nov 2017

Veridium has announced the partnership with Walla, to pilot a fully digital banking model that authenticates users with biometrics in sub-Saharan Africa.

Veridium, Wala, banking, Africa, biometric authentication, financial inclusion, unbanked, 4 Fingers TouchlessID

Ripple, Gates Foundation team up for new payments platform

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 17 Oct 2017

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has released Mojaloop a new open-source software for creating payment platforms that will help unbanked people access financial services.

Ripple, Gates Foundation, payments platform, unbanked, financial service providers

MasterCard launches 2KUZE digital platform to help smallholder farmers in East Africa

News | Online Payments | 17 Jan 2017

MasterCard has launched 2KUZE, a digital platform, to connect smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa.

MasterCard, 2KUZE, digital platform, smallholder farmers, East Africa, agents, buyers, banks

Interswitch allegedly on the path to UK IPO

News | Online Payments | 29 Jan 2016

Interswitch, a Nigerian digital payments company, is allegedly setting the stage for going public at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) later in 2016.

InterSwitch, Nigeria, Africa, digital payments, UK, IPO, alternative payments, technology, processor

Nigeria: eTranzact invests USD 350,000 into mobile money project

News | Mobile Payments | 02 Sep 2014

eTranzact International has unveiled the investment of USD 350,000 into a mobile money activation project in collaboration with EFInA, a financial sector development organisation.

eTranzact, mobile, money, project, EFInA, financial, pocketmoni