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Mobile money: paving the way to the 1.4 bln African consumer market

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 23 Sep 2024

Frank Breuss, CEO and Co-founder of Nikulipe, discusses the importance of mobile money in the African continent, highlighting the evolution of M-PESA as a catalyst for digitalisation.

mobile payments, mobile money, financial services, digitalisation, ecommerce, unbanked, mobile banking, insurance

PSR, FCA look for information on further enhancing digital wallets

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Jul 2024

The Payment System Regulator (PSR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have launched a joint call to gather additional information on Big Tech and the use of digital wallets. 

regulation, financial services, FCA, digital wallet, payment methods, online payments, mobile payments, account-to-account payment, financial inclusion, digitalisation, e-wallet, mobile money

Shoulder surfing: the silent threat escalating in an increasingly mobile world

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 16 Jul 2024

James O'Sullivan, CEO and Founder at Nuke From Orbit, discusses the importance of safeguarding personal phones from the intrusive eyes of fraudsters committing shoulder surfing, trying to prevent data theft and other threats.


fraud detection, payment fraud, mobile money, mobile payments, identity theft, identity verification, identity fraud, risk management, multi-factor authentication, ATM, authorisation rate, financial data, cryptocurrency, digital wallet, e-wallet, biometric authentication, biometrics, shoulder surfing

myPOS launches iPhone tap to pay in Italy

News | Mobile Payments | 30 May 2024

UK-based payments company myPOS has recently launched its tap to pay service on iOS devices for businesses in Italy. 

 

Tap-to-Pay, mobile payments, mobile money, contactless payments, payments , merchants, SMEs, digital wallet, e-wallet, fraud prevention, data protection, data privacy, data breaches, transactions , financial inclusion, payment methods

Carrier billing: exploring the agent model's impact on payment innovations

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 17 May 2024

Martin Kneifel, Head of Provider Management as DIMOCO Payments, discusses the multiple future uses of carrier billing by tapping into the agent model.


mobile payments, mobile money, direct carrier billing, APP fraud, payment processing, contactless payments, online payments, regulation, compliance, PSD2, digital payments, digital assets, digital wallet, payment methods, instant payments, IOT, m-commerce, ecommerce, public transportation

New alliance in Africa aims to explore remittance solutions

News | Payments General | 26 Mar 2024

Coronation Group, Access Holdings, Safaricom, and M-PESA Africa have formed a strategic partnership to provide remittance corridors in Africa.

remittance, financial inclusion, partnership, mobile money, money transfer

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europe is expected to change everything for face-to-face payments

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Feb 2024

Mark Beresford, Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC), discusses the changes in the payments industry resulted from the adoption of the DMA in Europe, exploring the main benefits for both consumers and merchants.


European Commission, European Payments Council, regulation, payments , payment gateway, compliance, loyalty programme, transactions , merchant, NFC, credit card, debit card, e-wallet, mobile payments, mobile money, marketplace, online payments, contactless payments, digital payments, PCI compliance, PCI DSS, EMVCo

Amazon Mexico partners with Kueski Pay

News | Mobile Payments | 30 Jan 2024

Amazon has partnered with Mexico-based Kueski Pay to launch Pago en Quincenas, a payment method that allows users to defer their purchases into biweekly payments.

partnership, product launch, mobile payments, mobile money, online platform

Allied Payment Network partners with MY CREDIT UNION

News | Payments General | 14 Dec 2023

Real-time payments provider Allied Payment Network has partnered with US-based MY CREDIT UNION to integrate with its digital banking platform.

partnership, digital payments, mobile money, money transfer, financial institutions

Ant Group partners with Huawei

News | Mobile Payments | 11 Dec 2023

Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has partnered with China-based Huawei Technologies to develop a dedicated version of Alipay.

mobile payments, mobile money, partnership, fintech, e-wallet

The value of digital payments in the transit and mobility sector

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 31 Oct 2023

Zoltan Gyenge, myPOS Managing Director DACH and Hungary, discusses how contactless payments help advance the transportation industry, improve passenger experience, and make cities greener.


 

mobile payments, mobile money, SoftPOS, public transportation, contactless payments, online payments, digital payments, one-click payments, travel payments, COVID-19, Tap-to-Pay, cross-border payments

Smartcash PSB partners with Thunes for remittances in naira

News | Payments General | 10 Oct 2023

Cross-border payments infrastructure provider Thunes has announced a partnership with Smartcash PSB to power international remittances in naira to mobile wallets.

partnership, cross-border payments, remittances, payout, mobile money, digital wallet, fintech, paytech, financial services, financial inclusion

NEOPAY partners with Alipay+

News | Mobile Payments | 29 Sep 2023

UAE-based NEOPAY has partnered with Alipay+ to expand its digital payments offering for merchants in the region. 

partnership, mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallet, digital wallet, payment methods

Uber, Safaricom partner for M-PESA payments and disbursements

News | Payments General | 03 Aug 2023

Communication solutions company Safaricom has announced a partnership with Uber that is set to enable Kenya-based riders to pay for trips through the mobile money service M-PESA.

partnership, payments , paytech, fintech, payment methods, mobile money, mobile payments, financial inclusion

The synergy between CBDC and mobile money

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jun 2023

Athu Karume, eCurrency’s President of Africa Markets, presents the benefits of a CBDC implementation that integrates into the existing mobile money services and systems.

CBDC, mobile money, payment methods, cross-border payments, tokenization

The payment habits of Latin American gamers and how to unlock the market's opportunities

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 08 Jun 2023

Karina Mata Farina, Head of Marketing at PagSeguro, dives into the payment preferences and habits of users from Latin America’s fast rising online gaming market, and what the online gaming segment’s view of payments can teach other industries.


online payments, mobile payments, contactless payments, payments , gambling, payment methods, instant payments, mobile money, online platform, BNPL, PIX, ecommerce, ecommerce platform, digital wallet, digital payments

Optimising Point-of-Sale solutions through Smart Cellular Connectivity

Voice of the Industry | Mobile Payments | 11 May 2023

Curtis Govan, President, Americas at floLIVE, uncovers how businesses adopt cellular connectivity to boost security, stability, and reliability for their POS terminals.


POS, mPOS, mobile payments, mobile money, ecommerce, transaction monitoring, regulation, eftpos, data sharing, data, data privacy, data protection, financial data, online payments, payments infrastructure, instant payments, digital payments

The potential of instant lending: why traditional banks hold the key

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 10 May 2023

Paul Weiss, Head of Growth at Simbuka, discusses the potential for traditional banks in East Africa to offer instant lending services to an underserved market. Banks can benefit from leveraging their customer base and data-driven decision-making processes to offer these instant lending services.

lending, SME lending, digitalisation, corporate card, online banking, credit scoring, Corporate Social Responsibility, digital banking, credit card, fintech, financial inclusion, financial institutions, financial services, mobile banking, mobile money, mobile payments

CBK launches QR Code Standard to boost digital payment usage

News | Online Payments | 04 May 2023

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the launch and implementation of the Kenya QR Code Standard 2023 to increase the usage of digital payments.

product launch, payments , digital payments, digitalisation, QR code, QR payments, payment methods, PSP, banks, card scheme, fintech, financial services, banking, mobile money, POS, ecommerce, Issuer, financial inclusion

Kora launches USD card-acquiring

News | Payments General | 28 Mar 2023

Nigeria-based payments infrastructure Kora has announced the launch of USD card-acquiring in Africa, looking to enable merchants on its platform to accept payments in USD.

product launch, cross-border payments, payment methods, payments , online payments, merchants, ecommerce, payin, payout, settlement, API, B2B payments, expansion, marketplace, mobile money, bank transfer, financial services, fintech