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Mastercard partners with Loop

News | Payments General | 01 Mar 2024

Mastercard has partnered with Loop, aiming to empower businesses and consumers in Saudi Arabia with access to advanced credit card offerings and innovative payment solutions. 

partnership, credit access, payments , financial services, credit card

Mastercard partners with MTN Group Fintech

News | Mobile Payments | 29 Feb 2024

Mastercard has partnered with MTN Group Fintech to provide African people and businesses with digital tools to transact through secure mobile payments.

partnership, mobile payments, fintech, SMEs, financial inclusion

South African mobile operators combat fraud with GSMA initiative

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 23 Feb 2024

Telecommunications operators Cell C, MTN, and Telkom have welcomed the launch of two universal APIs available in South Arica that combat fraud and digital identity theft.

API, fraud prevention, digital identity, cybercrime, cybersecurity

Mastercard acquires minority stake in MTN's fintech business

News | Payments General | 06 Feb 2024

Global payment-technology corporation Mastercard has concluded the acquisition of a minority stake in the South African MTN Group’s fintech business. 

acquisition, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce

Insights on Open Banking Evolution in Africa – interview with Deloitte

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Feb 2024

Deloitte Africa explores how Africa's financial sector navigates Open Banking's rise, leveraging tech partnerships, overcoming regulatory gaps, and ensuring data security for inclusive, innovative finance.

Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report, fintech, banks

STICPAY forms new local payment partnerships

News | Payments General | 07 Sep 2023

UK-based digital payment provider STICPAY has partnered with nearly 40 payment providers to promote financial inclusion across Asia, Africa, and South America.

mobile payments, digital payments, money transfer, local payment method, digital wallet

Meta launches a new Metaverse experience in Africa

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Nov 2022

US-based Meta has launched its first Metaverse experience in Africa to help Nigerian creators explore new ways to connect with their communities.

metaverse, NFT, product launch, Augmented Reality

Tencent leads a USD 48 million Series B for payments gateway startup Ozow

News | Mobile Payments | 19 Nov 2021

South Africa-based payment gateway startup Ozow has raised a successful Series B investment round with China-based fintech Tencent being the main investor.

investment, startup, payment gateway, fintech, payment processing, expansion, mobile payments

Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA) launches Every Action Counts coalition

News | Payments General | 28 Jun 2021

The ‘Every Action Counts’ (EAC) coalition has been launched by the Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA), funded by the Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative of the MAVA Foundation.

green finance, partnership, financial institutions, digital banking

MTN South Africa, IFC to help underbanked in South Africa

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 24 May 2021

MTN South Africa has announced a USD 2 million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to expand MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business in South Africa.

partnership, unbanked, financial services, compliance

Making web payments and monetisation everyone's opportunity

Interviews | Payments General | 20 Apr 2021

The Paypers interviewed Briana Marbury, Executive Director of the Interledger Foundation, to learn about the Interledger Protocol, and how advancing open payments and Web Monetisation standards will enable more equitable and creative web opportunities

Interledger Foundation, online payments, unbanked, digital payments, financial inclusion

The blueprint for financial inclusion – Mojaloop's vision for solving the unbanked problem

Interviews | Payments General | 20 Nov 2020

The Paypers interviewed Paula Hunter from the Mojaloop Foundation to learn how financial inclusion can happen in vital regions across the world when an open source approach is embraced

Mojaloop, Mojaloop Foundation, Paula Hunter, financial inclusion, charitable nonprofit, digital finance, Open Finance, interoperability, real-time payments, transactions , mobile money, Central banks, unbanked, SME, credit score, lending, central bank digital currency, CBDC, blockchain, KYC

dLocal doubles African footprint, adds four new countries, partners with Verve and Fawry

News | Online Payments | 28 Oct 2020

dLocal has expanded its payments network to include Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Cameroon, while adding new integration partners in Nigeria and Egypt.

dLocal, integration partners, Visa, MasterCard, merchants, Mpesa, airtel, Wizall Money, mobile money, mobile payments, local payments, local currency, Verve, Fawry, cards, tokens, ecommerce, online transactions

Ria Money Transfer, Thunes enable cross-border payments in emerging markets

News | Mobile Payments | 22 Oct 2020

Ria Money Transfer has partnered with global cross-border payment provider Thunes, enabling customers across the globe to send funds directly to consumers from emerging markets.

Ria Money Transfer, cross-border payments, Thunes, emerging markets, mobile wallets, M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, mobile money, alternative payment solutions

Idemia to power African welfare payments transfer system

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 01 Sep 2020

Guinea’s National Agency for Social & Economic Inclusion (ANIES) has launched a welfare cash transfer program through a partnership with security services provider Idemia.

IDEMIA, biometric authentication, MTN network, Guinea National Agency for Social & Economic Inclusion, ANIES, Africa, EMEA, fraud prevention, digital identity, securing transactions, secure payments

Remitly doubles mobile wallet offerings and global consumer reach

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Aug 2020

Independent provider of remittance and financial service products for immigrants Remitly has announced the expansion of its mobile wallet network.

Remitly, remittance, immigrants, mobile wallet, mobile wallet network, M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, bKash, GCash, Airtel Mobile Money, GoPay, Ovo, Thunes, emerging markets, COVID-19, digital purchases, home delivery, cash pickup, bank deposit

Ecobank teams with MFS Africa for digital payments

News | Payments General | 13 Dec 2018

Ecobank has chosen MFS Africa to help offer cross-platform digital payments for the bank’s account holders.

EcoBank, MFS Africa, digital payments, instant remittance

Orange, MTN roll out pan-African mobile money interoperability

News | Payments General | 27 Nov 2018

Orange Group and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable payments across the continent.

Orange, MTN, Africa, mobile money, Mowali, mobile wallet interoperability

MTN Uganda, Mastercard, United Bank partner for mobile money services

News | Payments General | 25 Sep 2018

MTN Uganda have partnered with Mastercard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) to expand its mobile money services.

mobile payments, MTN Uganda, MasterCard, United Bank for Africa, Uganda, digital payment, mobile financial services

Bango, MTN Ghana roll out mobile money wallet

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Jan 2018

Bango has partnered with MTN Ghana to launch operator payments in Google Play to allow MTN Ghana subscribers to pay for services.

Bango, MTN Ghana, Ghana, mobile wallet, mobile payments