Innovation
Nigeria: Upperlink secures PCIDSS licence for payment gateway deployment in Africa
Upperlink, a payment solution service provider licenced of the central bank of Nigeria, has secured the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) ...
Global
EMVCo publishes EMV 3-D Secure UI/UX guidelines
The global technical body EMVCo has published EMV 3-D Secure UI/UX Design Guidelines to help card issuers, banks, merchants and solution providers optimise the ...
Africa
CBDC: EMTECH teams up with Global InfoSwift
EMTECH and Global InfoSwift (GIC) have partnered to deliver capacity building in three areas: Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Regulatory Sandbox Framework, and API & Open ...
Global
Korean internet giant Kakao expands blockchain presence to Singapore
Singapore is reportedly the next port of call for Kakao’s globalization agenda for its legacy blockchain platform Klaytn. According to a report by The Korea ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Tizeti launches NeXTGEN connectivity solutions to address post-pandemic ‘new normal’, announces partnership with $5m fund for African startup ISPs
The company announced it’s partnership with a $5m venture fund focused on startup ISPs that are expanding internet access across Africa To enable ...
Innovation
Kenya: Absa Bank pioneers Whatsapp Banking
Absa Bank simplifies complex banking procedures for customers as it launches Whatsapp banking. Kenyan Bank Absa Bank has inaugurated a WhatsApp-based, 24/7 operating, ...
Innovation
South Africa: Sanlam and MTN announce insurtech alliance
Sanlam and MTN Group on Thursday (12 August) announced a strategic alliance to distribute Sanlam Group insurance and investment products across Africa, further ...
Global
Samsung Plans to Test Mobile Phone Functionality With South Korea’s CBDC Pilot
Samsung Electronics is reportedly going to be a part of South Korea’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project. Samsung will participate in ...
Global
JPMorgan launches new real-time payments service
Global payments giant JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) has launched a real-time payments option that it hopes will increase its edge in the financial industry’s ...
Global
Biometric authentication, contactless payments to continue to rise post-pandemic – study
Juniper Research has published a whitepaper titled, `Cash is No Longer King: How Contactless Payments are Becoming the Norm, showing a rise in biometric ...