Tag: payments
Mastercard expands payments partnership with Sokin across Middle East and Africa
Sokin, the new generation fintech payment firm, has signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Mastercard to support the rollout of its fixed-price payment services...
WhatsApp introduces P2P payments in India, Brazil
WhatsApp is introducing a P2P payments option in the contact card of the messaging system in India and Brazil.
The new pay button feature makes...
Africa’s Flutterwave fund UK contactless payment startup, Dapio
African Fintech giant, Flutterwave and US-based seed accelerator, Techstars have pumped some $3.4 million into UK-based contactless payment platform Dapio.
Dapio helps businesses accept contactless...
Google loosens grip on app payments
Google has outlined plans to try third-party payments for apps downloaded from its Play Store with selected partners across several countries, following a forced...
Absa launches Mobile Pay in SA– no POS hardware required
Absa-banked merchants can now accept card payments directly on their mobile phones, without the need for a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.
Absa Mobile Pay allows merchants to...
GOOGLE hires PayPal exec to strengthen banking, payments drive
Google has hired PayPal exec Arnold Goldberg to help reset its ambitions for banking and payments.
Google's most recent foray into the banking sector, Plex,...
eCommerce Payment Transactions to Exceed $7.5 Trillion Globally by 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of global eCommerce payment transactions will exceed $7.5 trillion by 2026, from $4.9 trillion in...
Mastercard and Samsung set to launch biometric payment card
Mastercard and Samsung are joining forces to introduce a biometric payment card in South Korea that lets users authenticate transactions with their fingerprint.
The card is set...