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- 20 Aug 2024
Flutterwave Enables its Online Merchants to Accept American Express Payments
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced today that its online merchants in Nigeria can now accept American Express payments. American Express Card Members – with…
- 30 Nov 2016
SG, American Express Join Forces for SSA ePayment Market
‎Societe Generale has announced that it has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates. These countries include…
- 4 Jul 2018
Turkish Airlines Signs Global Agreement with American Express Global Business Travel
Turkish Airlines signed a significant deal with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), one of the world's leading agencies for corporate travel. This agreement which was signed by…
- 20 May 2017
Payment Card Use Sees Double-digit Global Growth in 2016
Global card purchase volume for goods and services (excluding cash advances on credit cards and cash withdrawals on debit cards), grew 5.8 percent to $20.606 trillion in 2016, according to The Nilson…
- 7 Nov 2023
Bhambani, Flutterwave CFO Resigns amidst $50m IPO Plans
Oneal Bhambani, chief financial officer (CFO) at Flutterwave, has resigned, just over a year after joining the Africa's leading payments company. Bhambani, took to his LinkedIn to make the…
- 16 Jan 2014
FirstBank Achieves PCIDSS
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has recently attained Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard certification (PCIDSS), as part of its efforts to continually maintain leading best practice and remain…
- 28 Oct 2016
Card Fraud Losses see Stunning Spike in 2015 - Report
Banks and merchants worldwide shouldered total fraud losses of $21.84 billion in 2015 on payment card purchases totaling $31.31 trillion, reveals new research from The Nilson Report. This means that…
- 14 Aug 2018
CWG to Launch Entersekt Product Line into Nigerian Market
CWG Plc, a pan-African provider of information and communications technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Entersekt, a globally recognized innovator in mobile-first fintech solutions.…
- 1 Apr 2022
TAJBank Gets PCI-DSS Certification
TAJ Bank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest banking products and services provider, has received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification in recognition of its…
- 12 Oct 2009
EFCC Arraigns Three over Cheque Scam.
The men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last week arraigned three persons-a housewife, hairdresser and a graduate on an 88 count charge bordering on illegal possession of…
- 28 Jun 2013
TelephoneNigeria.com Unveils Nigeria 500 for $20 a Month
TelephoneNigeria.com, one of the top telecommunications providers in the world has launched a new monthly plan, Nigeria 500 which includes 500 minutes to call both mobiles and landlines in Nigeria…
- 11 Jan 2018
MoneyGram Shares Jump on Partnership with Bitcoin rival Ripple
Shares of MoneyGram International Inc jumped 10.5 percent on Thursday, after the money-transfer company said it partnered with blockchain firm and bitcoin-rival Ripple. As part of the arrangement,…
- 25 Feb 2016
Samsung Pay Processes Half a Billion Dollars of Transactions
Samsung says that its mobile payments service, Samsung Pay has reached a global milestone about five million registered users processed over 500 million dollars in the first six months, showing a…
- 1 Aug 2016
Union Pay Bumps Visa to No. 2 Spot in Global Payments Value
According to a new report from RBR, "Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021," China's UnionPay is now the largest scheme in terms of value of card payments. Market share for the…
- 24 Apr 2013
TelephoneNigeria.com Slashes Call Rates to Nigeria
TelephoneNigeria.com has announced a major rate decrease for all calls to mobiles and landlines in Nigeria. Starting this week, Nigerians all over the world can call their family and friends on any…
- 3 Oct 2019
PFS’ Clirec Tops Bobsguide 2019 Global Payments Rankings
Bobsguide in its 2019 Global Payment Rankings has voted Precise Financial Systems’ flagship accounts reconciliation solution, Clirec as the world’s best account management solution. There are 40…
- 22 Apr 2013
TelephoneNigeria.com Dangles Double Bonus on Glo Recharges
TelephoneNigeria.com, an interactive website is offering Double Bonus for all mobile recharges sent to Glo mobiles in Nigeria. The promotion is available on TelephoneNigeria.com starting April…
- 14 Feb 2016
Telcos, Others Get Impetus to Fight CyberCrime
Telecommunications operators and banks implementing security standards required to protect their networks against hackers can now heave a sigh of relief thanks to the recently released ISACA guidance…
- 2 Oct 2013
Path Solutions Inks Strategic Partnership with S2M
Path Solutions, the market leading provider of Islamic banking software systems and S2M, one of the leading players in developing and implementing payment solutions has entered into an alliance for…
- 15 Dec 2015
4 Ways Online Retailers Can Shine This Season
It is the busiest time of the year in many retail industries, and there is a substantial uptick in customers looking to spend money. The National Retail Federation noted that online shoppers are…
- 26 Jul 2010
Interswitch Attains Payment Card Data Security Standard Certification (PCI DSS)
Interswitch, Nigeria’s premier switching transaction and electronic payment processing firm, has attained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification. Thus,…
- 4 Jul 2015
Interswitch Partners PCI Security Standards Council to Improve Payment Data Security Worldwide
Interswitch transnational Africa’s integrated payments and transaction switching giant announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council on the improvement of data security globally. As…
- 21 Jul 2017
Global Payment Cards Top 14Bn, Target 17Bnn in 2022
The number of payment cards worldwide increased 8 percent in 2016 to a total of 14 billion — 1 billion of which were issued in the space of one year. By 2022, the total count could exceed 17 billion,…
- 12 Nov 2017
21st Century Technologies Partners Digital Encode for PCI DSS 3.2 Certification
By Ugo Onwuaso 21st Century Technologies Limited has achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS 3.2) certification, the most thorough global payment-card security standard…
- 6 Aug 2012
“Efficient Payment System’ll Enhance Effectiveness of Monetary Policy, Financial Stability”
Tunde Lemo, the deputy governor, Operations of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that an efficient payment system will enhance the effectiveness of monetary policy and the overall financial…
- 5 Nov 2014
EMV Cards Account for 30% of Transactions Worldwide - Report
Nearly 30 percent of all card-present transactions conducted globally between July 2013 and June 2014 used EMV chip technology, according to figures released by EMVCo. The data represents all EMV…
- 30 Nov 2014
Banks Miss Deadline on PCI DSS Certification
Seven money deposit banks in the country may have missed the November 30 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline to acquire Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards…
- 3 Feb 2015
FG Unveils Company e-Registration Portal
The federal government in Abuja yesterday launched company registration portal of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) online registration platform. The platform referred to as CRP/GSP is designed…
- 31 Mar 2016
Windows 10 Now Runs On 270m Active Devices
Microsoft's flagship, Windows 10 innovations, deliver more personal computing and opportunities for developers as it now runs on 270 million active devices. Windows 10 was designed to deliver…
- 10 Dec 2018
MainOne CEO Emerges Data Centre Dynamics “Business Leader of the Year”
The Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) Awards has announced MainOne CEO, Funke Opeke, the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics Business Leader of the Year during the 2018 edition at the Royal Lancaster, London on…