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- 10 Sept 2014
MasterCard Works with Apple to Integrate Apple Pay
Apple has unveiled Apple Pay that will enable MasterCard cardholders to use their iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch for everyday purchases. MasterCard built the foundation for secure…
- 24 Sept 2021
Paystack Launches Apple Pay for International Transactions within Nigeria
Paystack has announced the inclusion of a new payment channel that lets users accept international payments promptly and securely from millions of Apple Pay users on its platform — Pay with Apple…
- 13 Oct 2015
Apple Pay Now Available on the Fly Delta App
‎Delta Air Lines customers can now book and pay for flights via Apple Pay, the easy and private way to pay, using the latest version of the Fly Delta app. Delta is now the first U.S. based…
- 26 Jul 2015
Apple Pay Rival Set to Hit Stores Next Month
A new mobile-payments system called CurrentC, backed by Walmart, Target and many other major retailers, will get a limited trial in stores starting next month, Bloomberg Business reported, citing…
- 15 Apr 2017
Major 'Pays' Expected to Attract 500m Users by 2021
New data from fintech analysts at Juniper Research projects that the number of OEM-Pay contactless users — including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay — will exceed 100 million for the first…
- 5 Oct 2018
Mobile Wallet Use Growing Fast - Report
Apple Pay is far and away the leader for mobile wallet transactions, according to new research from Auriemma Consulting Group. The app accounts for 77 percent of mobile wallet transactions, while…
- 21 Dec 2016
NEC Moves to Replace Cards with Facial Technology
Cashless transactions are easy, thanks to swipe-to-pay debit cards and digital wallets like Apple Pay. But the future of cashless pay may not be in your phone, but in your face. Japanese IT giant NEC…
- 10 Sept 2014
Visa, Apple Opening New Era of Payments on Mobile Devices
Visa Inc., global leader in payments, on Wednesday announced it is supporting consumer payments with the new iPhone 6 and other Apple devices. The new era comes via Visa’s flagship capability called…
- 29 Jun 2018
Mobile Contactless Payment Users to Top 750M - 2020
The global number of mobile contactless users will exceed 760 million by 2020, up from an estimated 440 million in 2018, according to a new study from Juniper Research. The research forecasts that…
- 25 Mar 2017
LG Discloses Plan to Launch Payment App
LG has set eyes on launching a payment services in June. The South Korean electronics maker LG plans to roll out its mobile payment app alongside with its U.S brand’s newest flagship product — the LG…
- 2 Dec 2014
Kaspersky Predicts High-Stakes Year for ATM Attacks in 2015
Kaspersky Lab forecasts high-stakes targeted cyberattacks pinpointing banks, as well as the development of malware that can take cash directly from ATMs, according to a company news release. The next…
- 6 Sept 2016
PayPal, MasterCard Reach Deal for Store Payments
MasterCard said yesterday it had expanded its deal with payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc, which would allow customers to use PayPal's payment services in stores. PayPal's partnership follows a…
- 16 Jun 2015
Mahindra Comviva Enhances payPLUS for Omni-Channel Payment Acceptance
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, has announced the launch of enhanced edition of payPLUS with a full blown omni-channel offering by enabling in app and web based…
- 3 Sept 2015
Apple, Cisco Partner to Deliver Fast-Lane for iOS Enterprise Users
Apple® and Cisco® have entered into a partnership to create fast lane for iOS business users by optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps, integrating iPhone® with Cisco enterprise…
- 21 Jan 2017
Messaging, Communications Apps Heads to 7Bn Mark - Report
Messaging and communications apps such as Line and WhatsApp will grow from five billion users in 2016 to 7.5 billion by 2020, according to new analysis by IHS. "Mobile innovations, new business…
- 9 Mar 2017
25% of Consumers Favor Smartphone Banking - study
Nearly one third (30 percent) of U.S. adults would feel comfortable using a voice-activated conversational interface (e.g., Siri from Apple or Alexa from Amazon) to pay a bill or transact other…
- 2 May 2023
Four Technologies that can Drive Nigeria’s Cashless Economy
By Victor Irechukwu, Head of Engineering, OnePipe Waving your hand to pay after shopping at a store, or simply placing your mobile phone on the checkout counter could seem strange - at least to a…
- 2 Feb 2016
Remittance & Mobilemoney Expo begins Today
The sixth remittance and mobilemoney expo begins today in Lagos, Nigeria. The forum is expected to discuss issues around lowering remittance transaction cost. According to Emmanuel Okoegwale, event…
- 29 Jan 2016
Samsung Tops, Apple, Huawei & Xiaomi Surpass 2015 YoY Average
A strong holiday quarter boosted worldwide smartphone volumes to new record levels thanks to robust product offerings at numerous price points in both mature and emerging markets. According to…
- 16 Apr 2025
Moniepoint Launches MonieWorld to Serve UK’s African Diaspora
Moniepoint Inc., one of Nigeria’s leading business payments and banking services platforms, announces the launch of MonieWorld; a new remittance and digital financial services solution – specifically…
- 3 Feb 2015
Over 5% Card Issuers Will Suffer Fraud on EMV Cards In 2015- Gartner
Analyst at Gartner have revealed that following some high-profile data breaches in 2014, U.S. payment card network participants began heavily endorsing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip cards…
- 17 Jul 2026
PayPal Rejects $53bn Stripe-Advent Takeover Bid, Says Offer Undervalues Company
The board of global payments company, PayPal, says a 53 billion dollars takeover offer from financial technology firm, Stripe, and private equity company, Advent International, does not adequately…
- 24 Sept 2025
Paga Expands to US with Digital Banking to African Diaspora
Paga Group, a financial technology company, has expanded its operation in the United States, introducing digital banking services tailored for Africa’s diaspora. Developed in partnership with a…
- 4 Nov 2021
Africa’s Payment Space Absorbs COVID – 19 Impact, Returns to Growth
Globally, as well as in Africa, the payments industry suffered a much-smaller-than-anticipated impact from the COVID-19 crisis and has returned to growth with renewed momentum, according to a new…
- 2 Jun 2016
Study Predicts 70% Rise in ATMs Running Multivendor Apps by 2020
By the end of 2015, approximately 1.2 million (40 percent) of the world's 2.9 million bank-grade ATMs were running multivendor software applications. By 2020, this number will grow to 2 million as…
- 7 Aug 2014
Apple, Samsung to End Legal Tussles in 9 Countries
Apple and Samsung have agreed to withdraw all legal cases against each other outside the United States. The two rivals have sued each other over a range of patent disputes in nine countries outside…
- 4 Jul 2015
MasterCard Plans Mobile App with Facial Recognition
MasterCard has come up with an app that lets you pay for stuff with a selfie. The credit card company is experimenting with a mobile app that uses facial recognition to verify your identity. After…
- 7 Oct 2015
Google Launches New System to Load Stories Faster on Phones
Google has unveiled a new system it says will speed up how fast news stories load after clicking a search link. ‎ It hopes the project, called Accelerated Mobile Pages, will be adopted by…
- 17 Feb 2015
Visa to Eliminate 16-digit Account Number for Remote Purchases
Visa Inc. has announced it is expanding the use of new security technology that replaces the traditional 16-digit Visa account number with a unique series of numbers, which is intended to prevent…
- 10 May 2017
Mobile Biometric Payments to Triple in 2017- Report
The number of mobile payments authenticated by biometrics will rise to nearly two billion this year, up from just over 600 million in 2016. This is according to a new report from Juniper Research,…