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- 6 Feb 2012
MasterCard Opens East African Regional Headquarters
MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company has launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number of MasterCard offices…
- 29 Nov 2012
Zenith Bank, MasterCard Join Hands for Corporate Payment Solutions
Zenith Bank has collaborated with MasterCard Worldwide to introduce MasterCard Corporate Payment Solutions to the Nigerian private and public sectors. This new collaboration will see Zenith…
- 7 Sept 2012
MasterCard Index Shows Strong Optimism of Nigerian Consumer Confidence
MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence reveals that Nigerian consumer confidence remains highly optimistic. Results of the latest While the Index has recorded a marginal 2.4 point decline…
- 29 Oct 2012
Nigerians Save for their Future, MasterCard Survey Reveals
Results of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Survey on Consumer Purchasing Priorities - Money Management has revealed that Nigerians continue to understand the importance of saving their money, with…
- 8 Mar 2010
MasterCard to Drive Innovation in Nigeria’s Payments Industry
MasterCard Worldwide announced that it will work with customer financial institutions and the government to bring more innovation to commercial transactions and payment solutions to Nigerian…
- 6 Apr 2015
MasterCard Says eID Card Use Will Drive Financial Inclusion
MasterCard Worldwide, multinational financial services corporation has advocated the use of electronic identity card (eID) to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria. This is coming on the heels of a…
- 23 Oct 2014
MasterCard Collaborates with FNB to Offer Multi-Currency Cash Passport
MasterCard’s subsidiary, Access Prepaid Worldwide, in collaboration with First National Bank (FNB) introduced the MasterCard Multi-currency Cash PassportTM to customers, promising a safer and more…
- 15 Oct 2024
Citi, Mastercard Join Forces to Transform Global Cross-Border Payments
Citi and Mastercard have announced a collaboration to offer cross-border payments to Mastercard debit cards in 14 receiving markets worldwide, with plans for further expansion. Leveraging Citi’s…
- 14 Jan 2013
Banga, MasterCard CEO Applauds Cashless Nigeria Policy
Ajay Banga, president and CEO of MasterCard Worldwide said that Nigeria has witnessed a remarkable reform in its electronic payments sector over the past two years, with financial institutions,…
- 2 Oct 2012
Unity Bank Unveils Three MasterCard Products
Unity Bank Plc has introduced three MasterCard products, which it said were aimed at bringing transaction comfort to customers and supporting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN's) cashless initiative.…
- 28 Oct 2015
MasterCard to Drive Payments for the Internet of Things
As the market for the Internet of Things and wearables continues to take shape worldwide, MasterCard wants to be at this shift's forefront — and is giving companies the ability to add payment…
- 19 May 2022
OPay Partners Mastercard to ‘Open up e-commerce to Millions’ in Africa
Merchants and consumers from Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and South Africa now have another option to make payments worldwide through a Mastercard virtual payment solution powered by…
- 16 Feb 2009
Oceanic Bank Unveils Unique MasterCard
Oceanic Bank International Plc has introduced MasterCard in Nigeria, with some unique features that have made it the most convenient to use among many others. Dr. (Mrs.) Cecilia Ibru, chief executive…
- 2 Feb 2017
Atlas Mara, Mastercard Enter into Partnership for Financial Access
Atlas Mara and Mastercard have signed three strategic business agreements, which aim to build a stronger digital payment ecosystem with a focus on accelerating financial inclusion in sub-Saharan…
- 3 Dec 2012
Unified Payments Goes Live on MasterCard Processing
Unified Payment Services Ltd, formerly ValuCard Nigeria Ltd has gone live as a MasterCard third party processor, underscoring the company’s drive to be a one-stop shop and a shared infrastructure…
- 17 Oct 2012
MasterCard Creates Platform for ePayment Excellence
A series of intensive workshops hosted by MasterCard, global electronic payments company, has ignited excitement as Nigerian banks, merchants and other payments industry stakeholders which…
- 8 Nov 2012
MasterCard @ World Bank Summit, Showcases Cashless Nigeria
MasterCard, global payments and Technology Company has presented the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Cashless Policy as a best practice case study at the Africa investor-World Bank Group Africa CEO…
- 27 Sept 2012
MasterCard, Flying Dove in Retail Collaboration to Support Cashless Nigeria
MasterCard has announced its first collaborative relationship with a local Nigerian retailer, Flying Dove Limited, authorized distributors for Sony Corporation and owners and operators of Sony…
- 14 May 2018
FirstBank Introduces Contactless Naira Mastercard
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has introduced the Contactless Naira Master Card to its array of debit cards to promote convenience, ease of transactions and the security of funds. FirstBank…
- 15 Jan 2014
MasterCard, Ecobank Partner for e-Payment in 28 Sub-Saharan African Countries
Ecobank Transnational Inc. and MasterCard, have announced a multi-country licensing agreement which will provide access to MasterCard’s payment solutions for Ecobank’s customers in a further 23…
- 10 Sept 2012
UBA Confirms Card Market Dominance of Card Market with MasterCard
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s financial powerhouse has introduced UBA MasterCard for banking convenience of its customers across the globe, underpinning its dominance of the electronic…
- 11 Jan 2021
Uganda, Ghana and Botswana have Highest Percentage of Women Businesses owners in the world
The 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has once again ranked Uganda (39.6%), Botswana (38.5%) and Ghana (36.5%) as the world’s three leading economies having the most women business…
- 2 Nov 2015
Card-Accepting Merchant Outlets to Double by 2020 - Report
The number of stores worldwide accepting card payments is set to double from 46.6 million at the end of 2014 to 90.3 million by 2020, according to "Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2020," a…
- 8 Oct 2019
Airtel Africa, Mastercard Partner for Digital Payments
Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Mastercard, giving over 100 million Airtel Africa mobile phone users across 14 African countries access to Mastercard’s global network. The…
- 8 Oct 2019
Airtel Partners Mastercard to Connect 100 Million Consumers with Digital Payments Access
Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Mastercard, giving over 100 million Airtel Africa mobile phone users across 14 African countries access to Mastercard’s global network. The…
- 6 Aug 2013
UBA Gets Commendation for “All About U” Debit MasterCard
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc; the pan-African financial services institution with operations in 19 African countries, has been commended for its leading role and support to the cashless banking…
- 5 Mar 2012
MasterCard Partners Comviva on Mobile Money
Mastercard and Comviva, a leader in providing mobile solutions beyond Value Added Services (VAS) have announced a strategic partnership to launch a first-of-its-kind open loop Mobile Money…
- 7 May 2019
Mastercard Commits to Reach 1M Girls Globally by 2025 Through STEM Education Platform
Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the hottest technology fields today, with job opportunities continuing to grow across both. However,worldwide, women make up less than 15…
- 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…
- 17 Apr 2014
Etisalat Transforms Mobile Banking Service in Nigeria with Smartphone App
Etisalat Group, leading mobile telecommunications provider, through its subsidiary in Nigeria, announced the launch of a new and comprehensive smartphone app that will enable customers to access…