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- 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…
- 16 Dec 2024
Mastercard Partners with Allawee to Enhance Financial Access in Nigeria
Allawee, one of Nigeria’s leading digital lending fintech, in collaboration with Mastercard, has launched a credit-building card designed to enhance financial access for federal civil servants and…
- 1 Jun 2015
MasterCard Switches-on Mobile Payments via Android Pay
On Monday, Google unveiled Android Pay, which will enable MasterCard credit, debit, prepaid and small business cardholders to use their Android phones for everyday purchases in-store and within…
- 9 Nov 2014
MasterCard, UBA Partner for Access to ePayment
MasterCard, and United Bank for Africa (UBA), have completed a multi-country licensing project that will see the pan-African bank accept and issue MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards in 14…
- 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…
- 26 Mar 2024
Mastercard and Zenith Bank Introduce New Payment Cards to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Mastercard has today announced the launch of two innovative products in collaboration with Zenith Bank, the Mastercard Naija Card and the World Elite Credit Card, designed to address the diverse…
- 23 Sept 2014
MasterCard-Branded Cards at Ecobank Subsidiaries in 28 African Countries
Ecobank Transnational Inc. and MasterCard on Tuesday announced that consumers can now use their MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards at Ecobank’s ATMs and Point of Sale terminals in 28 African…
- 3 Mar 2015
MasterCard, Samsung to Deliver Samsung Pay
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading global technology company, has unveiled Samsung Pay, a mobile payment service that will enable MasterCard cardholders to use their Samsung Galaxy S6 for…
- 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…
- 11 Aug 2016
Mastercard Vacation 2.0: Improved with Cool New Tech
Whatever you’re looking for from your vacation this holiday season, whether it’s sunshine, relaxation, adventure or exploration, having an experience that is hassle free, secure and enjoyable will be…
- 15 Jun 2015
90% Transactions in Africa Still Done in Cash- MasterCard
In spite reforms, innovations and regulations to minimize the amount of cash transactions in the 21 Century Africa, MasterCard has revealed that cash still accounts for 90% of transactions on the…
- 21 Oct 2014
Ajay Banga, MasterCard CEO Reaffirms Commitment to MEA
Ajay Banga, president and chief executive officer at MasterCard, on Monday concluded a two-day trip to Dubai meeting local authorities, customers and employees. Banga’s said MEA has been…
- 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…
- 25 Jun 2026
FG Proposes Africa-Wide Payment Card without Conversion through US Dollar
Taiwo Oyedele, minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, has said that Africa’s payment ecosystem should move beyond traditional systems that rely on third-party currencies for…
- 17 Jun 2013
JUMIA Clocks One, Celebrates Customers & Children
JUMIA, the revolutionary online retailer is one year old and the company is clicking glasses as she celebrates her half a million customers and becoming the fourth most visited website. JUMIA in June…
- 10 Feb 2014
AfrAsia Bank Pioneers ‘XtraMiles’ for its MasterCard Cardholders
AfrAsia Bank has introduced Africa’s first rewards program offering real time booking on over 450 airlines and at 200,000 hotels to its World and Titanium MasterCard cardholders. In collaboration…
- 19 Jul 2016
UBA, Mastercard Seal Deal on 5-Year Card Issuance in 19 Markets
United Bank Africa (UBA) and Mastercard have announced a partnership which will see UBA act as the issuer for MasterCard in 18 new markets in Africa. The partnership which came into effect in the…
- 31 May 2013
Etihad Airways Offers Discounted Fares to Mastercard Users in Nigeria
Etihad Airways, national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is offering MasterCard holders in Nigeria up to 15 per cent discount on Etihad Airways’ standard published fares if they use their…
- 21 Dec 2016
Wari, Mastercard Fighting ‘Cash’ in 35 African Markets
Wari and Mastercard signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement that will help strengthen the Wari offering for its users but also the digital payment ecosystem in 35 African markets. The two technology…
- 5 Dec 2013
Nigerians to Pay for UK Visas in Dollars
United Kingdom has announced a new regime that would now require applicants to pay for her visas in US dollars. This is barely five weeks after the cancellation of the controversial 3,000-pound…
- 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…
- 12 Nov 2015
How Retailers Can Protect Themselves from Data Breaches- MasterCard
At the 2015 Retail Congress Africa held in Cape Town recently, MasterCard addressed various issues impacting retailers across Africa. A key topic discussed was the protection of data and what…
- 5 Feb 2018
Egmont May Expel NFIU, Blacklist Nigerian Credit Cards
Nigerians may no longer be able to carry out international transactions as Egmont Group is considering expelling the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) because of governance issues. …
- 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…
- 19 Dec 2016
Zenith Bank, Mastercard Partnership Set to Strengthen Ghana’s Banking System
Mastercard and Zenith Bank have extended their partnership in West Africa to now include Ghana. The agreement is geared towards issuing a suite of digital payment solutions that include prepaid,…
- 29 May 2015
MasterCard Rolls-out In-App Flight Payments Solution
Consumers booking flights through low cost airline Mango’s mobile apps can now make secure and convenient payments using MasterPass, MasterCard’s digital wallet service. Travellers can pay for…
- 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 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…
- 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 2018
NSE Launches X-Pay to Promote Cashless Economy
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) has launched X-Pay, the e-payment platform for the Exchange, which will enable users to conveniently make payments for products, services, events and…