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- 16 May 2022
NowNow Introduces Nigeria’s First Fully Integrated NFC Wallet
African fintech startup, NowNow Digital Systems Limited, has launched a first of its kind fully integrated near field communication (NFC) enabled wallet which allows complete contactless payments to…
- 31 Aug 2010
CellTrust Prepares NFC Provisioning APIs Using SecureSMS
CellTrust Corporation has announced that it is preparing patent-pending, NFC-provisioning APIs using SecureSMS, in anticipation of NFC technology rollout which will begin next year. NFC (Near Field…
- 22 Dec 2023
Hyperspace Secures Another Patent for its Blockchain Technology, cipherCHIP tap2verify
Hyperspace Technologies Limited has secured its second patent and trademarks for cipherCHIP tap2verify: A blockchain-integrated contactless product authentication & verification system. Dr.…
- 17 Dec 2023
Mastercard to Drive Digital Payment Transformation in Nigeria through Contactless Solutions
Mastercard leads the charge in transforming Nigeria's payment landscape as it unveils its contactless payment solutions. The solution will empower businesses to accept card payments easily and cost…
- 15 Sept 2008
700 Million Mobile Phones to Be NFC Enabled Within 5 Years
A new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 700 million mobile subscribers globally will have phones equipped with NFC contactless technology by 2013. Near Field…
- 19 Feb 2018
UBA Contactless Cards Hit Industry High of 3m
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan-African financial institution, has again demonstrated its superiority in the Nigerian e-Banking space with the issuance of over three million Near Field…
- 24 Jan 2023
Touch and Pay Launches Cowry Card Cashless Fare Collection Technology on New LRMT Blue Rail Line
Touch and Pay Technologies , a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, announced today that for the first time, rail passengers across Nigeria’s largest city,…
- 16 May 2023
Mastercard, FCMB Partner to Launch Tap on Phone Contactless Payment Solution
Mastercard, in partnership with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Netplus, have launched a contactless payment solution that enables consumers, merchants, and financial institutions to process…
- 21 Sept 2010
NigComSat Reposition for Excellence
Ahmed Rufai, chief executive officer, Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat), has said that with nearly 150 young engineers fully trained and equipped to fit into any global engineering field,…
- 26 Sept 2014
ITU Launches New Challenge on Internet of Things for Social Good
ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition has launched its fourth challenge in the 2014 edition. It calls for young people aged between 18 and 30 from around the world to submit ideas for…
- 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…
- 12 Nov 2015
Omnichannel Retail Now Pose Challenge to Online Shoppers- Report
Omnichannel has been a buzzword in retail in recent years, yet providing a seamless shopping experience across all different channels is becoming more and more challenging, according to the…
- 16 Nov 2015
UBA Contactless Cards Set Off a Revolution in Card Payments In Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, leading financial services institution in digital banking offerings in Nigeria, and across Africa, is changing the payments landscape in Nigeria with the…
- 8 Apr 2014
GlobalPlatform Membership Grows with Mahindra Comviva
GlobalPlatform, the organization which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, is pleased to welcome Mahindra Comviva as its newest member. Mahindra Comviva is among…
- 18 Mar 2014
Samsung Unwraps Nx30 Smart Camera
Samsung Electronics, leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has expanded its camera range with the introduction of its professionally-inspired compact system camera NX30. The…
- 19 Jan 2009
Mobile Payment: Potential and reality for Nigeria
The ability to pay for goods and services without having to carry cash or cards has universal appeal. In Africa it is being driven by the need to reduce the risk of theft. The mobile is ideal…
- 25 Feb 2018
UBA, Leader in eBanking- Uzoka
Kennedy Uzoka, group managing director, United Bank for Africa (UBA), has said that the bank remains a leader in the e-banking innovation space. Uzoka stated this as the Pan-African financial…
- 10 Mar 2020
Paga Partners Visa to Expand Operations to Global Market
Paga, Nigerian payment platform, has announced partnership with global payments technology company, Visa, in a bid to offer secure and convenient mobile payments solutions and expand its range of…
- 1 Apr 2015
Samsung Addresses Imaging, Connectivity Trends with New Image Sensor
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, has disclosed its plans for new cutting-edge mobile component solutions that advance users’ mobile experiences. These…
- 12 Oct 2009
Etisalat Lands Money Transfer Deal
Telecommunications provider Etisalat has received approval to offer mobile money transfer services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The approval from the UAE Central Bank and the Telecommunications…
- 5 Jan 2015
Beware! Internet of ‘Threats’ 2015 Loading
As F5 Networks puts it, “Promiscuous sharing of personal information is putting identity data at greater risk than ever”, a series of stunning cyberattacks drew headlines in 2014, and the situation…
- 16 Jan 2013
HP Announces Hybrid Consumer Notebooks
HP has announced availability and pricing details for its new lineup of consumer and business PCs that are designed to work with Windows 8. The new HP products, ranging from stylish notebooks…
- 13 May 2015
UBA Launches PayAttitude Payment Solution
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, pan-African financial services group, in conjunction with Unified Payment Systems Limited have introduced “PayAttitude” a faster and seamless, contactless payment…
- 30 Nov 2009
M-Payment, Money Transfer Top Phone Applications for Future
Money transfer, location-based services and mobile health monitoring are likely to be among the most widespread mobile applications within the next three years. Until recently the mobile applications…
- 8 Oct 2014
Panasonic Commercializes Smallest Pin Shaped Battery
Panasonic Corporation has released the availability developed a Pin Shaped Lithium Ion Battery (CG-320, nominal capacity 13mAh) with a diameter of 3.5mm and a weight of 0.6g suitable for powering…
- 18 Jul 2016
Policy, Economy Hobble e-Payment Channels Deployment
Inconsistent policies by financial regulator and harsh economic situation in the country have been attributed as responsible for the slow deployment of electronic payment channels such as Automated…
- 13 May 2014
LAUTECH Wins 2014 Microsoft Nigeria Imagine Cup
The winning team of the 2014 Microsoft Nigeria Imagine Cup, a student competition which centers on the use of imagination, creativity and technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest…
- 29 Jun 2010
“Asia/Pacific leading in Mobile Payment”
Asia/Pacific has been identified by Gartner as the leading region with mobile payment users. Just as the number of mobile payment users worldwide is to exceed 108.6 million in 2010, a 54.5…
- 6 Nov 2015
Customer Experience Driving Future of Payments
Innovative technologies impact almost every aspect of our daily lives, from the way we communicate and manage our health to the way we pay for things. The rise of digital payments and the convergence…
- 21 Mar 2016
Global Digital Payments to Reach $3.6 Trillion This Year - Study
A new study from Juniper Research has found that hat the annual transaction value of online, mobile and contactless payments will reach $3.6 trillion this year, up from $3trillion on 2015, resulting…