30 results
- 4 Jul 2016
EBS Seeks PF & FI Improved Collaborations for mPOS Growth
Guests at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) believe that to deepen the adoption Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) in the country, collaborative approach should be explored by Payment Facilitator (PF) and…
- 2 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed making “mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria” have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 3 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed ‘making mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria’ have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 10 Aug 2014
Revealed: mPoS Devices at Risk from Hackers
Researchers have found that most popular mobile point of sale (mPoS) devices which accept chip-and-pin cards contain several vulnerabilities, Jon Butler, head of research at MWR InfoSecurity, and a…
- 4 Aug 2015
Mahindra Comviva’s payPLUS mPOS Solution is Now Visa Ready Approved
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, has announced that its payPLUS mPOS solution has been approved by Visa for inclusion in the Visa Ready Program. The solution…
- 6 Nov 2015
Innovetices Unveils NIBSS Certified ‘SmartPesa’ mPoS for Nigeria
Innovectives Limited, Nigeria’s provider of secure and affordable transaction channels for the un-banked and under-banked public, has launched SmartPesa, its mobile point of sales (mPOS) terminal…
- 9 Jul 2015
Visa Prepares #Tokenisation, #mPOS Services for Nigeria
Visa Cards has announced its plan to launch tokenisation and mPOS services customized for the needs of the Nigerian market. Tokenisation technology, Nigeria Communication gathered, will be at the…
- 25 May 2016
Innovectives, MasterCard, UBA Boost Konga e-Commerce with Kesh mPOS Solution
Innovectives, NIBSS’s certified mobile point of sale service provider, in conjunction with MasterCard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) have collaborated with Konga, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce…
- 31 Mar 2013
NCR Integrates Social Media Features into mPOS Service
NCR, US-based global technology company has enhanced its Silver mobile point of sale (POS) service. The upgraded offering enables small business owners to provide marketing messages to customers via…
- 26 Jun 2013
Mahindra Comviva Launches mobiquity® payPLUS MPOS Solution
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile financial and VAS solutions, has announced the global launch of its payPLUS solution, powered by its award-winning mobiquity® platform. An…
- 15 Mar 2016
Reliance Infosystems Introduces Sajenwa mPoS Solution for SME/MSME
Reliance Infosystems, an IT solutions company, has announced the introduction of Sajenwa Mobile POS; a new initiative for business owners. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Danjuma Audu, software…
- 29 Jan 2015
UBA Introduces Mobile Point Terminals
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) terminals. The Bank said that it has gone live with this initiative in partnership with POS partners across Africa. A…
- 4 Dec 2014
Heritage Bank Makes History with Nigeria’s First Portable PoS Device
Heritage Banking Company Limited, a burgeoning bank has introduced Nigeria’s first portable POS solution. The device is named “PortaPOS”. It is a product of Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) revolution…
- 26 Mar 2015
MasterCard Debuts MSMEs Focused Acceptance Development Program in Nigeria
MasterCard has launched Nigeria’s first Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) focused Acceptance Development Program that will extend the security and convenience of electronic payments to…
- 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…
- 15 Oct 2017
Global Accelerex Revolutionizes Digital Payment with NEXGO G2
Global Accelerex, a Central Bank of Nigeria licensed and fully certified Payment Terminal Service Provider (PTSP) has launched Nexgo G2, an innovative point of sale (PoS) terminal into the electronic…
- 9 May 2017
The Evolution Of Banking & How It Will Impact Business, Social Conduct
In this piece, Omokehinde Adebanjo, Vice President and Area Business Head for West Africa for Mastercard, looks at the evolution of banking and how it will impact business and social conduct,…
- 10 Jul 2016
Red Star Boosts e-Commerce With Saddle
A first of its kind industry solution to manage “Pay-On-Delivery” transactions for online businesses and e-transactions has been deployed by Red Star Plc, a leading courier and logistics organization…
- 16 Oct 2016
Economy Fingered as POS Transactions Edge up in September
The state of the country’s economy has been attributed as being responsible for the low level of use of Point of Sale (PoS) terminal as a means of payment in the month of September this year, Nigeria…
- 10 Nov 2016
NCC Warns Telcos Against Short-Changing Subscribers
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday warned GSM telephone service providers against short-changing their customers. Alhaji Abdullahi Maikano, director, NCC Consumers Affairs Bureau,…
- 16 Feb 2017
UBA Wins Most Innovative Bank of the Year
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African banking and financial services group, has added yet another award to its growing list of laurels as it emerged Most Innovative Bank of the Year at the…
- 20 Feb 2017
PoS Transactions Drop in January by N16Bn
The value of transactions carried out over Point of Sale (PoS) terminals in the country dropped by N16 billion in January this year compared to the figure achieved in December 2016, as Nigerians…
- 5 Apr 2017
Why eCommerce Remains Largely Traditional in Nigeria
Despite the growing appeal of e-commerce, available data shows that the shopping behavior of majority of Nigerians is still largely traditional – with many preferring to see, touch or…
- 16 Oct 2017
Holla Taxi Allows Payment with USSD Code, Other Exciting Offers
By peter oluka Ease of payment is one of the reasons some Nigerians shun e-payment related platforms. Now, with the rise of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), payment has become even…
- 5 Aug 2018
Heritage Bank Achieves PCI DSS Version 3.2 Recertification
Heritage Bank Plc has successfully attained recertification of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 3.2, having achieved the International Organisation for…
- 21 Aug 2016
PoS Transactions Record N4Bn Increase in Value for July
The value of transactions merchants across the country recorded through point of sale (PoS) terminals increased by N4 billion in July this year, according to report from Nigeria Inter –Bank…
- 29 Apr 2020
Visa Inks Partnership with Pesapal for Connected Payments in Africa
Visa, global leader in digital payments and Pesapal have announced a strategic partnership to drive connected digital payments to consumers and businesses in Africa. Pesapal will become a Visa…
- 5 Nov 2014
IDC Reveals Worldwide Retail Predictions for 2015
International Data Corporation (IDC) hosted a web conference, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Agenda 2015 Predictions, to highlight the predictions based on the IDC FutureScape report…
- 27 Feb 2014
AITEC Shocked by Sanusi’s Suspension, Postpones BMM Conference
AITEC Africa has postponed it banking and mobile money conference earlier scheduled for March 12 and 13, citing the suspension of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
- 20 Feb 2014
AITEC Offers Free VIP Delegate Spaces to Financial Institutions Chiefs
AITEC Africa said it has thrown her door s open to banks and other financial institutions to attend the Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Conference at Eko Hotel from 12-13 March for free. The…