Known colloquially as “the Square of Africa,” it’s safe to say that mobile payments processor Kopo Kopo had some hefty expectations to live up to when it entered the East African market in 2010. However, recent developments suggest the long quiet company may be finally...
While the government has pushed toward leveraging electronic payments as a means to cut costs, these payment tools are not yet being used strategically for the financial benefit of recipients. However, according to Rourke O’Brien, of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, his agency is...
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20 June 2013 London-based big data startup ERN has raised $1.6 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. The company did not name the participating investors, but described the benefactors as “high net worth individuals.” The report suggested most of those who contributed to this...
PayAnywhere and MasterCard have announced a new partnership that will see MasterCard distribute a branded, co-branded or white-label solution of PayAnywhere’s mPOS solutions to help small business owners (SMBs) reduce friction at the checkout, a December 19 press release revealed. Get the Full Story Complete...
Boston, MA – December 19, 2013 – With mobile phone use skyrocketing, banks and third parties are rushing to corner the market on person-to-person (P2P) payments. So, what’s holding P2P back? Consumers expect P2P services to be fast and free, a costly proposition when success...
The payments industry lost more than $11 billion to fraud in 2012, and that figure is only expected to rise as fraud migrates to less secure channels in the wake of EMV adoption in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
