MFS Africa announced Tuesday (Nov. 22) its MFS Hub is now connected to 120 million mobile wallets in sub-Saharan Africa. In a press release, the company said the 120 million mobile wallet connections are due to partnerships with mobile network operators, including Airtel, Econet, MTN,...
Measure twice; cut once. It’s one of those old school pieces of advice from a parent or grandparent at some point that exudes a basic common sense that is easily to believe. It is also a piece of advice that easily gets supplanted by the...
Mention “mobile payments,” and many people might immediately answer that they 1) pay with smartphones or other devices but 2) spend much more time bellying up to the register and paying with physical cards or cash. Therein lies a conundrum. The promise of mobile has...
Small businesses may not always be at the forefront when it comes to technology, but when it comes to how its customers pay, most are on board when it comes to mobile payments. That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Samsung Electronics America and...
The biggest dilemma facing innovators isn’t whether what they’re doing will cannibalize what makes them money today but rather getting enough people to try their innovations so that they become mainstream and can make money tomorrow. Getting people to embrace the new — and make...
Why shouldn’t your coffee cup be able to make mobile payments? That’s the question Australian telco Optus must have been thinking when it slapped an NFC chip inside coffee cups. According to a report, Optus is partnering with Frank Green, which makes reusable so-called “smart” cups...
Another day, another “Fill-In-The-Blank” mobile Pay. The last two years have seen an uptick in the number of players with digital payments ambitions and a variety of assets they hope will give them an edge. So when Citi announced its entrance into the mobile wallet...
Automatia announced Wednesday (Nov. 16) it launched what it said is Finland’s first real-time multi-banking platform for mobile pay. The new platform is dubbed Siirto and was designed and implemented by Tieto. Siirto is an open payment platform that follows new regulations set by EU’s Payment...
On Track Innovations (OTI), a global provider of NFC and mobile pay solutions, has announced its entry into the Australian market. OTI will deliver cashless payments with the help of Vend Access, a technology and solutions provider for vending and unattended machine operators in Australia, and Card...