Orange Money Group and Visa announce a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating online payments and democratizing access to financial services across Africa and the Middle East. Following successful launches in Botswana, Madagascar, and Jordan, where the partnership has been renewed, Orange…
Safaricom M-PESA and PayPal have announced a strategic collaboration to enable account linking and seamless fund transfers across their networks. By first linking their PayPal and M-PESA wallets, users can easily transfer funds from their PayPal accounts into their M-PESA…
3D Secure for online payments continues to gather momentum globally. However, for some industries, real-time authentication requirements can be a significant drawback, especially those that rely on recurring, subscription or instalment card-on-file transactions. Now, a new decoupled authentication enables the…
E-commerce is the marketplace of the future and if you haven’t already taken advantage of selling your products online you might be missing out on a world of revenue opportunities. Jumia, is a purely Pan-African technology company that is built…
Online payment gateway PayGate, a subsidiary of South Africa’s DPO Group, has announced that it is enabling Samsung Pay as an additional payment method for its merchants. The mobile payment solution provides a secure and private way to make mobile…
Safaricom will start hiding contact details of customers making payments through Lipa na M-Pesa at the end of June to curb trade and leaking of personal information to advertisers and fraudsters. “Pursuant to the Data Protection Act 2019 which came…
Carry1st, one of Africa’s leading mobile games publishers, today announces it has partnered with online payments pioneers PayPal and Chipper Cash, a cross-border payments company recently valued at $2-billion, to enable people across Africa to easily and securely purchase virtual…
2021 has seen an immense ongoing acceleration and development of the payments industry, giving a strong overall boost to global e-commerce—it is predicted that e-commerce sales worldwide will reach $4.9 trillion by the end of this year. While the popularity…
Bank Zero, a digital-only bank offering its services via a smartphone app, has launched in South Africa. The launch comes three years after Michael Jordaan and other co-founders announced the digital banking newcomer’s introduction into the market. Currently, the mutual…
DPO Group has announced the acquisition of a South African payment processor, PayFast. The deal by the Nairobi headquartered DPO Group was executed through a mix of shares and cash, with the PayFast management team remaining key shareholders in DPO…