May 232013 ITWEB Mobile Money the groundbreaking lowcost banking solution introduced by MTN in partnership with The South African Bank of Athens has shown a doubledigit monthonmonth growth as cellphone users embrace the speed and convenience of accessing a wide range of financial services directly from their mobile phones Mobile Money takes convergence to the next level offering a conduit to services such as drawing money buying prepaid electricity and even recharging airtime Serame Taukobong Chief Marketing Officer at MTN South Africa says research points to the technology having had a dramatic effect on peoplesrsquo lives Mobile Mon...[...read more]

April 162013 East African and West African mobile money companies partner up to launch mobile content and cross border payments for Kenyan consumers MobiPay K Ltd today announced a partnership withMMITNigeria for the launch of MTIX a MobiPay service offering 7 million smart phone users in Kenya a convenient way to pay for mobile content and initiate and receive cross border payments via their mobile phone number MTIX users can now pay for local and international mobile content and other services on the MTIX platform by entering their mobile number and charging directly to their Mpesa Yucash or Airtel Money accounts funded MobiPay wall...[...read more]

April 162013 xpWallet an emerging provider of near field communications NFC based mobile wallet solutions today announced a groundbreaking new partnership with TAPmeTAGS Inc the leading developer manufacturer and supplier of NFC tags and stickers NFC reader devices and NFC Tag branding services The alliance creates an unparalleled level of collaboration between two pioneering companies in the mobile payment space and offers bestinclass solutions for bringing NFCbased payment solutions to the mainstream ldquoWith TAPmeTAGSrsquo expertise and technology in the areas of NFC tags and other wide range of NFC products we are building the p...[...read more]

March 142014 Latest addition to its software portfolio enables rapid deployment of NFC payment banking and value added services Gemalto the world leader in digital security has launched itsLinqUstradeMobile Walletndash the complete suite of secure software solutions that enables a range of NFC services mobile banking mobile payment and loyalty programs all integrated in a single wallet The newLinqUs Mobile Walletis being showcased at the Cards Africa conference this week The wallet extends Gemaltorsquos software offering and is fully integrated with the broader portfolio of mobile financial services MFS solutions It enables fin...[...read more]

March 62013 Alarichas partnered withMistral Mobileto enable financial institutions around the world to offer customers full financial services through mobile phones ndash going far beyond most mobile services available today The joint offering will use Mistral Mobilersquos Money Mobility Suite for the interface with the mobile devices supported by Alaricrsquos Authenticsolution for transaction processing This provides a proven scalable foundation for the mobile offering enabling it to deliver a reliable dependable service as volumes grow The solution addresses the cost and infrastructure challenges of previous implementations without ...[...read more]

March 42013 Nigeriarsquos leading and most innovative eChannels provider the United Bank for Africa UBA Plc has introduced a reloadable prepaid card offering customers financial control convenience and security The UBA Prepaid Card which is available in Nigeria and 18 African countries where UBA has presence is accepted at all VISA acceptance points on over 1 million ATMs 30 million POSMerchant Terminals in over 179 countries across the world The Card which is the first of its kind in the industry is one of the most prestigious prepaid cards in the world It gives user full control over personal finances as it is not linked to ...[...read more]

March 42013 Mahindra Comviva a leading provider of mobile financial and VAS solutions has joined hands with Gabon Telecom an affiliate of Maroc Telecom and the largest telecom company in Gabon to introduce Mobi Cash mobile money services and enhance customer experience with its multiaward winning mobiquity mobile financial and Messaging solution USSD FLARES Mahindra Comvivarsquos mobiquity solution will empower Gabon Telecom subscribers with multifunctional and secure account which can be used to make domestic remittance salary disbursements and last mile financial services including cash in and cash out It will also allow subscribers ...[...read more]

FEB 192013 xpWallet adds USSD service for its Mobile wallet Operators in Africa xpWallet an emerging mobile wallet solution provider today announced its partnership with Mfollo Africa one of the leading providers of USSD short code services in Africa helping mobile wallet operators get USSD short code service in 16 countries of Africa This partnership will extend xpWallet network and help provide USSD short code service for mobile wallet services to telcos banks and merchants in 16 African countries Burundi Tanzania Benin Democratic Republic of Congo Cameroon Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Ghana Rwanda Malawi Uganda Gabon Republic o...[...read more]