Profile: Optimal Payments
Formed in early 2011 following the acquisition of Optimal by Neovia Financial (previously Neteller), Optimal Payments has made a considerable…
ByMonth: February 2012
Ericsson& MTN, Tandem Intel & Visa in partnership deals
African telco MTN will become the first operator to deploy the Ericsson Converged Wallet platform across Africa and the Middle…
ByRMB clearing and settlement in London
Back in 2004, the Chinese government commenced a gradual liberalisation of the currency and since then, total Chinese trade settled…
ByOrange, Visa: allies in Africa, Middle East
Orange Money and Visa prepaid accounts will be interconnected in Africa and the Middle East, the two companies said at…
ByUS: a switch on-off contactless card
Researchers from Swanson School of Engineering at Pittsburgh University have created a new method to turn the contactless capability of…
ByM&A: EMPH buys ACET Processing
Emerging Markets Payments Holdings (EMPH), a third-party payments processor and merchant acquirer in Africa and the Middle East, has acquired…
ByCashFlow launches e-payment solution for MNOs
CashFlow, a new business division within Voice Commerce Group, has rolled out a white label electronic payment processing service targeted…
ByIsis signs up deal with JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Barclaycard
The deal means that customers of those banks will be able to use their mobile handsets for payments from this…
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