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Finserve receives approval to pilot thin SIM technology in Kenya

Finserve Africa, a subsidiary of Equity Bank, has received an approval from the Communications Authority of Kenya and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to roll-out its services using the thin SIM technology for a one-year trial period.

Credorax receives license to operate in Japan

Credorax, a provider of payment processing solutions, has received a license from Japan’s Ministry of Finance to launch its services in the country.

Seamless launches mobile payment services in Portugal

Mobile payment solutions provider Seamless has launched its services in Portugal.

allpay, Lloyds Bank partner for ESPO framework

Payment specialist allpay has partnered with Lloyds Bank to provide bill payment services through the newly launched ESPO public sector banking framework.

Barclaycard, Southampton Football Club partner in contactless payment

Barclaycard has signed an agreement with Southampton Football Club to distribute Barclaycard’s bPay bands to fans and expand the band’s functionality beyond contactless payments.

MasterCard launches tax refund platform in China

MasterCard in partnership with HNA Transforex Currency Exchange Company has launched tax refund platform in Shanghai, China.

Gazprombank issues China’s UnionPay cards

Russia-based Gazprombank has started issuing China’s UnionPay (CUP) cards for international payments.

The Power of Prepaid: Consumer understanding remains an issue

Some interesting research comes to hand courtesy of MasterCard. It commissioned Ipsos Mori to interview 2,400 consumers across six markets (Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Spain & Turkey) including 1,000 prepaid users and 1400 non-prepaid users to understand their current financial behaviour, writes Douglas Blakey

China Merchants Bank selects NCR’s ATM security solution

China Merchants Bank has selected NCR’s Dynamic eLock Management solution to help the bank centralize the management of safe box keys and passwords across its ATM network.

Heartland Payment Systems launches mobile and online ordering solution

Heartland Payment Systems in partnership with ToGoTechnologies has launched a mobile and online ordering solution for restaurants.