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Barclays Africa acquires 49% stake in South African P2P lender RainFin

Barclays Africa has purchased a 49% share holding in South Africa-based peer-to-peer (P2P) firm RainFin, to bolster of its footprint in the lending exchanges and social lending sector of the country.

Banks in Karakalpakstan charge 15% more on debit card payments: Report

Banks in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan, are charging merchants around 10%-15% more surcharge on debit card payments, according to a report from Uznews.net.

Russia’s QIWI selects IRIS Analytics for fraud prevention system

Russian next generation payment services provider QIWI selected IRIS Analytics and Wincor Nixdorf for fraud prevention system.

Powa Technologies unveils flagship e-commerce product

UK-based Powa Technologies has unveiled its flagship e-commerce product called PowaTag.

Nigeria’s Teasy Mobile selects VeriFone to expand mobile money services

Nigeria-based Teasy Mobile has selected VeriFone Mobile Money to launch new mobile money services in the country.

SecureBuy, FICO collaborate to develop new frictionless payment fraud solution

SecureBuy, in collaboration with FICO has developed a new frictionless payment fraud solution for mobile and online card-not-present (CNP) payment processing.

Privatbank halts card use in response to political situation

Privatbank, the Ukraine’s largest retail bank by assets, has announced it is suspending credit cards along with all other credit lines issued to private and corporate customers.

North Shore Bank launches MasterPass digital wallet service

Wisconsin-based North Shore Bank has launched MasterPass digital wallet service, with an aim to simply online shopping for its customers.

Net1 Mobile introduces mobile virtual card technology in US

Net1 Mobile Solutions, a business unit of South Africa-based Net 1 UEPS Technologies, has rolled out its mobile virtual card (MVC) technology through Pay in Private app in the US.

Virginia Credit Union issues microchip-enabled credit cards

Virginia Credit Union is issuing the new MasterCard credit cards that are embedded with microchips.