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Verdict Staff

MasterCard continues to support roll out of Huduma prepaid card in Kenya

MasterCard said that it is committed to supporting the roll out of the Huduma Card in Kenya that seeks to link all citizens to the formal financial sector to drive efficiency and transparency as part of the country’s Vision 2030.

Proxama secures five-year EMV deal with South African insurance provider

Proxama has secured a five-year contract with a South African insurance and financial services provider to offer in-house EMV card issuing, PIN management and card lifecycle management services.

Visa opens new office in Palo Alto, California

Visa has opened a new office in Palo Alto, California to house its data, research, network processing and loyalty and offers teams.

Wirecard partners with PCS to offer prepaid programme in UK

Wirecard Card Solutions has teamed up with UK-based Payment Card Solutions (PCS) to deliver Bread4Scrap (B4S) Prepaid MasterCard, a prepaid programme for scrap metal dealers.

UnionPay, ICC issue first multi-currency card in Jordan

China UnionPay’s wholly-owned subsidiary UnionPay International, in collaboration with International Cards Company (ICC), has started issuing UnionPay cards in Jordan.

Rakuten Pay to support 14 electronic money brands, Android Pay in Japan

Japanese e-commerce platform Rakuten is set to expand in-store payment system Rakuten Pay to become the first in Japan to support 14 electronic money brands and Android Pay from summer 2017.

Shift4 partners with Retail Realm for Unified Commerce Payments

Payment gateway provider Shift4 Corporation has collaborated with Microsoft value-added distributor Retail Realm to design a complete integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations.

JetPay inks payment processing agreement with Office of the Illinois State Treasurer

JetPay, a debit and credit card processing and prepaid card services provider, has reached an agreement with the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer to act as the payment processor for the state’s E-Pay programme.

JCB partners with Kazkommertsbank to boost card acceptance in Kazakhstan

JCB International (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, has teamed up with Kazakhstan-based commercial lender Kazkommertsbank (Qazkom) to facilitate JCB card acceptance in the country.

Santander Consumer Bank, Worldline expand payment services partnership

Worldline, through its equensWorldline subsidiary that specialises in financial processing, and the Santander Consumer Bank in Poland, have expanded their partnership for a new service.