MTN teams up with Mastercard on mobile wallets
Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.
Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.
Social media giant Facebook has made the first tentative steps towards the digital payment environment with its WhatsApp messaging platform in Brazil.
A report published by Oxford Economics has looked into the implications of bringing into the financial system the millions of people currently excluded from it.
Not content with trying to create a new global currency, Facebook now lets you pay for stuff through all its apps.
Facebook has been promising some sort of payments solution for WhatsApp, and it seems to be making a bit of progress in Indonesia.
The telecom operator Orange reported a flat Q1, with a weak performance in its home market partially compensated by the strength in Africa and the Middle East.
Amazon has acquired Indian app company Tapzo in a deal to bolster its digital payments offering.
Google has announced it will rebrand its Indian digital payments app, Tez, to Google Pay as the team readies a launch into new international markets.
Softbank and Yahoo Japan have announced the formation of a new joint venture, PayPay, to launch a QR-based smartphone payment services in Japan by November.
The WhatsApp online payments trial received rave reviews in February, however the team is being forced to launch the market-ready version ahead of schedule for fear of being left behind by competitors.
Moving into the connected era has threatened the livelihoods of numerous individuals, but a new initiative from Busk In London and iZettle, backed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to bring buskers into the digital economy.
Google has announced it will launch additional features for its smart speaker software soon, including the ability to pay back friends just by using your voice.
WhatsApp has been granted permission to test out a money transfer service in the Indian market, a move which could generate notable ripples in the maturing mobile money segment.
Huawei has signed a cooperation agreement with UnionPay International to add fuel to the worldwide rollout of Huawei Pay.
It might be hording a ridiculous amount of debt, but Netflix is ranking in the cash as it tops the tables for non-game app revenues.
For those who couldn’t find time to check up on the news in between bites of leftover turkey sandwiches, here’s a wrap up of some of the stories you might have missed.
New research from Experian claims fraud is now the UK’s most common criminal offence, much to the dismay of thugs and hoodlums everywhere.
Google has made a play for the booming Indian mobile commerce market with the launch of Tez, its new mobile wallet app designed specifically for the country.
Samsung Pay has officially launched in the UK, continuing the evolution of the digital economy, but does this technology have the potential to disrupt the global pecking order?
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly looking to get into mobile payments and has picked India as the best place to start.
Broadband 50 2021 nominations open https://t.co/3g1DXv6b34 #Events #events
26 February 2021 @ 15:40:05 UTC
The Cellnex shopping spree moves to Poland https://t.co/Ca30f3FKsv #Towers #Cellnex
26 February 2021 @ 13:24:02 UTC
Telefonica has more LatAm fibre deals in the pipeline https://t.co/534ygZDtGc #Corporate #Fibre
26 February 2021 @ 12:44:02 UTC
Loading ...