Financial Inclusion in Africa with Vipaso & Horizon – ITNA Digital Innovation Podcast EP 2
This week on IT News Africa’s Digital Innovation Podcast, Luis Monzon interviews Peter Neubauer, CEO of Austrian fintech startup Vipaso. Vipaso has recently released its digital payments innovation “Horizon” in many markets across Africa with Vipaso hoping to boost financial inclusion through the solution and choice partners. Around 57% of the total population of Africa…
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Mastercard & Ukheshe Launch “First-of-its-Kind” Virtual Card Solution
South African fintech enablement partner Ukheshe Technologies says that it has started to process payments for Mastercard’s Track Instant Pay solution recently launched in the Middle East and Africa region. Mastercard’s Track Instant Pay is a next-generation virtual card solution that uses machine learning and straight-through processing to enable instant payment of supplier invoices –…
Absa is Now Letting Android Users Turn Their Phones Into Card Machines
Absa, one of South Africa’s Big Four Banks, has today announced the launch of its new Absa Mobile Pay app in conjunction with technology firm WIZZIT Digital. This latest innovation that Absa is calling “a market-first, mobile payment acceptance solution” allows Absa merchants to use their Android smartphones as a Point of Sale (POS) device…