Uber is launching its Uber Cash digital wallet feature in Sub-Saharan Africa through a partnership with San Francisco-based fintech firm Flutterwave. This feature has reduced the need for cash payments or direct withdrawals from their bank accounts, the latter being a somewhat problematic process that requires customers to give out sensitive card information. The partnership will allow […]

  “We witnessed an encouraging shift towards digital payments over the past year. The use of e-wallets and mobile accounts grew by 8.2x year-on-year in March, while the use of bank cards and online banking increased by 1.9x each”, expressed, Ehsan Saya, Managing Director at Daraz (Alibaba Group), during an exclusive Q&A session with our […]

Asif Ali has joined Cheetay as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He previously led strong tech teams at ePlanet, Goto, foodpanda and Careem and has more than 15 years of experience in tech development and Machine Learning. “We are very excited to have Asif spearhead our tech development,” said Majid Khan, CEO of Cheetay. “Asif […]

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading everyday super app launches the GrabPay Card in the Philippines, a digital-first prepaid card powered by Mastercard that extends GrabPay’s reach globally with unparalleled card security, hassle-free online payments and expanded rewards ecosystem to bring the convenience of cashless payments to more Filipinos. In a survey conducted by Mastercard in the […]

Easypaisa, the country’s leading branchless banking solution and Ruba Digital (Pvt.) Ltd. (RD), the largest and fastest growing electronic multi-brand retail chain network in Pakistan have recently collaborated to digitize the process of payment collection from RD customers. It is another milestone in Easypaisa’s journey of bringing convenient digital financial solutions to users through partnerships […]

“The new players will be tested now on their robustness and their ability to continue to be the innovators in the industry. It’s a challenge for them but with the silver lining of the opportunity when truly innovative digital services can now be offered”, expressed financial service industry expert from Europe, Middle East and Africa, […]

  HomesShopping.pk, one of the leading e-commerce players in Pakistan, has entered into a strategic partnership to enable overseas Pakistanis to buy goods in Pakistan by making payments in installments in their country of residence. This is a first of its kind globally – Buy Now, Pay Later propositions have to date only been available […]

Presto, the restaurant industry’s leading enterprise technology platform, announced the launch of a free Contactless Dining Kit for every restaurant, no matter the size and configuration. The free Contactless Dining Kit offers a contactless menu display, ordering, and payment technology solutions, allowing guests to use their personal mobile devices to scan NFC tags and QR […]

      NetGuardians, renowned for its AI risk platform that combats banking fraud, announced a new partnership with leading cloud banking platform Mambu. The new partnership focuses on digital payment fraud, meaning that NetGuardians’ state-of-the-art fraud-mitigation software will be available to Mambu’s customers for seamless integration into the core banking platform. Mambu currently has more […]

  PayMaya has launched its latest mobile payment innovation which allows merchants to easily and quickly receive QR and online payments from their customers. The new PayMaya Negosyo app enables MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) to easily accept QR and other forms of digital payments using their smartphones even if they don’t have an […]