Mobile Remittance

06 Mar 19 @ 10:37

The SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) service, a new service that creates secure interoperability between existing mobile P2P payments services has launched. The SPL service is ready to be used, and... read more

01 Mar 19 @ 11:35

Now processing over $1.3 billion a day, the mobile money industry added a record 143 million registered customers in 2018 – according to the GSMA’s annual State of the Industry... read more

14 Feb 19 @ 21:28

Ant Financial has finally managed to make its mark in a significant European first. The Chinese financial services giant has agreed to buy UK payments group WorldFirst in a deal... read more

11 Feb 19 @ 09:18

Visa announced an increased bid for Earthport to £247 million as it fights with Mastercard to claim the companies assets. Last month, Mastercard offered around £233 million for the assets... read more

08 Feb 19 @ 13:18

Societe Generale, one of Europe’s largest banks with operations across the world, has selected HPS to improve the payment processing activities for ten African subsidiaries. By migrating to HPS’ technology,... read more

28 Jan 19 @ 16:55

Zelle has continued to gain traction with users and financial institutions, indicating that there is plenty of room for growth still in the US P2P payments market. Early Warning Services,... read more

28 Jan 19 @ 13:29

Mastercard has stepped in and made a £233 million counter bid to take over payments firm Earthport, as it looks to head off rival Visa’s attempts to buy the company.... read more

25 Jan 19 @ 10:56

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows that mobile money transactions stood at Sh3.98 trillion ($38.5 billion) last year, having increased by Sh346 billion (10%) from 2017. This translates to... read more

17 Jan 19 @ 13:26

The global digital banking market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $7 billion to over $9 trillion by 2024; according to a new research... read more

16 Jan 19 @ 12:29

Since India’s demonetisation policy took place, digital payments spiked in the immediate aftermath. However, post adoption of the policy the pace of adoption has been much slower than anticipated. Digital transactions... read more

14 Jan 19 @ 13:38

Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), the national payments network and central infrastructure provider, has implemented DuitNow, Malaysia’s Real-Time Payments Platform (RPP) using ACI’s UP solution. The first service offered to the... read more

10 Jan 19 @ 19:07

Hungary’s commercial banks have begun a test phase of a domestic instant-payments system expected to go live on July 1, the clearing house operator GIRO said on Thursday. Under the... read more