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Akbank launches 20 second MMT

Akbank has developed a mobile banking application that will allow money transfers at anytime to anywhere when needed. Customers will be able to transfer money conveniently to an account or to a credit card...

Vodafone launches M-Pesa in Delhi

Vodafone India along with ICICI bank launched its mobile money transfer and payment service ‘M-Pesa’ in Delhi, expanding the footprint in the Capital. The company plans to roll-out the service in Mumbai and Lucknow in...

Western Union, WIND to launch mobile money transfer service in Italy

Western Union and WIND, one of the largest mobile operators in Italy and the EU, have joined forces to offer consumers even more from their mobile phones. Thanks to the agreement, WIND's 21 million subscribers...

WAY4 becomes a key to M-Pesa mobile accounts in Kenya

Equity, the leading bank in Kenya, has migrated to OpenWay's WAY4 payment processing system. With WAY4, Equity can work as a payment switch and launch new services for retail customers, including acquiring EMV cards...

Nigeria refuses licences for mobile money

In a strange outburst, Tunde Lemo, deputy governor, Operations, at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has spoken out against what appears to be the global model for mobile payment systems in the developing...

Live @ MWC: GSMA report shows active mobile money users reached 61 million

The GSMA’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) programme released its third annual Mobile Financial Services State of the Industry Report, providing a quantitative assessment of the state of mobile financial services, including mobile...

India arrests “Hawala” kingpin

India has arrested an alleged kingpin of the international "Hawala" informal money transfer system after a joint operation by detectives in five countries. Naresh Jain, known as the "Hawala king," was stopped by police in...

hyperWALLET launches hyperREMIT

hyperWALLET Systems has announced the launch of hyperREMIT, a low-cost SMS international remittance service from Canada to the Philippines. hyperREMIT enables Canadians to quickly send funds to recipients in the Philippines using a variety...

Bank Andara and Fundamo unveil microfinance services network

Bank Andara, a wholesale bank for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Indonesia, and recently acquired Fundamo haveunveiled AndaraLink. The network, the first of its kind in the world, enables MFIs to provide 40 million financially excluded...

Uganda mobile money users hit 9 million

Mobile money usage in Uganda tripled last year, with the number of users surpassing those of bank account holders. Charles Abuka, director for financial stability at the Bank of Uganda, said the number of...

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Payment industry history with first AES DUKPT key management implementation

Verifone says it has implemented AES DUKPT with its end-to-end encryption solution, VeriShield Total Protect, its Engage family of payment devices, and Carbon 8 & 10. Co-designed by Verifone, AES DUKPT...
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