Payments

3-D Secure is a payer authentication security protocol created by MasterCard and Visa to mitigate fraudulent card transactions online. 3-D Secure protocol for MasterCard is branded ‘MasterCard SecureCode’ while Visa brands as ‘Verified by Visa.’ For the past decade, digital commerce has been a rapidly... Read More

There is no doubt that Safaricom's M-PESA is king when it comes to Mobile money in Kenya. Kenyans use the tool for everything from paying bills to paying for goods and services. Safaricom has today launched a new app that is set to help its... Read More

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are moving their activities from offline to online. This has led to the rise of online bookings, telephone orders, virtual meetings, among others. Measures such as working from home, social distancing, washing hands, and making transactions as contactless... Read More

Paystack and Flutterwave are the two names that easily come to mind when payment processing is mentioned in Nigeria. The two payment processors are currently used by a large number of businesses, entrepreneurs, large corporations, freelancers and more. Before a business makes an educated choice... Read More

If you are using cash to pay bills and send money in 2019, you are doing it wrong. A couple of Fintech Apps are taking away the inconvenience of paying and sending liquid cash with simple and effective mobile-based cashless alternatives. The latest App in... Read More

Opera, today, announced that it has raised $50 million in funding for its 11-month old mobile payment startup, OPay -- the highest ever raised by a Nigeria-based fintech startup. Majority of the investments came from China-based VCs with lead investors like IDG Capital, Sequoia China,... Read More

Tax is a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. For certain categories of the tax base, a TIN is required to pay taxes. In this... Read More

Xente, a Uganda-based Payments, Financial services and eCommerce company, is excited to announce the launch of a new service that will enable moviegoers and bus travellers to book and purchase tickets with ease. The official launch of the service took place on November 10, 2018. Travelling by bus is one of... Read More

Tap to pay. Load more money. Repeat. That's how the MoMoPay bracelet, debuted at MTN Expo operates. For, the time I spent there, I could feel the company of the future. I’ve been in school for the greatest part of my life, doing school stuff... Read More