M-Pesa and Visa have launched a virtual payment card in a bid to capture some of Africa’s $40-billion/year subscriptions market.
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The news earlier this week that Apple plans to allow merchants to accept contactless payments directly on iPhones has stirred a great a deal of interest.
Visa, the world’s largest payment processor, launched a global crypto advisory service for its banking clients and merchants on Wednesday.
Amazon.com said on Wednesday it would stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK from next year due to the high fees charged by the payment processor for transactions.
Visa said it will allow the use of a cryptocurrency called USD coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry.
The financial services industry, braced for what could be its biggest disruption in decades, is about to get an early glimpse at the Federal Reserve’s work on a new digital currency.
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of e-commerce in a way no company could have imagined. Investors will find no shortage of newly energised investment opportunities. By Gerrit Smit.
Pick n Pay now allows customers to deposit money directly into their own bank accounts at till points thanks to a partnership with Mastercard, Visa and Absa.
The Facebook executive responsible for the embattled cryptocurrency said he doesn’t fault companies that pulled out of the project, adding that he’s optimistic more organisations will sign on.
Facebook’s effort to create a cryptocurrency was dealt a blow on Friday after several key partners, including Mastercard, Visa, eBay, Stripe and Mercado Pago, abandoned the project.