Carrefour tests new technologies for visually impaired customers
Carrefour Belgium has introduced a new innovative, system designed to help visually impaired customers shop more independently.
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Tag: inclusion
Mastercard and African Development Bank Group reveal digital access plan
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group have partnered to extend digital access to critical services in Africa over the next 10 years.
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UPI-powered PhonePe app is now accepted at Mashreq’s NEOPAY terminals
UAE’s Mashreq Bank has taken a significant step forward in enhancing financial connectivity between the UAE and India.
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TerraPay and Diamond Trust Bank Uganda partner to expand international transfers
TerraPay has partnered with Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTBU) to expand international money transfers
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Boom targets Africa’s unbanked with new blockchain-powered payment platform
Boom, a blockchain-based ecosystem for digital payments has launched Boom Pay, an online payment gateway designed to help merchants collect payments from almost 2 billion unbanked customers across Africa.
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Start-up series: How Credify is tackling bankability in Egypt
Abdelrahman Rashwan founded Credify in July 2022 with a clear aim of solving a bankability problem in Egypt’s fintech space. He recently explained to Seamless Xtra’s Mark Dowdall why data is so important to all of this.
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Start-up series: How Spare Payments is helping schools go cashless
Seamless Xtra’s Mark Dowdall recently spoke to Mohammed Zohair, Co-Founder of Cairo-based Spare Payments, a platform which enables K-12 students to spend money in a controlled, cashless environment.
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Arab National Bank and IDEMIA launch braille printed payment card in Saudi Arabia
IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) has partnered with arab national bank to launch the first card with braille printing technology in Saudi Arabia.
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UPI integrates with PayNow to enable cross-border remittances
This interoperability milestone comes as result of close collaboration between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) who see UPI adoption in cross-border transactions as key to improving overall financial inclusion.
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South Africans can now withdraw cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS
An app that integrates with users’ crypto wallets so they can withdraw their cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS across South Africa has been unveiled by payment company, Paycorp.
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Nigerian government partners with eGate and Visa on digital ID and payment card
The Nigerian government (Nasdra) has agreed a deal with eGate and VISA, to enhance the country’s digital infrastructure and provide citizens with digital identity and unified payment cards.
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Esselina Macome: “Knowledge is the most urgent issue in driving financial inclusion”
Esselina Macome, CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique, explains to Seamless Xtra why increasing knowledge and trust, promoting innovation, and green finance are key next steps in Mozambique’s journey toward comprehensive financial inclusion
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Flutterwave launches Swap, a digital FX solution for Nigerians
Payments technology company, Flutterwave has launched Swap, a digital FX platform for Nigerians in partnership with Wema Bank and Kadavra BDC
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Hitachi Payment Services launches India’s first UPI-ATM
Hitachi Payment Services has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch the country’s first UPI-ATM eliminating the need to use physical cards for cash withdrawals.
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Uber integrates M-Pesa for trip payments in Kenya
Uber integrates M-Pesa for trip payments in Kenya
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Access to identity among barriers to financial inclusion for rural women in Nigeria
Access to identity among barriers to financial inclusion for rural women in Nigeria
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TerraPay partners with Safaricom’s M-PESA on cross-border payments
TerraPay partners with Safaricom’s M-PESA on cross-border payments
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Mastercard publishes report on financial inclusion in Latin America
Although the number of people without an account across seven countries in the region has fallen from 45% to 21% there is still a gap among these individuals to achieve more advanced forms of financial inclusion
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Study: Digital ID can have significant economic impact on marginalised groups
The research focused on four marginalised population groups in the Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda and South Africa and found that there are several life situations that a digital-ID framework can impact for the better,
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Ecobank and Fingo Africa target youth market with new banking app
The Fingo Africa app is seeking to address common financial challenges faced by young people such as the length of time it takes to open a bank account.
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