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July 15, 2015

Our joint-venture with Verifone is a proud founding partner of the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance!

The aim of the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance is to enable the vision of ‘Register once, travel anywhere’ by developing open, interoperable standards with payment vendors and transit operators.

July 15, 2015

Our joint-venture with Verifone is a proud founding partner of the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance!

The aim of the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance is to enable the vision of ‘Register once, travel anywhere’ by developing open, interoperable standards with payment vendors and transit operators.

Digital wallets are the rocket ships of 2020
March 27, 2020

This means that issuers and merchants should be adapting their business practices to prioritise these payment methods and capture embrace this [...]

MNO
The case for why your MNO should offer financial services
March 10, 2020

In the early part of the 21st century, US company Walmart attempted to start a bank. It wasn’t a revolutionary idea, [...]

Adding value as a merchant acquirer
February 13, 2020

How merchants enable and streamline payment acceptance is now at the forefront of the shopping experience. For a merchant acquirer —a [...]

4 under the radar benefits of Agency Banking
December 19, 2019

We have talked at length about the key benefits of Agency Banking in previous editions of the blog. In this edition, [...]

Every store is a bank – What is Agency Banking?
December 1, 2019

Today technology can transform any merchant or even a post office into a bank. It is no surprise that third-party agents [...]

Payment-enabled Digital Transformation
November 17, 2019

In 2011 the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) initiated a payment system implementation project (Hybrid RTGS/ACH and CSD) which was completed [...]

MSME Banking
Digital love: MSMEs and digital banking are a perfect match
October 9, 2019

A lot of ink has been spilt in recent times about the rise of neobanks like Revolut, N26, and Monzo that [...]

Steward Bank and Youtap Launch Mobile Money Services
September 3, 2019

Youtap and Steward Bank to launch Zimbabwe’s latest digital payments service Aims to improve financial inclusion with mobile payments by making [...]

Youtap named Best Digital Payments Platform
August 27, 2019

Youtap win Best Digital Payments Platform Award at Digital Innovation and Excellence Awards in Ghana. Singapore and Accra, Ghana – Youtap, [...]

Open Says Me: Open Banking Explained
July 4, 2019

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Lego not Legacy – Taking a modular approach to banking.
June 25, 2019

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Customer Experience (CX) as a service
June 10, 2019

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Taking banking to the people – Agency Banking
June 4, 2019

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The case for the consumerisation of merchant services
May 19, 2019

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Youtap enables mobile transactions at Point of Sale for MTN and Barclays Bank in Ghana
May 17, 2019

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Youtap completes landmark Merchant Payment Integration between MTN Zambia and Barclays Bank
May 13, 2019

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Three Merchant Mindset Shifts in Payment Acceptance
May 8, 2019

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The Robots are Coming: The AI revolution is upon us
March 17, 2019

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Pay Later: The rise and rise of Buy Now Pay Later
February 24, 2019

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Go Beyond Points: A guide to creating awesome loyalty programs
February 8, 2019

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