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Four news stories about Rwanda


What's New in Payments

Mastercard and Visa expand availability of QR payments

By Sarah Clark • 28 February 2017 • Updated 28 February 2017 • nfcw.com

Visa’s mVisa QR-based mobile payment service is now live in India, Kenya and Rwanda and will soon be available in Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam, the company has announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... More


What's New in Payments

More than 150,000 Kenyan merchants to get mobile payments with Masterpass QR

By Rian Boden • 14 February 2017 • Updated 14 February 2017 • nfcw.com

More than 150,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya will be able to accept in-store mobile payments using QR code technology in 2017, using Mastercard’s Masterpass QR platform... More


What's New in Payments

One million MTN Rwanda customers to get NFC mobile payments service

By Rian Boden • 10 November 2016 • nfcw.com
MTN Rwanda

One million subscribers of mobile network operator MTN Rwanda’s MTN Mobile Money service will be able to make in-store payments at thousands of retail outlets within six months using their NFC mobile phones through MTN Tap&Pay, unveiled in collaboration with Verifone Mobile Money and NFC technology provider Youtap... More


What's New in Payments

Mastercard signs deal to roll out mobile payments in 33 African countries

By Christopher Brown • 21 October 2016 • nfcw.com
Ecobank

Pan-African banking group Ecobank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to roll out Masterpass QR mobile payments across 33 African countries... More


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