Middle East and Africa Archives

Swiipr Prepaid Cards for Airlines

More than 500 million passengers a year experience air travel disruptions including delays, diverted flights and last-minute cancellations.

Middle East and Africa’s Largest Merchant Acquirers

While Iran is the largest card market in the Middle East and Africa, neither Visa nor Mastercard cards are issued or acquired in that country.

Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2023

p6 Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and Discover/Diners Club credit, debit and prepaid cards generated 687.19 billion purchase transactions worldwide for goods and services in 2023, up 9.9% over 2022. Included in those purchase transactions on the global card networks were consumer, small business and commercial card products. When debit card figures are mentioned […]

Mastercard’s Scam Protect

Scam Protect’s machine learning and AI are used to identify the signals of a victim who is being defrauded using device intelligence and behavioral biometrics. Those signals could include hesitation while typing on a website or in an app— sometimes because the victim is being coached over the phone by a criminal.

Bolt Adds Checkout.com as Latest Processor Partner

Last month, the company became the exclusive accelerated checkout provider to full stack payment platform provider Checkout.com, which operates on six continents.

Soft Space Tap on Mobile and Prepaid Card Software

In February of this year, the company became the first provider worldwide to receive PCI DSS certification for SPoC—software-based PIN entry on COTS devices.

Giesecke+Devrient Supports Retail Payments from CBDCs

CBDCs are issued in only 3 countries—the Bahamas, Jamaica and Nigeria., but are being considered by the central banks of more than 130 other countries.