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Monrovia, Liberia: Liberia Finance & Trust Credit
Union is introducing a secured electronic payment system into the
financial sector of the Liberian economy including the use of
“SICACARD” a credit/debit card product for all commercial activities and
banking/credit union products and services, according to a news
release just issued by the management...
Cairo, Egypt: Masary has launched successfully its
Mobile and Internet wallet to distribute e-services commercially for the
first time in Egypt. It comes after its success in the Egyptian market
through more than 600 POSs and merchants throughout Egypt... |  |
Kigali, Rwanda: Since the introduction of 'Mobile
Money' platform one month ago, MTN Rwanda has added active subscribers close
to 30,000 of the over 1 million MTN mobile clients... |  |
Accenture has announced a new secure, high-speed,
high-volume mobile financial transaction software solution for
telecommunications service providers and large banks. The mobile money
management solution allows firms to reach customers... |
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