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GTP and Mastercard have partnered to introduce prepaid solutions across Africa to meet the needs of various sectors, supporting government’s goals of a cashless continent Mastercard and prepaid processing and payments solutions provider Global Technology Partners (GTP) signed a partnership agreement that will result in the latest prepaid solutions being...

  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has honored Mastercard with the prestigious Hunger Hero award at its annual dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga accepted the award on behalf of the company, which was recognized for its contributions towards achieving a Zero...

By Michael Miebach, chief product officer, Mastercard Two billion people – nearly one-third of the world’s adult population – lack a bank account.  For many readers of The UN Global Daily, this statistic is likely well known.  What perhaps isn’t as well known is that of those two billion people,...

  ...Five year deal across 19 markets focused on driving financial inclusion in Africa  United Bank Africa (UBA) and MasterCard have announced a partnership which will see UBA act as the issuer for MasterCard in 18 new markets in Africa. The partnership which came into effect in the second quarter...

MasterCard today unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, the global digital payment service from MasterCard that connects consumers with merchants, enabling them to make fast, simple, and secure digital payments across channels and devices. Pizza Hut Restaurants Asia...

UBA and Konga Partnership   Pan African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has partnered Konga, Nigeria's leading e-commerce company  and   Innovectives Nigeria Limited to create a seamless delivery and payment system by integrating mobile point of sale solution into Konga's delivery system. Mobile POS (mPOS) which is powered...

  The Government of Rwanda today announced a collaboration with MasterCard to fast-track the country’s move to include 90 percent of its citizens in the financial mainstream, as set out in its Vision 2020 strategy. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the CEO, Rwanda Development Board and Cabinet...