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Visa buying Interswitch would upturn Mastercard’s game

In December 2010, Helios Investment Partners led an acquisition of a majority interest in what is now Africa’s first fintech unicorn – Interswitch. A decade later, Visa’s $200M funding confirms the hope of every investor in the first 10-12 years of their investment, an exit – Initial Price Offering (IPO) in this instance. What is […]

Posted 25 February 2020 † dejiolowe § Business § Payment § Piscalux ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

America goes Fish, Chip and PIN (EMV), at last

What most people find hard to believe is that USA, and India, two of the most technological advanced countries (well, it could be tough believing that for India if you have been there) still use magstripe cards. Magstripes are unsafe (easy to clone and super error prone) and so yesterday that I wouldn’t be surprised […]

Posted 03 February 2012 † dejiolowe § Cards § Payment ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,