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Fundamo co-founder and CEO Hannes van Rensburg is set to head up the Sub-Saharan division of Visa -- the world’s largest debit and credit card network.The South African-based mobile money platform has been a part of Visa since mid-2011 when it was bought out for US$110-million.Elizabeth Buse, Group ...

It’s pretty much accepted wisdom that Africa has been at the forefront of mobile payment tech for a while now. But how many of you knew that the first mobile financial service in an emerging market went live 10 years ago in Africa?Celpay, which is powered by South African-based ...

Mobile payment has been a massive technology talking point over the past two years as hardware manufacturers wizen up to the fact that more can be done with their products and banks realise that going to an ATM or, even worse, the actual branch is not high on their clients' ...

Visa, the world's largest credit and debit card network, has snapped up South African mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110-million in cash.The Cape Town-based Fundamo is a privately-held company which has more than 50 active mobile financial services deployments across 40 countries, including 27 countries in Africa, Asia and ...