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Mastercard and Vodafone Launch UK Embedded Payments Partnership

October 10, 2024
Mastercard, Pairpoint, Vodafone, embedded payments, shipping, freight
CE 100 Up 1.6%, Led by Tencent’s Rally After Earnings
Connected Economy // May 20, 2024

The CE 100 Index gathered 1.6% in a week that saw nine of the 10 pillars gain ground. The lone pillar to decline was the Move segment, which gave up 0.9%. As has been seen with past weeks, earnings reports were dominant in the headlines....

This Week in Web3: Wells Notices, Crypto Payments and Usability
Cryptocurrency // May 08, 2024

Crypto goes up, and crypto goes down. Then, often, crypto goes back up. It can be a dizzying and volatile cycle. Just collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s customers, who, having once feared they’d lost their collective billions, can now take solace from the news Tuesday (May...

Vodafone is Bringing Crypto Payments to SIM Card-Based Mobile Wallets
Cryptocurrency // May 06, 2024

Phone, keys, wallet. That’s the daily routine that tens of millions  if not billions — of people undergo each morning when checking their pockets or purses before they leave their homes to start the day.  And with the recent news that telecommunications giant Vodafone is planning to integrate...

Microsoft/Vodafone $1.5 Billion Deal Will Help Expand M-Pesa
Partnerships // January 16, 2024

Microsoft and Vodafone have launched a $1.5 billion payments and AI-focused collaboration. The partnership will see the companies employ Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance Vodafone’s customer experience, Microsoft said in its announcement Tuesday (Jan. 16). The tech giant and the telecom will also...

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CE 100 Up 1.6%, Led by Tencent’s Rally After Earnings

May 20, 2024
The CE 100 Index gathered 1.6% in a week that saw nine of the 10 pillars gain ground. The lone pillar to decline was the Move segment, which gave up 0.9%. As has been seen with past weeks, earnings reports were dominant in the headlines.                                                                                                 In the Pay and Be Paid segment of the […]

AI-Focused Names Lead CE 100 Index 2.3% Higher 

May 22, 2023
The CE 100 Index gained 2.3% as artificial intelligence (AI) sparked investor enthusiasm and the earnings season continued to wind down for the March quarter. This past week’s performance brought...

Top News In Payments: More Companies Ponder Malaysia Banking Application; Vodafone Bails On Libra

January 22, 2020
In today’s top news, Grab, Razer, AirAsia and CIMB join other companies considering applying for one of five digital banking licenses in Malaysia, and Vodafone leaves the Libra Association. Also,...

Vodafone: How 5G Will Impact IoT’s Future

May 06, 2019
There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in the future — to lose sight of the...

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Mastercard and Vodafone Launch UK Embedded Payments Partnership

October 10, 2024
Mastercard is rolling out new embedded payments technology for the freight, shipping and logistics sectors. The rollout, announced Thursday (Oct. 10), is focused on the U.K. and Europe, and happening in partnership with Pairpoint, Vodafone and Sumitomo Corporation’s Economy of Things business. The new collaboration and payments service lets fleet, freight, shipping and logistics operators […]

Microsoft/Vodafone $1.5 Billion Deal Will Help Expand M-Pesa

January 16, 2024
Microsoft and Vodafone have launched a $1.5 billion payments and AI-focused collaboration. The partnership will see the companies employ Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance Vodafone’s customer experience, Microsoft...

Vodafone Considers Spinning Off M-Pesa Money Service

July 23, 2021
Vodafone could spin off its popular African mobile money service M-Pesa, the company’s CEO told Bloomberg News on Friday (July 23). M-Pesa, which offers peer-to-peer transactions in countries that include...

Vodafone, Amazon To Bring Speedy 5G ‘Edge Computing’ Services To UK Businesses

June 16, 2021
Vodafone and Amazon Web Services are partnering to bring so-called “edge computing” to business customers in the U.K. Edge computing quickly analyzes bulk data — collected from, say, the factory...