Posts Tagged with "credit card"

Nigeria: Why do you use Liberty Reserve?

Monday, April 6, 2009

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Ecommerce Journal is a well-respected online news website about e-commerce and is one of the few websites I visit regularly. They have been predicting doom for Liberty Reserve in recent times and have done the same with one of their recent articles. The thrust of my blog post however is to react to a paragraph [...]

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Etranzact Cardholders can use their cards in Ghana and Nigeria

Thursday, February 14, 2008

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A news item on Vanguard’s website indicates that Nigerian-issued Etranzact cards can be used on Etranzact-linked ATMs in Ghana and vice-versa: A very big one is the possibility of Nigerian and Ghanaian eTranzact cardholders to withdraw cash from any ATM in Nigeria and Ghana and have their accounts debited accordingly. This service is designed for all [...]

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Paypal Alternatives

Monday, February 11, 2008

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The last place I expect to read anything anti-Paypal is CNN Money’s website. 5 PayPal alternatives Sick of PayPal? Check out these e-commerce solutions for business owners. The article then goes on to suggest DigitalRiver, 2Checkout, Alertpay, TrialPay and e-Junkie. Interestingly, I had blogged about some other Paypal alternatives in the past whilst I was commenting about e-commerce in [...]

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Ecobank launches Naira-denominated credit card

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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Ecobank Nigeria Limited has launched a Mastercard-backed credit card. The Ecobank Naira Credit Card (ENCC), the card is expected to significantly alter the electronic payment [...]

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Virgin Money in South Africa

Thursday, July 6, 2006

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Like many of Sir Richard Branson’s enterprises, Virgin Money has been launched in South Africa just one week after the launch of Virgin Mobile. Virgin Money essentially offers permanent South African residents who earn over R2,500 (about USD 360) a Mastercard credit card. Users can use the card to pay at stores in South Africa, and withdraw [...]

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