28-Feb-18, Pymnts.com
Mastercard has announced that, care of Facebook Messenger, it will be able to provide small businesses in Africa and Asia with an affordable and easy on-ramp for accepting mobile payments.
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The new experience will get its first road test in Nigeria, where Mastercard will pilot a new Masterpass QR bot to help business owners move beyond cash transactions to accepting QR payments.
Mastercard’s official financial services partners in the launch will be Ecobank and Zenith Bank.