The US technology company has grown its team of financial regulation experts over the past year
2 May 2021 • 6:00am
Amazon is poised to seize upon the recent surge in interest in cryptocurrencies, bringing in a team of British financial regulation experts amid speculation it is on the brink of launching its own digital token.
The US tech giant is understood to have poached at least six regulatory specialists from UK banking watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the past two years.
At least four of those have joined in the past year, taking up roles including public policy manager for regulation and chief compliance officer for payments divisions.
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You can now make payments on WhatsApp Updated
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Are you a small or micro businesses owner who banks with Nedbank?
Here is good news for you. Nedbank, together with Mastercard and Ukheshe, has launched its Money Message service.
The new payment platform enables consumers to pay small and micro businesses via a secure in-chat payment using WhatsApp.
What s also exciting is that merchants can send an invoice requesting a payment from any customer through WhatsApp and customers can also settle a payment directly from the platform.
The bank says the move is aimed at helping entrepreneurs.
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Customers can now pay small businesses via WhatsApp
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Nedbank, in collaboration with Mastercard and Ukheshe, has launched Money Message, a payment platform that lets small and micro businesses conveniently receive secure in-chat payments from their customers via WhatsApp.
The bank said the solution was the first of its kind in South Africa.
“The solution will enable merchants to send an invoice requesting payment from any customer seamlessly through WhatsApp. Their customers, in turn, can quickly and seamlessly settle payment directly from the platform,” it said.
How it works: the business owner sends a request-to-pay message to the customer, and, for first-time users, a notification is sent via SMS, prompting them to register for the service. The customer adds their name and surname and registers their card details to make the payment securely. This means customers could make secure, cardless payments via their cellphone numbers or QR codes.