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MasterCard na Equity Bank batangaza ubufatanye mugutangiza PayPass Card Ikarita ishoboye

14th Jan 2013

Ubufatanye mu kongera amafaranga no kuzamura ingufu za EMV mu karere

Kugirango tweet aya makuru, kora kandi wandike #MasterCard na Equity Bank bafatanya kwagura amafaranga muri Afrika yuburasirazuba http://bit.ly/13wxOGE

Nairobi, Kenya, 15 Mutarama 2013 – MasterCard na Equity Bank yo muri Kenya uyu munsi batangaje amasezerano mu muhango wo gusinya i Nairobi wo gutanga miliyoni eshanu za MasterCard zanditswemo amakarita yo kwishyura ndetse n’amakarita yishyuwe mbere. Iyi porogaramu iha imbaraga abaguzi bo muri Afurika gukoresha ubwishyu bwa elegitoronike butanga uburyo bwizewe kandi bwizewe bwo kwishyura ugereranije n’amafaranga nubundi buryo bwo kwishyura.

Kubera ubwo bufatanye, MasterCard yo kubikuza hamwe namakarita yishyuwe mbere hamwe n’ikoranabuhanga rikoresha chip bizatangwa, mbere mu isoko rya Kenya hanyuma bigere no muri Uganda, Tanzaniya, u Rwanda, na Sudani y’Amajyepfo, ibyo bikaba byerekana ko amakarita yo kwishyura ya EMV ari menshi muri Afurika yo munsi y’Ubutayu bwa Sahara kugeza ubu. Ikarita kandi izamenyekanisha MasterCard PayPass ™ hamwe nogushiraho bwa mbere kwishura PayPass ifasha aho igurisha mu karere kose.

Suite y’ibicuruzwa bizaboneka mu karere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba hazaba harimo ikoranabuhanga rya Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) ryemerera abacuruzi kwakira ubwishyu binyuze ku nyongeramusaruro ihendutse ihujwe na porogaramu zifite umutekano ku bikoresho byabo bigendanwa (nka terefone ifite ubwenge cyangwa tableti). Iri koranabuhanga rizongerera umutekano no korohereza kwishyura hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga ku bacuruzi ndetse n’abakiriya babo mbere bashingiraga ku mafaranga kugira ngo bacuruze.

Perezida wa MasterCard akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru, Ajay Banga yagize ati: “MasterCard yiyemeje kwagura imari muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba ndetse no ku mugabane w’isi yose, itangiza amabanki ndetse n’abadafite amabanki ku nyungu zo kwishyura hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga”. Ati: “Icyerekezo cyacu ku isi irenze amafaranga kigerwaho gusa binyuze mu bufatanye n’abafatanyabikorwa mu nganda, nk’ubufatanye bwa Banki ya Equity.

Banga yashoje agira ati: “Gukorana na guverinoma, ibigo by’imari, abacuruzi ndetse n’ubucuruzi, twese hamwe tuzashobora gufasha mu kuvugurura inganda zishyura no gufasha Afurika y’Iburasirazuba kugera ku bushobozi bwayo bwose nk’inzu y’imari ihatanira ku isi hose.”

Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na Finscope Rwanda 2012 bwerekana ko gukumira amafaranga muri Kenya, Uganda, Tanzaniya no mu Rwanda bingana na 33%, 30%, 56% na 28.1%, ibyo bikaba byerekana ko amahirwe angana na Banki ya Equity Bank na MasterCard yo kwagura amafaranga ku batigeze bagerwaho n’inyungu zo gukemura hakoreshejwe uburyo bwa elegitoronike.

Dr. James Mwangi, Umuyobozi mukuru w’itsinda, Equity Bank yagize ati: “Dukurikije icyerekezo cyacu cyo guharanira iterambere ry’imibereho myiza y’abaturage bacu, tuzakomeza gushyira mu bikorwa ubufatanye bufatika buzagura uburyo bw’imari ndetse no kurushaho kwinjiza mu karere. Ibyo twiyemeje ni ugukomeza guhanga udushya tw’imari na serivisi biha abakiriya bacu ubwisanzure bw’amabanki agezweho mu gihe cyo gushyigikira ibikorwa by’ubukungu by’ubukungu. nk’imwe mu mabanki akomeye muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba. ” Yongeyeho ati: “Twahisemo MasterCard nk’umufatanyabikorwa bitewe n’uko dufite icyerekezo kimwe cya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba cyinjiza amafaranga mu baturage bayo bose kandi kikaba kidashingiye ku mafaranga. Abafite amakarita bazashobora gukoresha MasterCard PayPass yo kubikuza cyangwa amakarita yishyuwe mbere aho ariho hose yakira MasterCard ku isi hose”, Dr. Mwangi yashoje. Ku isi hose, PayPass iboneka mu bihugu 48 kandi yemerwa ahantu hacururizwa hafi 550.000. Ishoramari rya Banki ya Equity mu ishoramari rikomeye rya IT rikomeje kwishyura inyungu mu gihe Banki yinjira mu bufatanye nk’ibi hagamijwe kuba iduka rimwe rya serivisi z’imari mu karere. Banki ikora kuri leta ikomeye ya sisitemu yubukorikori bwikoranabuhanga rya mudasobwa Sisitemu ifashwa na Infosys, HP, Oracle na Microsoft. Sisitemu y’amafaranga menshi, amasosiyete menshi, sisitemu y’ibihugu byinshi ifite ubushobozi bwa konti miliyoni 35 n’umuvuduko wo gutunganya ibicuruzwa 300.000 kumunota. Sisitemu ishyigikiwe na Way4, Sisitemu yo gucunga amakarita kumurongo ifite ibigo byinshi nubushobozi bwo gutunganya amafaranga menshi kandi ifite ubushobozi bwo gukoresha amakarita arenga miriyoni 60 hamwe nubwihuse bwibikorwa 180.000 kumunota.

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