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Mastercard Welcomes Vocalink as Deal Officially Closes

May 2, 2017/Mastercard Julia Monti Today, Mastercard announced the completion of its acquisition of Vocalink, a leader in bank account-based payments. Vocalink’s key bank account-based technology will allow Mastercard to expand beyond card-based payments to drive the major types of electronic payment transactions. Vocalink powers real-time bank account-based payments (fast […]

Earnings Review: Strong Start for 2017, Empowering the Future

May 2, 2017/Mastercard Martina Hund-Mejean This morning, Mastercard announced its financial results for the first quarter. During our conference call with the financial community, we highlighted strong volume and transaction growth. In addition to solid performance in the quarter, we also announced the completion of two acquisitions. They complement and […]

CBN Says Manufacturing PMI up 51.1% in April 2017

May 2, 2017/CBN Click here to download full PDF Report 1.0 Introduction The Statistics Department, Central Bank of Nigeria conducts a monthly survey of purchasing and supply executives of manufacturing and non-manufacturing organizations in 13 locations in Nigeria: two states in each of the six geo-political zones, and the FCT […]