Archive September 23, 2019

Tribe Payments launches the first complete payments sandbox

New free-to-use sandbox environment aims to fuel experimentation in “back-end” paymentsSibos, London, 23rd September 2019 — Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, today announces its payments sandbox environment. Tribe’s sandbox is free-to-use and, in an industry first, provides access to APIs across both issuing and acquiring.Issuers and acquirers must be able to handle speed – payments must be processed on time and scale – systems need to…

Source: RealWire

Vodafone Zambia administrator invites bids by 27 September

(Telecompaper) Vodafone Zambia has formally announced that it is up for sale, after its shareholders failed to recapitalise it, ITWeb reported. Business Rescue Administrator Luwita Sayila said potential bidders should pay a non-refundable fee of USD 760 for a complete set of bidding documents, and offers must be received by 27 September.

Google makes major renewable energy push with 18 new deals

(Telecompaper) Google said it has signed 18 new energy deals that together will amount to a package of 1,600 megawatt (MW). The company has also awarded two grants, each of USD 500,000, to support organisations looking to expand access to clean energy for all businesses. The announcements come ahead of the Global Climate Strike on 20-27 September and as data centre operators all over the world try to meet demand for data and energy.