China UnionPay cards to be accepted on Equity Bank’s ATMs and Point of Sale terminals countrywide. Equity Bank has signed up with the China UnionPay to allow its customers in Kenya and throughout East Africa to make transactions from Equity’s ATMs and Points of Sale. China UnionPay cards will be

New technology will enhance protection of cardholders from fraudulent card activity. NAIROBI, February 1,  2010… Equity Bank has become the first bank in the country to install the EMV (Europay-Mastercard-VISA) technology in the bank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) outlets and point of sales (POS) throughout the country. The EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa)

In the news this week, Equity Bank and Safaricom have announced a strategic partnership for M-Pesa. Basically, any of M-Pesa’s 8 million subscribers in Kenya will now be able to make card-less drawings from any of Equity Bank’s 550 automated teller machines (ATMs) throughout Kenya. This is not the first