This partnership will allow traders and entrepreneurs to accept payments through the mobile acceptance service across the country.
Launched as a value added service, the bank will offer Payment Pebble to all active small business owners and merchants from early 2013.
Developed to fit into a 3.5mm audio input on any smartphone or tablet, the Payment Pebble is a small card-reader device that comprises a mobile application.
The device works as a mobile point-of-sale terminal where traders can accept card payments in real-time anywhere in South Africa.
Providing retail, business, corporate & investment banking, wealth management products and services, Absa trades as a subsidiary of Barclays Bank, which owns 55.5%.
