Boost for Smaller Businesses

Visa has launched a new mobile point-of-sales (mPOS) device, with the goal being to make it easier and cheaper for smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to accept card payments.
The plug-and-play mPOS device is slotted on to a mobile phone, enabling business owners to accept debit and credit card payments immediately.
Once the mPOS application is downloaded and the device is registered with a local bank, it is ready for use. The device is used in a growing number of countries worldwide and will benefit South Africa’s thriving travel and tourism sector, which generated a total contribution of R315.4bn, or 9.8% of the GDP in 2012, according to a report by the World Travel and Tourism Council, along with creating 1.3 million jobs.
Absa, Nedbank and independent payments provider Paycorp Holdings, offer the mPOS device

Arik Air On Nigerian

Visas According to Business Travel Now, Arik Air has advised South African agents to contact the Nigerian consul general to verify which documents and paperwork are required by clients arriving at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Agents can contact the Consulate General Johannesburg on  +27 11 442 3620. Arik Air also reminds agents that the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria no longer issues Nigerian visas.