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Kanoo expands offering to include social assistance payments
By Natario McKenzie Digital payments solutions provider Kanoo has included social assistance payments into its offering, with over 3,000 beneficiaries currently receiving assistance via its platform. Kimani Braithwaite, chief operating officer of Kan...
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Mobile wallet provider expands offerings for social assistance recipients
By Paige McCartney Senior Business Reporter Guardian Business Having now expanded its merchant offerings to include AML Food Markets, Kimani Braithwaite, chief operating officer of mobile wallet provider Kanoo, said the company is making it easier fo...
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MODERN SHOPPING: Digital payments via Kanoo now accepted at some AML food stores
Service to soon become available at Cost Right Nassau and Freeport Residents on New Providence can now transact digitally via Kanoo’s digital platform at Solomon’s Super Centre, located on Old Trail Road; Solomon’s Yamacraw; and Solomon’s Luc...
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AML Foods Offers Customers a New Cashless Payment Option
Residents in New Providence can now transact digitally via Kanoo’s digital platform at Solomon’s Super Centre, located on Old Trail Road, Solomon’s Yamacraw, and Solomon’s Lucaya in Grand Bahama, thanks to a partnership between AML Foods Limi...
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Ministry of Tourism’s Travel Visa Now Being Powered By Kanoo
By TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@tribunemedia.net THE Ministry of Tourism’s Bahamas travel visa platform is now being powered by Kanoo, a payment processing company owned by young Bahamian professionals making history. Through Kanoo, Bah...
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Digital payments provider eyes ‘tremendous growth’
A Bahamian digital payments provider yesterday said it is expecting “tremendous growth” as the volume of electronic transactions continues to increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Herbert Cash, Kanoo’s chief financial officer, told Tribune Busin...
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Kanoo looking to surpass 100K users by year’s end
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A digital payments solutions provider is projecting that by year’s end, the number of users on its platform will surpass 100,000, as it now focuses on enhancing the value to merchants and consumers. Nicholas Rees, chairman and c...
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Kanoo becomes first AFI with Sand Dollar digital currency interoperability
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Five months after the Central Bank of The Bahamas officially launched the Sand Dollar, local authorized financial institution (AFI) Kanoo has become the first financial institution in the world to have it completely integrated int...
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Digital Provider Eyes ‘Exponential’ Growth on Sand Dollar Move
A Bahamian digital payments provider yesterday said it expects its near-20,000 client base to “increase exponentially” after enabling them to transact in Sand Dollars without any restrictions. Keith Davies, Kanoo’s chief executive, told Tribune...
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Digital Food Vouchers help to feed thousands amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The Bahamas reported its first COVID-19 case in March 2020. The virus’s rapid spread has resulted in businesses closing, people jobless, homeless, and without food. And, nearly a year later, the need for assistance remains at unprecedented levels. ...
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We Mean Business: Benefits of B2B Transactions
Doing business in The Bahamas can be extremely challenging, as many of the systems in place are still paper-based. While the rest of the world has seen a drastic digital revolution where money transactions are done via online platforms and apps, The ...
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Digital Gift Cards: The Perfect Gift
Searching for a perfect gift can be considered a painful experience for some. From battling horrendous traffic, to sometimes, empty shelves for a gift you’re not sure about, can be draining. But no worries, Kanoo is your “one-stop-shop” for you...
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Govt signs contract with Kanoo for e-payment system in family courts
The government yesterday signed a three-year contract with Kanoo Pays to implement an e-payment system within the family courts. Chief Justice Brian Moree said the government would pay $25,000 annually for two of the three years. “This new software...
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Kanoo addresses health visa payment system disruption
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Local digital payments provider Kanoo has issued a statement apologizing for the service disruptions that prevented travelers from paying for a mandatory health visa over the weekend and seeking to assure consumers that the issue...
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From the Christmas Tree to the Phone, Kanoo’s Digital Gift Cards make Holiday Shopping Easier
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, just not the one that we’re used to. Parties, family dinners, celebrations, and even gift-giving will be different this year. Why? Because the rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced us all into a ...
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Bahama Eats Offers Grocery Delivery to Residents in Nassau
Kanoo is celebrating a major milestone, facilitating its first business to business transaction. ZNS News highlights the details of this partnership....
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Kanoo approaching 13,000 active users
In less than ten months, digital payment provider Kanoo has grown its active users from a couple of dozen to almost 13,000 people who are making digital fiat transactions daily. Kanoo’s Chief Executive Officer Keith Davies said this growth is indic...
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Bahama Eats Offers Grocery Delivery to Nassau Residents
Beginning today, residents in New Providence can purchase groceries from home, thanks to a partnership between a local delivery service company, Bahama Eats, and the country’s largest grocer, Super Value/ Quality Super Markets. Bahama Eat’s Co-Fo...
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Kanoo eyes 12,000 active users as it welcomes Sand Dollar “green light”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian digital payments solutions provider said yesterday it was “well on its way” past the 12,000 active user mark. Keith Davies, Kanoo’s chief executive officer, told Eyewitness News that its users could expec...
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Central Bank approves Kanoo to provide Sand Dollar services
We’re proud to announce that Kanoo is one of six Authorized Financial Institutions (AFIs) approved by the Central Bank of The Bahamas to provide Sand Dollar services through our app. We’ve been preparing for this day for months. and we...
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Social Services Minister Encourages Residents to Embrace Digital Payment Platforms
Minister of Social Services and Urban Development the Hon. Frankie Campbell explains the importance of working with digital payment providers like Kanoo. While CEO Keith Davies shares just how simple it is during a recent interview aired on ZNS....
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Social Services Digitization Process Underway
Since June, Kanoo in partnership with the Department of Social Services has issued hundreds of digital food vouchers to participants in its food assistance program. And as the government prepares to digitize its services, team members recently partic...
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Pinewood Residents Receive Care Packages
The Kanoo team is pledging to help those negatively impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Our newest initiative is a partnership with Mark Knowles Tennis Bahamas, Showman E-Bistro, and the Tribune, where we’re supplying residents in Pinewood with foo...
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GBPA Donates $25,000 And Launches Digital Food Vouchers To Support The GB Food Distribution Task Force
The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA), announces the launch of a digital food voucher programme in the Kanoo Pays app to support the efforts of the Grand Bahama Food Distribution Task Force to provide food for the most vulnerable families o...
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Digital payments provider eyes 50k Year-End Users
A Bahamian digital payments provider yesterday said the COVID-19 pandemic has helped it exceed first-year expectations “by almost 100 percent” as it targets 50,000 active users by 2020 year-end. Keith Davies, Kanoo’s chief executive...
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Digital payments provider grows platform to 7,000 users
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian digital payments provider has seen 50 per cent of the businesses currently on its platform register during the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 7,000 users in its system. Scieska Adderley, Public Relations and Communication...
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Port Authority Hails Digital Payment Firm
A Bahamian digital payment solutions provider has launched its platform in Grand Bahama through the five-store Express Food Mart chain. Kanoo, a Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensee, has launched a platform that can assist businesses and custo...
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Diversification: The New Economy
In tonight’s edition of his weekly Diversification: The New Economy report, Eyewitness News’ Theo Sealy discusses technology and the role it plays in today’s society. Your favorite Bahamian digital wallet is one of several entities ...
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Kanoo appears on Beyond the Headlines with Clint Watson
Tonight, our Chairman Nicholas Rees, and CEO Keith Davies introduced Kanoo to Beyond the Headlines host, Clint Watson. They share what we’ve been up to since launching December 2019 into the market. Watch the full interview below. BEYOND THE HE...
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Pay Tithes through Kanoo
In a recent interview with ZNS news, CEO Keith Davies revealed how our platform is connecting churchgoers with their church by providing them with an avenue to pay their tithes & offerings, from the comforts of their home....
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Kanoo Connects Churches
Our CEO Keith Davies, along with Senior Pastor of Spirit of Life Ministries Dr. Ellis Peet Jr. recently shared with ZNS Reporter Desmond Saunders how Kanoo is keeping members connected to their church in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic. Watch thi...
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Digital strategy needed for new business environment
The nationwide lockdown has exposed the lack of a digital strategy for many companies that are now facing difficulties today because of the sudden change in the way they now have to conduct business in this new environment, CEO of Kanoo Keith Davies ...
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Locals see the benefit of Cashless Transactions
Just days before the government announced a lockdown in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus on our shores, one of our trusted merchants Cheesecake Heaven, along with our CEO Keith Davies speaks with ZNS’ Crystal Darling on the benefi...
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Digital payments provider sees COVID-19 spike
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian digital payments provider says it has seen a significant spike in transactions on its platform and downloads of its application in recent weeks....
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Kanoo’s Debut on Eyewitness News
EWN's Theo Sealy speaks with Kanoo's Chairman and Co-Founder Nicholas Rees on the importance of conducting cashless transactions as the world, including The Bahamas continues to combat the COVID-19 virus....
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Payment services providers want full Sand Dollar integration
Kanoo’s feature in the Nassau Guardian’s Business section....
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Digital payments provider nets more than 1,100 users and 90 merchants
A Bahamian digital payments provider says this year it plans to expand significantly expand its merchant footprint as it highlights a number of enhancements and initiatives designed to get users acclimated to its app-based offering....
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More than 1,000 sign up for Kanoo digital payments app
More than 1,000 Bahamians have already downloaded the country’s newest digital payments mobile app, less than one month since it was formally launched....
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A Letter From Our CEO
Hello Bahamas! We are so proud to release our App to the Bahamian Public finally. It’s been a labour of love for the past 2+ years of building and refining our platform based on feedback from consumers and the business community. I believe we are w...
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Appearance on ZNS’ Business segment
First, the paper, then TV…Kanoo is making the rounds!...
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The Bahamas’ Newest Digital Wallet Secures its Largest Merchant – Kanoo in Super Value
Kanoo’s Introduction to the Public...
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Payment Provider Targets 50% Of Mobile Consumers
Extra, Extra Bahamians reading about Kanoo for the first time in the Tribune’s Business Section...
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