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- NIGERIA: Mobile payments rise 184% to reach N828bn
- KENYA: Jointpesa launches escrow platform
- UGANDA: Rich people prefer agency banking to mobile money
- Kamari and ZeU Announce Digital Medical Data Marketplace and Incentivization Program for Africa
- Uber sets up Uber Money team in Hyderabad
- Globacom Launches Glo Cloud
- Nigerian youths use mobile money for Internet, others – Report
- Safaricom sues data firm over Sh20m M-Pesa loss
- SA: MTN’s free mobile money service makes comeback
- SA: MTN’s free mobile money service makes comeback
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IFE OGUNFUWA The Central Bank of Nigeria reforms aimed at ensuring financial services reach the last mile has tripled the value of transacti...
Kenya Fintech startup-JointPesa in partnership with Finserve Africa has launched an e-commerce transaction platform dabbed “JointPesa”, which wil...
Glo the grandmaster of data has unveiled something similar to Google Drive and iCloud called Glo Cloud, a cloud storage platform for all subscrib...
Ife OgunfuwaNigerian youths have been discovered to utilise mobile money services mostly on Internet subscription.GeoPoll, in a recent study to e...
Obinna ChimaCoralPay Technology Limited has deployed the C’Gate, (CoralPay Payment Gateway and Processing) Platform, which has been de...
MTN Nigeria says it is empowering over 2,000 retailers across the country with its “Kiosk as a Service” scheme.The “Kiosk as a Service” is a sche...
When Mohammed Ahmed left Sudan in search of better life, he couldn't have imagined that he would find financial security back home. But, some fou...
This year will be a busy one with regards to the rollout of new digital payments products onto the national electronic payments architecture inst...
Ghana is the fastest growing mobile money market on the African continent owing to a number of initiatives being implemented by the government, M...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has vehemently denied allegations that mobile money operators confiscate funds of deceased account owners...
Using the WorldRemit app, customers in over 50 countries can now send money instantly to over 60 000 Wizall Money mobile accounts in SenegalLeadi...
The Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) platform recorded a whopping 317% growth in the volume of transaction and 267% growth value of transactio...
| THE INDEPENDENT URA boss Doris Akol says fewer rich people using mobile money has cost her tax revenueUganda Revenue Authority has decried...
By SAM KIPLAGATSafaricom has sued East African Data Handlers, a company it hired to manage its mobile money payment platforms, following the...
MARTIN NWITADigital Lenders Association (DLAK) has called for stronger guidelines and regulations by the Central bank and the National Treasury i...
DOREEN WAINAINAHSubscription video-on-demand service Netflix charges have dropped after the company changed its billing for Kenyan customers from...
DOREEN WAINAINAHThe Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has dropped Equitel from the list of mobile money services it regulates, declaring it...
By John OdyekMobile money services were first introduced in March 2009. From then it took off at great speed.It is 10 years since mobile money wa...
Egyptian authorities gave the go-ahead for Uber's acquisition of Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem after imposing a set of conditions, clearing...
Daily News EgyptHSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. (HSBC) has launched a new Mobile Collections product for corporations, helping them on their digital trans...
Tarek Fayed, Chairperson and CEO of Banque du Caire, said the bank is keen to provide the best financial products and diversified banking service...
Blom Bank Egypt launched a contactless payment service via credit and debit cards in light of its continuous development and modernisation of its...
JULIUS BARIGABAIn a country without a well-developed financial infrastructure—where mobile phone airtime has often been used as some form of curr...
Francis MuliSouth Sudan has launched its first mobile phone-based money transfer service, m-Gurush.m-Gurush is a short form for mobile-Gurus...
NTOKOZO KHUMALOMTN SA has relaunched its free mobile money service MoMo – the service it withdrew a few years ago.This time around, the telco is...
NTOKOZO KHUMALOMTN SA has relaunched its free mobile money service MoMo – the service it withdrew a few years ago.This time around, the telco is...
Oliver Kazunga/Pride Mahlangu, Business ReportersCONSUMER lobby groups have raised concern over the “exorbitant” Point of Sale (POS) charges bank...
MTN South Africa relaunched its mobile money service on Thursday, more than three years after ditching a similar offering, as it bets on improved...
Global payments firm, World Remit has revealed that Zimbabwe was one of five top African destinations that received most remittances...
EcoCash has introduced a new option for people who’ve mistakenly sent money to the wrong individual.By dialling *150# and selecting option 3 (Sel...
Besides Hyderabad, the Uber Money team also has a presence at its San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York and Amsterdam tech centres.MoreRide hailing...
Samsung is further enhancing UAE customers' mobile payment experience by collaborating with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank...
Ghana ranks second highest receiving country for remittancesLeading mobile payments company WorldRemit saw a 43% growth in remittances to Africa...
WorldRemit has announced a partnership with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, enabling consumers to use the WorldRemit...
Telecom giant Vodafone Group Plc left the Libra Association, becoming the latest company to exit the Facebook-led group trying to create a new gl...
Twitter is considering a feature that would allow users to tip one another - in Bitcoins though.The Information reports that the micro-blogging p...
