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- GHANA:Reduce mobile money charges by 50% to reduce spread of coronavirus - Internal auditors to telcos
- KENYA: Companies turn to e-commerce to attract customers locked at home
- Tanzania: Airtel Tanzania to Disburse Sh2.6 Billion Interest to Customers
- KENYA:Banks defy CBK on removal of M-Pesa transfer fees
- Safaricom waives M-Pesa fees in wake of Covid-19
- Ghana: Introduction of Universal Qr Code , Pushing Towards Cashless State
- GHANA: Define role of GhIPSS in payment system space
- UGANDA: Agency banking value grows to Shs2.2 trillion
- UGANDA Bankers Association rejects gov’t proposal to pay interest on mobile money funds
- KENYA: Mobile money deals drop on tight liquidity
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Ife OgunfuwaMTN Nigeria says it has registered about 108,000 mobile money agents across the country since August when it began the super-agent se...
Paga, a Nigerian Fintech company said it has collaborated with Flutterwave, an international Merchant payments platform to support simple and sec...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched ‘Click Credit’, a time loan designed to address the urgent needs of customers whose salary accounts...
In order to achieve the 20 per cent reduction target of financially excluded adult Nigerians in year 2020 by the Central Bank of Nigeria, some li...
Nigeria’s mobile money company, Paga and Wealth.ng, a growing investment marketplace, have announced a partnership to foster access to investment...
IFE OGUNFUWA The Central Bank of Nigeria reforms aimed at ensuring financial services reach the last mile has tripled the value of transacti...
The Institute of Internal Auditors Ghana has called on Bank of Ghana and Telecom operators to consider reducing charges on mobile money transacti...
By Abigail AnnohThe Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has posited that the introduction of a Universal QR code payment system would be the game...
General Manager of the Mobile Money Division at MTN Ghana, Eli Hini, is calling for the role of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has extended the deadline of meeting the minimum capital requirement for Payment System Providers (PSP) from June to Dece...
Cameroon has ordered MTN and Orange to implement ID checks for all parties involved in mobile money transactions, after it emerged that ransom pa...
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) is wrapping up preparations for the launch of the universal QR code next month, Mr Ar...
On Monday, Tuskys supermarket set the tone by announcing a deal with Sendy, a logistics company, that will see customers order goods online from...
Airtel Tanzania is set to disburse Sh2.6billion as interest to its mobile money customers across the country for using Airtel Money services.The...
A number of banks were on Tuesday yet to comply with a directive by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) requiring them to remove transaction costs fo...
Kenya’s telco Safaricom Plc on Monday waived fees on its mobile money transfer service M-Pesa for transactions below Ksh1,000 ($10).On Sunday, Pr...
By MARTIN LUTHER OKETCHThe amount of money transacted through Agency Banking currently stands at Shs2.2 trillion per month, according to Uganda B...
The Uganda Bankers’ Association has objected to a government proposal seeking to have mobile money funds held on trust accounts earn interest.A t...
elecom company Orange Maroc launched its popular mobile money service, Orange Money, in Morocco on Tuesday, March 10.The mobile operato...
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...
he new rules were gazetted recently by Finance and Economic Development Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube using his powers under the Banking Act and the...
Subscriber base for non-bank mobile money services declined in the last quarter of 2019 by 13.0 percent to a total of 6.2 million subscribers, fi...
A disagreement over an annual fee has soured relations between Vodacom Lesotho and the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA).Now Sekhamets...
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...
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...
