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Jumia partners with Airtel Kenya for mobile payments

News | Mobile Payments | 01 Oct 2020

Nigeria-based marketplace Jumia has announced a new partnership with telco Airtel Kenya to enable consumers to complete online transactions using Airtel Money. 

Jumia, Airtel Kenya, Airtel Money, partnership, Kenya, Nigeria, Africa, marketplace, telecommunications, telco, mobile payments, mobile app, mobile transactions, financial inclusion, COVID-19, coronavirus, online checkout, Ghana, Uganda

Vodacom teams up with China's Alipay in mobile payments push

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Jul 2020

Mobile operator Vodacom has announced it will aggregate different merchants and service providers such as Alipay so that users can do all their business online.

Alipay, China, Vodacom, ecommerce, WeChat, competition commission, Telecom, telco, Asia, APAC

Singtel launches mobile payments solution for prepaid customers

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Jun 2020

Singapore-based telco Singtel has enabled prepaid customers to use their NETS ATM bank cards to make top-ups and purchases directly on their mobile devices. 

Singtel, Singapore, telco, prepaid customers, mobile payments, NETS ATM, cards, NETS Click, DBS, OCBC, UOB, digital cards, hi!App, payment method, contactless payments, unbanked, retail, COVID-19, transaction fees

Ufone launches Google Play carrier billing

News | Mobile Payments | 21 May 2020

A Pakistan-based mobile operator Ufone and a mobile technology company Fortumo have launched a direct carrier billing for Google Play

Ufone, Pakistan, Google Play, Fortumo, technology, telco, Fortumo Insight, credit cards, digital, merchants, online payments, transactions

Kenya turns to M-Pesa mobile-money to stem the spread of COVID-19

News | Mobile Payments | 18 Mar 2020

Kenya-based telco Safaricom has announced implementing a fee-waiver on East Africa’s mobile-money product, M-Pesa.

Safaricom, M-Pesa, telco, partnership, direct carrier billing, mobile payments, Africa, mobile money usage, P2P transactions, digital finance, payments

Airtel waives fees for all mobile money transfers in Kenya

News | Mobile Payments | 18 Mar 2020

India-based telco Airtel has announced that it will waive all person to person transaction fees for Kenyan Airtel Money customers for the next 90 days.

airtel, money transfer, money transfer fee, telco, mobile payments, Kenya, India, Africa, COVID-19

UK challenger Meniga receives AISP FCA licence

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Feb 2020

UK-based digital banking provider Meniga has been registered as an Account Information Service Provider by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.

Meniga, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Nordics, Open Banking, digital banking, credit scoring, lending, telco, retailer, insurance, challenger bank

Crif finalises the acquisition of Inventia

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 12 Feb 2020

Crif has finalised the purchase of all shares in Inventia, a digital onboarding, video biometric recognition, and video collaboration service company. 

Crif, acquisition, digital onboarding, biometric recognition, Inventia, credit institutions, insurance, telco, omnichannel, KYC, regulations, authentication, identification

Western Union, Bharti Airtel launch real-time money transfer services

News | Mobile Payments | 24 Jan 2020

Western Union and India-based telco Bharti Airtel have partnered to launch two new payments services that will allow customers in India and Africa to move and receive money in real time, ZDNet reports.

Western Union, Bharti Airtel, telco, money transfer

Vidio launches direct carrier billing with Fortumo

News | Payments General | 01 Oct 2019

Fortumo and Indonesia-based streaming platform Vidio have signed a direct carrier billing partnership in Indonesia.

Vidio, direct carrier billing, Fortumo, mobile payments, telco

European electronics retailer to accept crypto payments via UTrust

News | Cryptocurrencies | 29 Jul 2019

Phone House, a European electronics retailer and telecom provider, has teamed up with UTtrust, a cryptocurrency payment solution, to offer crypto payments to its customers.

Phone House, partnershp, crypto payments, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Portugal, electronics retailer, cryptocurrency, telco