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Safaricom to launch mobile money service in Ethiopia

News | Mobile Payments | 28 Aug 2023

Safaricom has announced plans to launch M-Pesa in Ethiopia by the end of September 2023 will have it integrated with more banks.

mobile payments, product launch, expansion, financial inclusion, cashless

Amazon faces lawsuit over alleged biometric tracking

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 20 Mar 2023

US-based multinational technology company Amazon has faced a lawsuit over alleged biometric tracking on the Go stores based in New York City.

regulation, compliance, biometrics, biometric authentication, digital verification, identity verification

M-PESA partners Amazon to boost global remittance market

News | Online Payments | 20 Feb 2023

African mobile money app, M-PESA, has signed a new strategic partnership with fintech giant Amazon, tackling global remittances market’s multi-trillion dollar surge.

money transfer, money remittance, online platform, expansion, partnership, public listing, cross-border payments, fintech, payment processing, online payments

Vodacom Tanzania, DSTV launch MyDStv app on M-Pesa

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Nov 2022

Vodacom Tanzania has partnered with DSTV Tanzania to enable DSTV customers to access the MyDStv app within the M-Pesa app.

partnership, payments , mobile payments, super app, omnichannel, ecommerce platform, digitalisation, financial inclusion

Vodacom Tanzania expands M-Pesa transfers in East Africa

News | Online Payments | 17 Sep 2021

Vodacom Tanzania has announced it now allows for direct money transfers from M-Pesa to bank accounts in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda and other mobile wallets.

product launch, online payments, cashless

Vodacom to launch super app Vodapay in South Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 24 May 2021

Vodacom has announced the launch of its super app Vodapay, in South Africa.

product launch, super app, e-wallet, mobile payments

Nium assists customers to remit funds into four major African markets

News | Mobile Payments | 09 Mar 2021

Nium, a global payments platform, has announced that its clients are able to send funds to their business partners located in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania.

mobile money, money transfer, remittances, e-wallet

Vodacom Tanzania opens its M-Pesa API's to developers to streamline mobile payments

News | Mobile Payments | 02 Oct 2020

Vodacom Tanzania has announced the opening of its M-Pesa API in a move set to entice local and international developers into creating new use cases for the mobile payments service.

Vodacom Tanzania, M-Pesa, API, mobile transactions, cashless payments

Vodacom M-Pesa goes global

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Jun 2020

Vodacom M-Pesa, a Tanzania-based mobile money service provider, has announced the expansion of its International Money Transfer service portfolio.

Vodacom M-Pesa, Tanzania, mobile payments, mobile money, Africa, remittances, Bank of Tanzania

Vodafone completes the sale of M-Pesa to Safaricom and Vodacom

News | Mobile Payments | 16 Apr 2020

Mobile network operator Safaricom and mobile communications company Vodacom have completed the acquisition of mobile money platform M-Pesa from Vodafone.

Vodafone, M-Pesa, Safaricom, Vodacom, mobile network, transactions , Kenya, mobile money, loans, banks, merchant, payments

East Africa - the heart of mobile money. What is next?

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 03 Jul 2019

Rick Groothuizen of ClickPesa outlines the status of financial digitalization in East Africa and the progress that has been made in this emerging market

Africa, emerging market, mobile money, financial inclusion, SMEs, ClickPesa, mobile wallets

Safaricom, Vodacom plan USD 13 mln purchase of M-Pesa rights

News | Payments General | 24 May 2019

Safaricom has announced that it will start a joint venture with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to M-Pesa mobile financial services platform from Vodafone.

Safaricom, Vodacom, M-Pesa, Africa, mobile payments

Mastercard, Vodacom partner to introduce online cards in Tanzania

News | Cards | 14 Sep 2018

Mastercard has teamed up with Vodacom to introduce the first online card in Tanzania, the M-Pesa virtual card.

MasterCard, Vodacom, partnership, online card, Tanzania, M-Pesa, virtual card, mobile wallet, cards

TerraPay, Instant Cash to launch cross-border money transfers to mobile wallets

News | Mobile Payments | 22 Aug 2017

TerraPay and Instant Cash have teamed up to enable real-time cross border money transfers to mobile wallets in Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria.

TerraPay, Instant Cash, cross-border money transfers, mobile wallets, Africa, Vodacom M-Pesa, Tigo Pesa, Airtel Money

Xpress Money, TerraPay to enable money transfers in Africa

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 11 Jul 2017

Xpress Money has partnered with TerraPay to enable real-time international money transfers to mobile wallets in Africa.

Xpress Money, TerraPay, money transfers, Africa, mobile banking, mobile wallets, remittance

MTN shuts down mobile money services in South Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Sep 2016

MTN, an African telecom company, has decided to close its mobile money service in South Africa, the second mobile company to do so this year.

MTN, mobile money services, mobile payments, South Africa, m pesa, aYo, insurance

Vodacoms M-PESA moves to new platform

News | Mobile Payments | 25 Jul 2016

Vodacom Tanzania has unveiled a new M-Pesa platform to boost its mobile money service and offer customers more services via the advanced platform.

Vodacom, M-Pesa, Tankzania, mobile payments, mobile wallet, money service

Vodacom to cancel M-Pesa mobile payments services in SA

News | Mobile Payments | 10 May 2016

Vodacom will discontinue its M-Pesa mobile payment offering in South Africa at the end of June, according to the company statement.

Vodacom, M-Pesa, mobile payments, South Africa

KLM and M-Pesa to provide payments services in Tanzania

News | Mobile Payments | 05 May 2016

Vodacom Tanzania has signed a new partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines through its M-Pesa payment service, adding to its existing list list of partner airlines.

KLM, M-Pesa, payment services, Tanzania, M-Pesa

3G Direct Pay launches mobile money platform

News | Mobile Payments | 27 Nov 2015

Africa-based ecommerce and online shopping services provider 3G Direct Pay has launched a platform that enables cross-border payments across different mobile networks.

3G Direct Pay, ecommerce, payments , mobile wallet, Mswipe, cross-border payments