The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) wants non-performing loans (NPLs) in commercial banks to go down to comfortable zone of 5.0 per cent for purposes of protecting depositors’ money. The central bank said though the level is around 7.0 per cent, the risk level is, however, lower compared to other countries in the East African Community
Standard Chartered Plc, which has operated in Africa for more than 150 years and is present in 15 African countries and active in 36 countries across the continent, sees Nigeria and Kenya as the best opportunities on the continent for its business to expand in 2015. “We’ll spend a lot of time focused on some
Mwalimu Commercial Bank, which is in the process of formation, is expected to bring about stiff competition in the country’s banking industry because of the huge number of employees in the teaching fraternity. The bank, expected to float its initial public offer (IPO) next Monday, is a threat to mainstream banks as it will accumulate a
Backed by a staggering over 9.6bn/- financial muscle and over 12,476 members, Tanzania Prisons Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (TPS-SACCOS) has everything to convince Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Governor, Professor Benno Ndulu grant them commercial banking licence. Home Affairs Minister, Mr Matthias Chikawe, told representatives of TPS SACCOS Ltd that growth of the savings and
The government has commended Vodacom Tanzania for coming up with mobile innovative solution that will see smallholder farmers receiving support to improve their lives through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The initiative dubbed Kilimo Klub, is an exclusive service targeting smallholder farmers and will enable farmers to access M-Pesa and get empowered financially through the
Customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire can use their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa. This partnership between Orange and Airtel enables Orange customers, for the first time, to send and receive money to or from people based in a country outside the Group’s
The Government of Egypt, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and MasterCard announced the details of a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will aim to extend financial services to 54 million Egyptians. The announcement was made by H.E. Atef Helmy, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Ajay Banga, Chief Executive
Specialist bank, Investec, has implemented Entersekt’s multi-factor authentication product, Transakt, to boost the security of its private client mobile application. Entersekt, an innovative pioneer in transaction authentication, helped Investec reinforce the bond of trust it shares with its clients through use of the Transakt Software Development Kit (SDK). In early 2014, Investec deployed Entersekt technology
KCB Group and Safaricom have launched a new mobile banking product with the most comprehensive features yet in the market. KCB-M-PESA Account will enable customers to get loans using their mobile phones, the loans will be offered with a flexible repayment period ranging from one month to six months. In addition the facility fee for
Safaricom has announced a new service that will allow organizations to track funds sent to beneficiaries via its mobile money solution M-PESA. The solution, named M-PESA SurePay, is a closed loop payment system engineered for corporates and Public Benefit Organisations (PBO’s) who disburse funds directly to beneficiaries. The funds are sent directly to a beneficiaries
