From the convenience of your desktop to the palm of your hand, SimplePay has simplified the lives of thousands of connected Nigerians by eliminating physical cash from financial transactions. Now, with the release of the stand-alone SimpleGiving app, one more type of transaction, donating to your church, can be made faster, easier and safer. Users
Bank of Khartoum and telecoms company Zain have launched Sudan’s first mobile money service called Hassa. The bank said the service is available to all registered Hassa mobile account customers in Sudan. Customers can carry out several financial transactions on the mobile money service using their mobile phones, Bank of Khartoum’s automated teller machines or
eTranzact International Plc, the leading mobile and switching company has been awarded the final approval to commercially launch the Mobile Money operation by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The approval to commence Mobile Money in Nigeria essentially marks the beginning of mobile payment revolution in the country. The eTranzact Mobile Money is designed to allow
MTN Uganda the leading Mobile Money network has partnered with Centenary Bank Uganda to advance their ATM Cash out footprint by allowing customers to cash out at all Centenary bank ATMs across the country. “At MTN we listen to our customers’ needs and wants and with this background we continuously strive to exploit opportunities that
Western Union has launched an outbound remittance service in Nigeria, allowing people to send not only receive money around the world. Prior to the launch, customers in Nigeria could only receive funds; this being the first time outbound remittance has become available in the country. To launch the service in Nigeria, Western Union is partnering
Agents of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service received KSh.10.6 billion in total commissions for the year to March 2014, up almost 25 per cent on the previous year, although individual agents earn less as more agents join the network. According to a report by Business Daily, Safaricom spends KSh.40 out of every KSh.100 generated from
Airtel Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania have partnered for a cross-network money transfer service that will make it possible for subscribers from both networks to send and receive money between their mobile money wallets. HumanIPO reported in June three mobile operators in Tanzania Tigo, Airtel and Zantel announced they would launch interoperability for mobile money services,
The mobile payments company Fortumo is announcing that it has partnered with leading Indian mobile gaming company Games2Win to provide in-app purchasing using carrier billing to their mobile games. The first game published with Fortumo carrier billing is Power Cricket T20 on the Windows Phone platform. “Earning revenue in India continues to be a significant
Perago, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIA, has signed an agreement with Swish Payments Ltd., a mobile commerce provider owned by leading South African payment service provider Setcom Payment Solutions, to support its new m-commerce initiative in Africa and Europe. Through SIA’s technology infrastructure, Perago will enable the Swish solution that utilises a mobile app and
Visa Inc., the global leader in payments, supported the launch of three locally-developed mobile apps to promote financial literacy in Nigeria. The apps were conceptualized and developed by winners of the Financial Literacy Challenge mobile development competition, sponsored by Visa, and delivered by the Co-Creation Hub Nigeria. They are designed to help Nigerians make better
