MTN Rwanda has partnered with Tele10 to enable customers to pay their DStv, Canal+ and GOtv subscriptions using MTN Mobile Money. At a press conference to announce the partnership, Norman Munyampundu, general manager of MTN Business, said to use the service customers need to have a DStv, Canal+ or GOtv account and be a registered
Mobile Money by T-Mobile, which includes a T-Mobile Visa Prepaid Card, counts among its many available features access to a nationwide surcharge-free ATM network of 43,000 ATMs – the Allpoint Network. Allpoint is America’s largest surcharge-free ATM network and an affiliate of Cardtronics, Inc. Mobile Money is the combination of a money management app, a
MFS Africa has announced the launch of mjara Loans, a mass-market mobile money-based loan product. mjara Loans builds on the company’s existing KwikAdvance salary-advance loan product. The mjara Loans service is available to all MTN Mobile Money users, and will be extended to other mobile networks later this year. MFS Africa research shows that the
Teasy Mobile Money has successfully deployed the first commercial Near Field Communication (NFC)/Contactless payments solution in Nigeria. This was announced by the Chief Executive Officer of Teasy Mobile Money Musa Ali Baba, who believed that not only will retail payments be easier and faster, customer’s satisfaction will be guaranteed. “We are very excited with the
Juniper Research has released a new report which projects that the total value of global payments via mobile device will reach $507 billion this year. This will be a rise of nearly 40% year-on-year. The report, titled ‘Mobile Payment Strategies: Remote, Contactless & Money Transfer 2014-2018’ found that growth would mainly be driven by increasing
Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a Mobile Satellite Services operator, and Western Union have announced their agreement to offer top-up services for Thuraya prepaid SIMs for voice and data services using the Western Union Quick PaySM service. The service is available at participating Western Union agent locations in the majority of the 200+ countries and territories in
Ingenico has announced that the new mobile payment interfaces designed for the Thalys app – in addition to their on-line payment website – have been deployed by Ogone, its online payment subsidiary and one of the largest online payment service providers in Europe. Based on Ogone’s secure solutions and technology, this app will offer passengers
Orange Money has hit the 10 million subscriber mark, with the company celebrating the potential of the service as a “growth engine” for Africa and the Middle East. The Orange Money mobile money service is currently available across 12 African markets as well as in Jordan, with the 10 millionth user signing up in Dakar,
MasterCard has partnered the Grameen Foundation on AppLab Money, an initiative designed to create mobile financial services products for the unbanked and underbanked in Kenya. The collaboration is aimed at enabling low income communities in Kenya to access innovative financial products, with AppLab Money aiming to take appropriate mobile financial services to communities most in
Malauzai Software, a provider of mobile banking SmartApps for community financial institutions, announced that El Monte, Calif.-based Vons Credit Union has switched to the company’s SmartApp in order to have more control over the design and functionality of its mobile banking program. In the summer of 2013, Vons began working with its online and core
