ChamsMobile Launches a Mobile Money Account and a Linked Visa Virtual Card for Nigerians in Diaspora

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www.kegow.com, signing up with their foreign mobile number as the account number, and providing the required KYC information. Once completed, an account will be activated and a Visa Virtual Card issued online. It’s that simple. Once cardholders have loaded Naira from the options provided, they can start transacting. Funds-loading options include remitting via our international

Interswitch Concludes Acquisition of Vanso

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Key highlights of the acquisition include: The current management team of VANSO will be absorbed into the Interswitch management organisation. VANSO CEO, Denis O’Brien will lead the Interswitch mobile payment’s business unit with a mandate to drive aggressive organic and geographic growth. Denis brings nearly two decades of financial technology experience in Africa. VANSO’s existing

Transfast Partners with Uber and Pulls Another First for Remittances

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Transfast launched a partnership with Uber, offering a free Uber ride to the sender and recipient of funds transfers to Nigeria. The partnership marks the first time Uber has teamed up with a funds transfer company to connect global funds transfer and Uber ridership, according to Uber. Transfast will offer customers and their recipients in

WorldRemit commends Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

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WorldRemit , the leading digital remittance service, commends the restoration of money transfers to Nigeria, following the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to approve WorldRemit and ten other international money transfer operators (IMTOs). At the beginning of August 2016, hundreds of IMTOs suspended their operations, leaving the Nigerian diaspora to rely on just