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
Over 7 million M-Pesa customers in Tanzania and over 18 million Safaricom customers in Kenya can now send and receive money from each other. This revolutionary service allows for mobile wallet to wallet transfers between the two largest telecom operators in East Africa. Now, customers can transfer funds across the border at the same rate
Small World FS announced the launch of a new service for the Sri Lankan community through a partnership with Nations Trust Bank Plc , enabling Sri Lankans worldwide to send money back home instantly. Nations Trust Bank is one of the fastest growing banks in Sri Lanka today, operating 90 branches and an ATM network
Azimo, the online money transfer service, has announced that customers can now send money to Thailand, direct to a personal or business bank account. According to the World Bank, in 2012, over $4bn was sent to Thailand from abroad and the new service is likely to prove popular, both with Thais living out of the
Azimo, the online money transfer service, announced that customers across Europe can now send money to recipients in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo in West African CFA francs for instant cash pick-up. Michael Kent, CEO of Azimo, explains that: “Together these 8 countries have a combined population of over
Azimo, the digital money transfer service, announced that customers can now send money to the Philippines for instant cash pick-up at over 5,000 locations as new research showed that more and more customers are opting to receive cash over bank transfers. According to The World Bank, The Philippines is the fourth largest recipient of official
SimplePay users can now send money instantly to any PocketMoni account by logging into their SimplePay account. This is as a result of the company’s partnership with mobile banking and payments services eTranzact. In a statement, SimplePay said it has simplified the lives of thousands of connected Nigerians by eliminating physical cash from financial transactions.
Telecoms company MTN launched mobile money cross-border remittance service between Ivory Coast and Benin. It said the service will further enable cheaper and easy movement of money in the West Africa region. “The launch of this new corridor is an important part of our mobile financial services strategy. The new service will take advantage of
Ericsson announced that Tigo Senegal has launched Tigo Cash service based on the Ericsson Wallet Platform Solution. The rollout brings simple, mobile financial services to Tigo Senegal’s subscribers throughout West Africa, including those who do not have access to traditional banking services. Ericsson Wallet Platform supports the launch of services that makes sending money as
Azimo, the online money transfer service, announced that customers across Europe can now send money instantly to the mobile “eWallets” of M-PESA’s 19 million subscribers in Kenya. Kenya boasts one of the highest global rates of mobile banking, with around 60% of all Kenyans sending or receiving money via their smartphone. Between January and February
