Kenya has been at the forefront of Africa’s mobile money revolution ever since Safaricom launched the continent’s first mobile money platform M-Pesa, but Ethiopia has lagged behind its neighbor and other countries in the region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Home to a string of popular FinTech unicorns and pan-African payment giants like Flutterwave, Interswitch and OPay, Nigeria’s tech startups often steal the headlines. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
African money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted bill pay interoperability that lets Airtel and Telkom customers make mobile money payments directly into Safaricom’s M-PESA Pay Bill Numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
After years of sustained growth, the mobile money sector in Africa is changing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
In June, Ghana’s central bank launched GhanaPay, a mobile money wallet for savings and loans companies and banks, including rural and community banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Splitit is partnering with contactless pay and customer engagement solutions firm Everyware in order to add Splitit’s Installments-as-a-Service platform to Everyware’s Pay By Text platform, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS Thursday (June 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
“M-Pesa is a barometer of what’s happening in the [Kenyan] economy and how customers are behaving.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
When a car is in the shop, customers and service advisors alike benefit when they have access to instant communication and fast payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Imagine a fashion influencer with millions of YouTube subscribers who is trying to monetize her online content and at the same time purchase a Spotify subscription to download the latest hit Rihanna song. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
