- October 24, 2022
As part of the ongoing separation of Airtel Africa’s mobile money business from the parent telecommunications company, Airtel Kenya’s division has become the latest to spin off its mobile money ...
- August 21, 2022
Internet access is the foundation of any digital economy. Without it, there can be no digital transformation, which explains why expanding coverage has been a central pillar of national digitization ...
- July 15, 2022
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.
The move comes in ...
- March 7, 2022
Today in the connected economy, DoorDash adds office supplies to its delivery option through a partnership with Office Depot.
Also: credit processor Zeta inks a global partnership with Mastercard, mobile wallet ...
- November 30, 2021
The long-anticipated wait is over.
Until November, Nigeria did not operate a telecommunications (telco) company-led mobile money model, opting instead for a bank-led model that allowed only banks or licensed corporate ...
- July 30, 2021
Telecoms operator Airtel Africa notched a $200 million investment for its Airtel Mobile Commerce unit from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), MarketWatch and other news outlets reported on Friday (July 30).
Airtel ...
- April 1, 2021
The mobile payments surge is global in scope, touching all regions and countries. That’s especially apparent in Africa, where as reported Thursday (April 1), Airtel Africa is getting a $100 million investment ...
- January 13, 2021
In today’s top payments news around the world, Globe Fintech Innovations has landed $175 million in additional venture funding, while Airtel has teamed with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video ...
- January 13, 2021
Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider, has teamed up with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video entertainment platform.
Prime Video Mobile Edition is a single-user subscription service. India is the first ...
- July 13, 2017
Over the last 18 months, India has moved full-speed ahead from a nearly entirely cash-based society to one with ambitions of being totally cashless. The most public — and most famous ...
- January 13, 2017
Airtel, the largest telecom provider in India, announced Thursday (Jan. 12) the national launch of a mobile payments bank, which, according to a report, is India’s first one.
According to the ...
- August 24, 2015
In the latest development that signals a continued push into India, Uber has linked up with Bharti Airtel in a deal that will let customers in India pay for rides ...
- March 17, 2015
A new partnership between Orange Money and Airtel Money will allow customers in the West Africa region of Burkina Faso to send and receive funds for the first time ever ...
- February 2, 2015
In an attempt to leverage the untapped potential of Indian banking market, Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel has announced plans to apply for a payment-banking license.
The license, which is being ...
