mobile money

Visa, MFS Africa Team To Take Mobile Wallets Cross-Border

Visa, MFS Africa Team To Take Mobile Wallets Cross-Border
Visa, MFS Africa Team To Take Mobile Wallets Cross-Border
December 11, 2019  |  VISA

Since the rise of M-Pesa in 2007, mobile money wallets have become prevalent across Africa. And while that addition to the market has made many...

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Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe Clamps Down On Mobile Money Services 
Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe Clamps Down On Mobile Money Services 
September 30, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Zimbabwe, in an attempt to control the spiraling inflation problem with its currency, is restricting mobile money and tightening controls for foreign exchange outfits. It is...

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Vietnam May Promote Non-Cash Payments With Sandbox
Vietnam May Promote Non-Cash Payments With Sandbox
May 24, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

In an effort to bolster non-cash payments in Vietnam, the country’s government is endeavoring to make a mobile money sandbox for companies in the telecom...

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ATMs For Medicine? That’s One Way Pharmacies Are Going Digital
ATMs For Medicine? That’s One Way Pharmacies Are Going Digital
March 04, 2019  |  Healthcare

Pharmacies and the delivery of prescription medication are both undergoing significant change, and much of the credit for that can be directly or indirectly attributed...

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Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier
Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier
January 14, 2019  |  eCommerce

Africa is home to 54 countries and hundreds of millions of smartphone users — young, tech-savvy and ready to embrace digital payments and banking. Emergent’s Saqib...

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Khalti Digital Wallet Teams With Cinemas; Trinity Technology Receives Mobile Money License
Khalti Digital Wallet Teams With Cinemas; Trinity Technology Receives Mobile Money License
December 03, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Khalti Digital Wallet’s collaboration with cinemas in Nepal. In addition, Trinity...

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Fortumo Rolls Out Direct Carrier Billing In Sweden; MySQUAR Launches Remittance Service
Fortumo Rolls Out Direct Carrier Billing In Sweden; MySQUAR Launches Remittance Service
August 16, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Fortumo’s rollout of direct carrier billing in Sweden. In...

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Sub-Saharan Africa Driving Mobile Money Market
Sub-Saharan Africa Driving Mobile Money Market
July 13, 2017  |  Cross-border Payments

More than half the world’s mobile money deployments are coming from a perhaps unexpected source: Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in a way, that balance makes sense....

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