Mobile Remittance

Safaricom's M-Pesa platform may soon be open for use by other mobile payment services providers if new regulations published by the Central Bank of Kenya are placed into effect. The new regulation could end...

Visa will introduced a mobile money service to enable cashless transactions in Kenya, where the majority of wireless payments are transacted through Safaricoms M-Pesa. The mVisa app will initially facilitate transactions for people with accounts...

Safaricom has taken rival telecommunications company Airtel to court on claims that it is infringing on its M-Pesa trademark by including its symbols on its advertising billboards. Safaricom has filed pictures in court that it claims...

Mobile Payments World interviews Stephen Doyle, CEO of Homesend to discuss what going on in the remittance market.

Gemalto and NetOne, a network operator in Zimbabwe, are deploying Gemalto's LinqUs solution for Mobile Money Transfer, which comprises of the server, user application, as well as system integration services. The offer, being marketed as...

  TransferWise has extended its offering by launching a new service that takes it into the realms of looking more like a bank. For the first time, TransferWise will hold money on deposit for its customers and provide them with...

Around two billion people worldwide do not use formal financial services and around half the adults in the poorest households are unbanked, according to the World Bank. When financial inclusion is a key enabler...

Bharti Airtel used Q1 numbers to highlight how its African subscribers have taken to mobile money with enthusiasm. “Telecoms are back to growth in Africa, this time spearheaded by internet and mobile money. Airtel has...

New MNO wallet-to-wallet international remittance services have launched over the past few months. Until recently in the mobile money industry we have seen a number of MNOs partnering with traditional MTOs (money transfer operators)...

MasterCard, eServGlobal and BICS have announced the formation of HomeSend remittance, a joint venture (JV) which will enable consumers to send money to and from mobile money accounts, payment cards, bank accounts or cash outlets...