Mobile Remittance

Western Union and WIND, one of the largest mobile operators in Italy and the EU, have joined forces to offer consumers even more from their mobile phones. Thanks to the agreement, WIND's 21 million subscribers...

Western Union and Vodacom Tanzania have launched a cross-border mobile money transfer service. With the launch of this service, friends and family members can visit one of more than 108,000 participating Western Union Agent locations...

MTN Ghana has connected 9 banks with their network and is looking for more growth. MTN is currently using Fundamo platform for all of its expansion in the region, although fundamo has capability to support...

New research from remittance specialist Azimo, demonstrates that the percentage of money transfers sent from mobile phones has more than doubled in the 12 months to January 2015. Azimo’s research found that almost one in 10 people...

Vodafone India along with ICICI bank launched its mobile money transfer and payment service ‘M-Pesa’ in Delhi, expanding the footprint in the Capital. The company plans to roll-out the service in Mumbai and Lucknow in...

Kenyans will nowy be able to send and receive money to the UK through Safaricom's M-pesa in the company's first commercial cross-border transfer service whose details will be announced later this week. The move opens...

WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering a new way for WorldRemit’s Android Pay users to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts. Launching the global rollout of the mobile-first approach to...

Despite concerted calls by banks for Econet Wireless mobile money service, EcoCash, to be regulated and ensure it does not eat into the conventional banking market, the giant mobile network provider has announced huge...

Safaricom has introduced new charges for the transfer of funds from customers’ bank accounts to third-party M-Pesa wallets - sealing a loophole that lenders have been using to by-pass Safaricom when sending money. The telco said the Central Bank...

MTN Uganda has been forced to call a press conference, with high-ranking executives from both MTN and Stanbic. Stanbic bank’s Managing Director, Patrick Mweheire, opened by explaining that the briefing was being held at Stanbic to show more significance...