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Global mobile wallet users to total 2.1 billion in 2019
Nearly 2.1 billion consumers worldwide will use a mobile wallet to make a payment or send money in 2019, up nearly 30% from 1.6 billion...
Kenyan mobile money volume hit $16 billion
Mobile money continues to grow strongly as Kenyans transacted Ksh1.7 trillion ($16.4 billion) over their phones in the quarter through September 2017, a 54.5%...
Kenya: How agency and mobile banking took over country
Ever since M-Pesa and mobile banking was launched in Kenya 10 years ago, there has not been any other innovation that has come close...
M-Pesa continues dominant position in Kenyan mobile money market
Despite increased competition, M-Pesa is maintaining a large lead the Kenyan market, according to official statistics.Over KES1 trillion ($10 billion) of mobile money deposits...
Kenyan banks get backing to launch M-Pesa competitor network
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given six banks the go ahead to launch a mobile money transfer platform to compete directly with...
Visa mobile money service to compete with M-Pesa
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...
M-Pesa: The good and the bad news
The amount of money that Kenyans transact daily through M-Pesa is half of what it cost to construct the Thika Superhighway, latest figures from...
Vodafone M-Pesa reaches 25 million customers milestone
Vodafone M-Pesa has more than 25 million active customers, marking another year of accelerated growth for the innovative mobile money transfer service.
Across markets in...
Vodacom reviewing poor M-Pesa business
Mobile network Vodacom South Africa is considering various options for its sluggish mobile money transfer service M-Pesa.
M-Pesa enables customers - particularly unbanked users...
M-Pesa revenues surge
Safaricom has reported a 24% jump in M-Pesa revenues to KES19.4 billion ($190 million) in H1 2015, as its active user base reached 15.7...
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Payment industry history with first AES DUKPT key management implementation
Verifone says it has implemented AES DUKPT with its end-to-end encryption solution, VeriShield Total Protect, its Engage family of payment devices, and Carbon 8 & 10.
Co-designed by Verifone, AES DUKPT...
