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Africa Trumps World Giants in Payment Tech
Africa is ahead of the US in terms of the rate of payments innovation, while Europe is lagging way behind.
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Safaricom to Open M-Pesa APIs, Completes Data Center Migration From Germany to Kenya
After two years of intercontinental conference calls, eight test runs and countless hours put in by 320 consultants, Safaricom has successfully migrated its mobile money platform to its data center in Kenya and is expecting to provide better services.
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Mobile Payments: The Company Driving the Greatest Innovation Today (Hint: It’s Not Apple)
Every week the technology world holds its breath with anticipation as the latest tech giants make new strides into the mobile payments sector.
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Rwanda Launches Cross-Border Mobile Money Remittance Service
MTN Rwanda, one of Rwanda’s leading mobile network operators, Sunday announced the launch of a pioneering cross-border Mobile Money remittance service between Rwanda and Kenya.
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Somalia’s Premier Bank to bring ATMs, debit cards to Mogadishu
Somalia's Premier Bank has struck a deal with Mastercard and will issue debit cards and install ATM machines in the capital of the war-ravaged country, the Islamic lender's top executive said on Wednesday.
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Nepal commits to modernize economy through digital payments
Nepal recently announced an ambitious commitment to modernize its economy through digital payments, which include joining the Better Than Cash Alliance to foster inclusive growth and transparency.
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In China, Alipay Wallet follows WeChat with launch of mobile city service payments
China’s tech giants are working hard to make sure that consumers use their phones to pay for things. Today Alipay Wallet, the Alibaba-affiliated mobile wallet, announced it now enables Chinese users to fulfill municipal fees in 12 cities.
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The Year of Mobile Payments
Ask most people what the state of mobile payments is today, and they’ll tell you it’s just kicking off. With Facebook announcing the option to send money to friends via Messenger and the release of Apple Pay last year, 2015 has excitedly been dubbed “The Year of Mobile Payments.” Yet what most people don’t realise is that these services are already lagging 10 years behind.
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