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Econet’s Mobile Money Shopping Service Goes Live in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean subscribers on Econet Wireless' mobile money platform, EcoCash, will now be able to buy and send groceries to their friends and relatives under a partnership with grocery manufacturer and wholeseller, National Foods.
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Zimbabwe: Sex Workers Switch to Mobile Payment Systems
Sex workers in Harare are now demanding that clients pay for services through mobile platforms to avoid being duped with most now moving around with at least two mobile phones to facilitate transactions.
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Facebook Money Transfer Service Expected to Benefit African Users
Digital finance experts in Kenya say African users will increasingly benefit from the introduction of a money transfer service onto Facebook's instant messaging platform.
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Facebook Launches P2P Payments, Denies ‘Building Payments Business’
Without a doubt, mobile payment is hot topic these days. Google, Facebook, Apple, Samsung, are only a few that have stepped into the mobile payment battle, determined to create the next killer mobile wallet and payment system.
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3 Reasons India May Be The Next Digital Finance Hotspot: Mondato explores the potential of a rapidly shifting market
Finding the right incentives for merchants to accept digital and mobile payments is a task that many have attempted and few have achieved. But according to Mondato, after flying under the mobile finance radar for a long time, India could be the country that does it. Chris Connolly highlights three ingredients that could make India the next digital finance hotspot.
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Orange, Airtel Join Forces to Enable International Money Transfers in West Africa
Customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire can now use their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa.
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India’s Top Mobile Wallet App Adds Support for Payments to Bank Accounts
Paytm, a India-based mobile payments service operated by (now) Alibaba-backed One97, has introduced a big new feature that lets 25 million users transfer money to bank accounts.
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Zebpay Launches Bitcoin Mobile Wallet in India
Tech firm Zebpay on March 11 announced launch of its 'bitcoin' mobile wallet in the country. The wallet, which is in form of a mobile application, will help its user buy, sell and transact in bitcoins, which is presently valued at around USD 280 per unit at present.
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