Digital money transfer provider SimbaPay is launching an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which makes International Money Transfer possible with a single SMS.
Payment technology and transaction processing firm Financial Software Systems (FSS) has formed a strategic partnership with systems integrator Just In Time Group (JIT) to expand its market footprint in Sri Lanka.
Standard Bank Group has acted as exclusive financial adviser to M-BIRR which recently completed a successful equity raise of €8m ($9.8m).
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) launched its joint ‘Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation’ (M4H) programme at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
Ooredoo Algeria has extended its contract with digital transactions firm eServGlobal for a further three years.
Sri Lanka’s Cargills Bank has partnered with TransferTo, a cross-border mobile payments network for emerging markets, to enhance and strengthen its remittance services offered by the bank.
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that WhatsApp is currently conducting beta tests for money transfer service that it aims to launch as a “full feature product”.
Paytm bridges digital & financial inclusion to strengthen India’s Fintech economy and make transactions seamless.
Juvo partners with mobile operators to establish a financial identity and provide access to financial services for unbanked prepaid mobile users around the world.
Huawei has entered into an agreement with UnionPay to expand its Huawei Pay service beyond China for the first time.
MTN has declared its intent to treble its mobile money subscribers in Africa across the next four years, with the ambition of becoming the continent’s largest financial institution.
Bango has launched operator-billed payments for Google Play users with 9mobile in Nigeria.
TerraPay and Wari have signed a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen the remittances ecosystem in 35 key African markets.
Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers.
Panama-headquartered fintech firm Geva Group has selected Mahindra Comviva as its technology partner for MFS business.
Google is the latest company looking to enter India’s attractive mobile payments sector.
Globe Telecom's mobile commerce subsidiary G-Xchange has partnered with EMQ to expand the latter’s reach in the Philippines through GCash, offering overseas workers greater flexibility and convenience.
TerraPay has obtained an approval from Bank of Uganda to facilitate International money transfers to mobile wallets in the country.
The size of Apple Pay's share in the mobile payments market in China will depend on how well Apple Pay fits the needs of the local market and how substantial an investment Apple and its partners are prepared to make.
Visa CEO Alfred Kelly has affirmed the company’s goal to claim a “fair share” of India’s incipient cashless payment market by offering low cost, low hassle solutions to merchants.
WorldRemit and Huawei have announced a partnership to make WorldRemit’s international money transfer service available to all partners of Huawei’s mobile money service platform across Africa.
Wirecard and VEON have signed a global payments and processing agreement that will benefit hundreds of millions of mobile users across the world.
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering its users a new way to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts.
Safaricom is considering an extension of its successful M-Pesa mobile banking service into more African markets, including Nigeria and Angola.
Contactless mobile money payments provider Youtap has partnered with MatchMove to provide its customers in Africa and Asia with an off-the-shelf open-loop payment acceptance solution for closed-loop wallets.
