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Systems

Cash May Not Be King, but It’s Still Royalty

January 31 2020

“Yet digital’s gain isn’t necessarily coming at the expense of cash. The overall pie still appears to be growing. Only two countries, Russia and Sweden, had a net substitution of cards for cash from 2007 to 2016, with cash in circulation shrinking as card payments grew, according to the Bank for International Settlements. In other […]

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Systems

Mobile Money Comes to Nigeria

May 10 2019

“In the past decade a mobile-money revolution has swept through much of Africa, enabling the unbanked to make transfers, pay bills and save. Half of the world’s 866m mobile-money accounts are in Africa, not counting services which need users to belong to a bank. But not many are in Nigeria, its largest economy and most […]
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Systems

GCash Breaches 50k QR Merchant Mark

May 7 2019

“GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), continuously sets up as many QR-enabled merchants as possible, because it believes that the future of mobile digital payments lies on innovative technologies. “QR payments provide security and convenience to both merchants and their customers,” said JM Aujero, vice president for Merchant Solutions. Our thrust as a […]
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Global

Nigeria Is Finally Turning to Telcos to Drive Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Money

October 10 2019

“The regulatory caution and conservatism often blamed for holding Nigeria back finally looks set to change with the central bank reversing a longstanding stance on declining to issue mobile money licenses to telecoms operators. In the wake of the central bank’s change in tack, MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecoms operator, with more than 60 million customers, […]
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Systems

The Role of Cash In/Cash Out in Digital Financial Inclusion

October 23 2019

“There’s a common assumption in the financial inclusion community that the best way to dethrone cash in emerging markets is to devise more use cases for digital financial services (DFS) that are so compelling that customers will prefer them over cash. While there is evidence that customer-centric products lead to DFS uptake and customer retention, […]
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Global

Namibia Operator Tipped for Mobile Money Move

February 10 2020

“Namibia’s largest operator by connections, MTC, revealed it was at an advanced stage of developing a mobile money service, Windhoek Observer reported, with the proposition set to challenge in the country’s bank-led sector.”
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Global

Opera’s OPay still plans Africa expansion on Nigerian super app

May 15 2020

“Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay remains committed to building a multi-service super app in Nigeria as the foundation to expand on the continent. OPay also continues to operate ORide for limited passenger service — though the company is shifting the motorcycle ride-hail operation toward logistics businesses. Opera launched the OPay mobile money platform in Lagos […]
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Companies

Visa Gives Kenya’s Safaricom ‘Missing Link’ for Global Payments

April 30 2020

“Visa and Safaricom have agreed a deal which will connect the Kenyan telecom operator’s M-Pesa financial services platform with Visa’s global network of merchants and cards. Under the deal, which requires regulatory approval, announced on Thursday by both companies, M-Pesa’s 24 million users and 173,000 local merchants will be linked to Visa’s 61 million merchants and […]