On The Web

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Providers

T-Mobile Enters the Merchant Services Fray With a Branded Reader And TSYS Processing

March 26 2019

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“T-Mobile explicitly says it is targeting Square Inc. and Clover , a point-of-sale service from First Data Corp. Of the three, GoPoint’s per-transaction fee of 2.75% is the highest, but it charges nothing extra for same-day funding, while Square has a 1% fee for that and Clover does not offer the feature. Square’s software-licensing fees […]

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Providers

T-Mobile Just Launched Its Own Checking Account Service

April 18 2019

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“To be clear: T-Mobile isn’t running its own bank. Rather, it’s a T-Mobile-operated face for a digital bank called BankMobile, which is a part of Customers Bank. It’s sort of like an MNVO, but instead of, say, a startup using existing cell service from a larger carrier to offer its own service, its’ T-Mobile using […]

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Domains

Carriers Complete Cross-border Blockchain Mobile Payment

February 26 2020

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• Cross-border payments
• Mobile Networks (MNO)

““Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom Co and a US-based carrier jointly completed proof-of-business (POB) mobile payment transactions enabled by the Cross-Carrier Payment System (CCPS) platform, a cross-carrier blockchain payment network developed by TBCASoft,” the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) Consortium says.”

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Companies

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

April 30 2020

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• Mobile Money
• Mobile Networks (MNO)
• Visa

“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 […]

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Providers

T-Mobile launches mobile banking solution T-Mobile Money, available now on Android and iOS

November 29 2018

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• Mobile Banking
• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“The service, which is currently in an early pilot program, works just like a traditional bank, because it is backed by BankMobile, a division of Customers Bank. This allows the otherwise online-only bank to have an ATM presence via Allpoint ATMs. T-Mobile Money also prides itself on its lack of fees, including account fees, overdraft […]

On The Wires

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Introducing GoPoint: T-Mobile Expands Into Mobile Payments to Solve More Business Pain Points

March 26 2019

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“Small businesses shouldn’t have to pay to get paid. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the Un-carrier is solving more pain points for businesses, this time freeing them from the extra fees other mPOS providers charge. T-Mobile is putting Square and Clover on notice With GoPoint by T-Mobile for Business, a new mobile Point of Sale […]

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Providers

T-Mobile MONEY Introduces No-Fee, Interest-Earning, Mobile-First Checking Account

April 18 2019

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“It’s a no-fee, interest-earning, mobile-first checking account that anyone can open and manage right from their smartphone. With T-Mobile MONEY, eligible Un-carrier customers can earn an industry-leading 4.00% Annual Percentage Yield (APY)* on balances up to $3,000 – 50 times higher than the average U.S. checking account1 – and 1.00 APY% on every dollar over that! […]

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Providers

Financial Inclusion: a Step Forward With Orange Bank Africa

July 24 2020

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“From mobile money to mobile banking, Orange takes the next step in West Africa. Twelve years after the launch of the Orange Money transfer and payment service, we’re now opening the 100% mobile Orange Bank Africa, led by Jean-Louis Menann-Kouame, in Côte d’Ivoire. Patrick Roussel, Executive VP MEA Mobile Financial Services, tells us more about […]

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Global

Airtel Africa partners with Mukuru to facilitate cross-border money transfers within Africa

July 31 2020

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• Mobile Networks (MNO)

“Airtel Africa plc [Airtel Africa], a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries across sub-Saharan Africa and Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance organisations, announced a partnership which will enable Mukuru customers to instantly send cross-border transfers directly to Airtel Money customer wallets in 12 African countries.”