MTN South Africa, the country’s second largest mobile network operator, has launched a fresh high-profile attempt to break into the fast-growing mobile financial services market. Mobile operators in South Africa have long battled to find their feet in the mobile financial services market. Can MTN’s Mobile Money buck the trend? The network has partnered with [...]
Digicel to Expand Mobile Banking Across the Caribbean
July 21, 2012 | Posted by
Bermuda—Already the fastest growing telecommunications major in the Caribbean, Digicel has recently entered into a financing deal that could see it well positioned to expand mobile banking technology across this region. In an announcement released by the Silicon Valley based M-Via, a mobile banking firm which touts itself as the company that revolutionised how immigrant [...]
How Kenya Became the World’s Market Leader in Mobile Money
July 18, 2012 | Posted by
What if anyone owning a cell-phone, whether rich or poor, also had access to financial services with the ability to save and send money safely, no matter where they are located? This is not science fiction; in fact it is already happening in Kenya, which has become the world’s market leader in mobile money. Today, [...]
