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O-CITY Enters Kenya to Drive Contactless Payments Across Matatu Bus Service
Up to 10,000 buses to become cashless with O-CITY's M-Pesa-based ticketing solution.
Indians’ Access to Mobile Money Jumps 17-Fold in Four Years: IMF
IMF’s financial access survey for 2020 said the number of registered mobile money accounts per thousand adults jumped from 73 in 2015 to 1,265 in 2019.
Digitalizing the Route of Remittances Will Help Africa’s Recovery
Within the continent’s gloomy pandemic narrative, the formidable resilience of remittance flows into African markets is a shining light.
How Middle Eastern Merchants Can Keep Up With Pandemic-Driven Privacy, Payment Shifts
The region’s financial institutions and merchants have needed to work swiftly to support unprecedented levels of digital payments.
ACI Worldwide Announces 2020 Innovation Award Winners, Recognizing Global Digital Payments Innovation
ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, announced the winners of the 2020 ACI Innovation Awards.
COVID-19 Drives African States Into Cashless Societies
According to a recent GSMA report, Sub-Saharan Africa is the enduring epicenter of mobile money, adding over 50 million registered accounts in 2019.
COVID-19 Crisis Lifts Kenya's Mobile Money Usage to $4.2 Billion a Month
The huge surge is attributed to a government measure instituted to curb COVID-19 spread by encouraging the use of mobile money payments.
ADB Loan To Boost Financial Inclusion in the Philippines
"COVID-19 has underscored how important digital systems and contactless transactions are for economic resilience."
How Credit Unions Are Putting Digital To Work for Their Members
Digital accelerated to the forefront amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s become clear as governments lift stay-at-home orders that it’s now many consumers' preferred way of getting things done.
Airtel and MoneyGram Partner To Enhance Money Transfer in Africa
The partnership enables Airtel Money’s 19 million customers to receive MoneyGram transfers directly into their mobile wallets from around the world.