Mobile Finance

Ericsson has partnered mobile financial services company Trriple to provide mobile wallet services for consumers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well its banking and smart city sectors.

Leading Indian operator Bharti Airtel is to redesign its online recharge and payments interface, integrating mobile wallets and allowing customers to pay for online recharges through a unified online interface.

Vodafone today announced that its mobile money service M-Pesa has surpassed 25 million subscribers worldwide.

Middle Eastern payment provider Payfort has launched the SADAD Payment System on its next generation payment gateway, FORT.

Orange and Ecobank have launched a bank-to-wallet money transfer service linked to Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry and Niger.

Nomanini has integrated with M-Pesa in Mozambique to allow merchants to use mobile money agents as a means of topping up their virtual vending accounts on Nomanini terminals.

Emerging markets operator Millicom has announced a partnership with mobile money firm TransferTo.

Asiacell has launched Iraq’s first mobile money service, branded as AsiaHawala.

Vodacom’s M-Pesa has joined Tigo, Zantel and Airtel’s interoperable network in Tanzania.

Mobile money hub TransferTo has signed a framework agreement with Vodafone to enable real-time international money transfers to M-Pesa mobile money accounts worldwide.

Peru’s National Bank Association ASBANC has launched its next-generation mobile wallet service, known as “Bim”, in partnership with Ericsson.

Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania has announced its seventh quarterly payment in a row of US$ 2.1 million to its 4.6 million Tigo Pesa users.

International communications provider Ooredoo has announced the launch of its mobile money service, AsiaHawala, in Iraq, claiming to be the first mobile money provider to launch in the country.

A legal suit brought by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) against the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licence awarded to Equity Bank in 2014 has been dismissed.

ABnote and MeaWallet have expanded their strategic partnership to cover Mexico, Central America and South America.

MoneyGram has extended its Nigerian remittance service to customers in several European markets.

Ooredoo has selected GoSwiff as its partner for the implementation of its international mPOS (mobile point of sale) platform.

International online money transfer service Continental Money is partnering with global remittance hub TransferTo to offer international mobile top-up to its customers.

MFS Africa has announced a group framework agreement with Vodafone, expanding the partnership between the multinational mobile operator and the pan-African Fintech firm globally.

Online money transfer service WorldRemit has launched instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda.

Vietnamese market leader Viettel has partnered with mobile payments firm Fortumo to provide direct carrier billing to the operator’s subscribers.

Money transfer service provider MoneyGram has launched a new service in partnership with Zimbabwean market leader Econet Wireless.

Apple has reportedly registered an entity in the Shanghai pilot free-trade zone, which could allow it to offer Apple Pay services.

Orange is launching Africa's first mobile crowdfunding platform in Côte d'Ivoire, called Orange Collecte.

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has announced it has introduced charges to banks for transferring funds from accounts of third-party M-Pesa wallets.

Kenyan bank KCB Group and the country’s second largest mobile operator Airtel have signed a strategic partnership enabling Airtel customers to walk into KCB outlets in order to deposit or withdraw money from Airtel Money wallets.

Annual purchases made via mobiles, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion globally by 2018, fuelled by an increase in "commuter commerce", according to new data by Juniper Research.