Everyone says their fintech will change lives. This one did. One of the world's most influential and important fintechs has just passed another milestone. Africa's first mobile payment service, M-Pesa ...

Telecommunications giant Safaricom has introduced direct PayPal withdrawals through its M-PESA application — an update aimed at simplifying how Kenyans paid by global clients can access their funds.

Visa and Safaricom launch a virtual card to let M-Pesa users transact over Visa's network. Digital payments are quickly replacing cash in Africa—making the region an attractive destination for digital ...

The country's successful mobile banking and payments initiative, M-Pesa, turns 10, while the rest of the world plays catch-up. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is ...

"All M-Pesa services are now available. We apologise for any inconveniences caused, and thank you for your patience as we worked to restore them," the firm said. This followed hours of inactivity on ...

Felix Rop HOD Financial Services IT Safaricom Plc during a media immersion the evolution of M-PESA.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard] Safaricom has announced a major upgrade of its M-Pesa platform, ...

M-Pesa, the mobile phone-based African money transfer service owned by Kenya's Safaricom Plc, and Visa Inc launched a virtual payment card on Thursday in a bid to capture some of the continent's $40 ...

Vodacom is South Africa’s largest mobile network operator. In addition to South Africa, it has a presence in Lesotho, Mozambique, DRC and Tanzania. The company’s primary listing is on the Johannesburg ...

Consumer choices of goods and services will be embedded into the M-Pesa app in the new product, Lopokoiyit says. The offer, planned within the next 12 months, will probably be launched first in Kenya ...

An M-Pesa stall in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA It started as a development project in Kenya designed to help poor rural entrepreneurs without bank accounts. Now M-Pesa, a phone-based money ...