Leading non profit organisation Grameen Foundation, Germany’s KfW and NGO Care have each purchased 25 percent of Musoni Kenya, which provides the country’s poor with microfinance loans exclusively via mobile phone. Read more...
rench vendor Gemalto could double the size of its NFC business thanks to a growth in demand for making payments using either mobile phones or bank cards, according to an interview on Bloomberg with the company’s CEO Olivier Piou. Read more...
Afghanistan mobile operator Roshan has launched a service that enables its mobile money subscribers to receive payments from abroad. The service is possible through a link-up with Western Union that was first announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Read more...
MasterCard and US vendor C-Sam are to jointly offer a NFC-based mobile wallet service aimed at mobile operators, retail banks and payment providers. Read more...
A wide range of partners, attractive handsets, simplified adoption and a flexible regulatory regime all contribute to the take-up of NFC-based services, according to the participants in a Mobile Money Live webinar. Read more...
Swedish firm iZettle has launched a beta in the UK of its dongle that enables small businesses to process card payments using an iPhone or iPad. Users wanting to participate in the company’s invite-only trial must download its app and request one of 3,000 dongles the company is making available in the UK. Read more...