Unemployment had been with us for years and when in 2009 telecommunication giant, MTN introduced
Mobile Money services it was welcomed and hailed by many and the reason was obvious; it was an opportunity to take advantage of rising unemployment situation, growing number of the unbanked population and massive progress in ICT or telecommunications.
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This mobile money service is aimed at reducing bulk money transactions which attracts armed robbers and unnecessary spending.
Not exact matches
CNBC's «Mad
Money» host Jim Cramer calls him «a heroic figure in a landscape filled with people who
are just part of a bland army,» while T -
Mobile Executive Vice President of corporate
services Dave Carey told «The Brave Ones»: «He can
be charming on one hand and a raucous Las Vegas night club act on the other.»
«Saving
money was unknown in Haiti before TchoTcho,» says David Sharpe, general manager of Digicel's
mobile - wallet
service, based in Port - au - Prince.
This focus on serving unbanked communities may also shed light on a deal announced today between PayPal and
M - Pesa, a
mobile money service based in Kenya.
«We
are seeing increased competition from, and increased market acceptance of, electronic,
mobile, and Internet - based
money transfer
services,» the company told investors.
«All users have to do to pay a bill, purchase a good or
service, or transfer
money is reach in their pocket,» says Rodrigo Teijeiro, CEO and Founder of RecargaPay, a
mobile payments platform.
These offerings include, but
are not limited to, in - store
mobile payment capabilities; a
service that allows customers to top up their Amazon account balances with cash at select brick - and - mortar stores; and the opportunity to earn cash back when loading
money to account balances.
Mobile Express
is Walmart's growing brand of app - based
services, which include the Mobile Express Money Services and forthcoming Mobile Express P
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Mobile Express
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Mobile Express Pharmacy.
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Mobile messaging company Snapchat
is launching a new
service that lets users send
money to each other, in a partnership with online payments company Square.
If users pay for
services using their phones and a local
mobile money platform, the data on the payment
is routed through a third party (the
mobile platform operator).
In 2007, Vodafone, Safaricom and Vodacom launched
M - Pesa, a
mobile phone - based
money transfer, financing, and microfinancing
service that transformed the Kenyan economy within a decade.
Kenya has experienced an e-commerce boom, buoyed in part by ubiquitous
mobile penetration that currently stands at over 90 %, increased smartphone use, and a
mobile - first strategy that allows customers to pay for goods and
services online through
mobile money services like
M - Pesa.
The company
is collaborating on a new
service to enable Kenyan customers seamlessly transfer
money between PayPal and Safaricom's
M - Pesa
mobile wallets.
The IDC Study features ten emerging companies that
are innovating and excelling with a variety of
mobile and wireless technology solutions including:
mobile marketing, couponing, analytics, smart grid enablement, TV and video on demand — even for traditional phones,
mobile money services,
mobile enterprise Apps and product life - cycle management.
This discussion will look at how candidates and interest groups in in the U.S.
are using Facebook advertising, Twitter, Google Ads,
mobile phones, location - based
services and older technologies like email and blogs to raise
money, mobilize support and get voters to the polls in an important election year, with an emphasis on practical results and the implications for future political campaigns around the world.
Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has predicted that fortunes of the local economy could
be transformed completely if the potential of
mobile money is fully exploited and the large informal sector that relies on the
service is roped into the formal economy.
He said with the growing MTN
Mobile Money quality
services and products, Ghana's telecommunication giant
was contributing significantly to ensuring a sustainable cashless Ghanaian society to help improve lives.
The launch of
mobile money payment interoperability system
is expected to largely eliminate the difficulties associated with traditional banking
services, such as the difficulty in opening bank accounts, the high costs associated with maintaining a bank account relative to customers» income levels, the need to have basic literacy, administration and record keeping abilities and English - language capacity to operate a bank account, and the sheer intimidating nature of banking halls.
From the above, the emergence of
mobile money services has
been of immense blessing to the nation.
Business News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Nashiru Issahaku It
is completely false, claims that the former NDC administration intended to invest a whopping GHC4.6 billion of public funds into the
Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI)
service during the party's term in office, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Nashiru Issahaku has said.
The MMI
service that allows direct and seamless transfer of funds from one
mobile money wallet to another across networks
was launched by Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Friday May 11,...
In a country where close to 80 percent of the population
are unbanked,
Mobile Money service, popularly referred to as MoMo transformed the banking industry while promoting financial inclusion using proximity and access in a convenient way.
In terms of employment, the
mobile money service alone has created jobs for 194,000 vendors nationwide, a significant growth from the 136,000 figures the previous year and that
is direct jobs alone.
Following such incessant attacks, the
mobile money vendors association appealed to the Ghana Police
Service for protection as citizens to enable them go about their business in tranquillity and that call
was legitimate because these fear - gripped persons
are citizens of the state and they
are naturally or constitutionally entitled to such protection.
By 2015, more than 270
mobile -
money services were operating in 93 countries, with an estimated 411 million accounts.
Moving forward, Suri and Jack now aim to conduct similar research on the impact of
mobile -
money services on poverty in Uganda, Tanzania, and Pakistan «to find out if this
is just an effect for Kenya or more systematic across other countries,» Suri says.
Now, Suri
is co-author of a new paper showing that
mobile -
money services have had notable long - term effects on poverty reduction in Kenya — especially among female - headed households — and have inspired a surprising occupation shift among women.
Instead of looking at the number of individuals using
M - PESA, the researchers measured the rise in the number of
service agents within 1 kilometer around each household — or «agent density» — during early rollout of the
mobile -
money services.
Computers on the move (
mobile computing), for example,
is now considered an area with great commercial potential while a couple of years ago everyone thought that a lot of
money could
be earned from Web
services.
The plans by major global card companies to enter China comes at a time when Chinese consumers
are increasingly turning to
mobile online payments and
money transfers using WeChat and Alipay, which has already caused a high adoption of
services by domestic retailers.
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New Delhi: Finnish handset maker Nokia Tuesday said it
is consolidating its business to focus on handset business and will exit from
mobile money service as it does not form core of handset business.
The difference, though,
is that Sprint and T -
Mobile customers
are looking to save
money with their plans on their respective
service providers.
BBM
Money gives BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) customers in Indonesia the ability to instantly create and access a
Mobile Money account from their BlackBerry smartphone and make real - time payments to their BBM contacts who
are also signed up to the
service, at any time from wherever they
are.
Currently, there
are four major carriers in the United States: T -
Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, and while T -
Mobile has made efforts to shake up the wireless industry with its Un-Carrier initiatives, wireless
service in the United States remains much pricier than in other countries, with subscribers getting less data for more
money.
In fact, it
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money for what
is one of the best
mobile email
services and
mobile keyboards available, and we suspect upgraders could get an even better deal.
Billmonitor
was founded by mathematicians in oxford and
is an independent
service that helps
mobile phone users save
money with its bill analysis, along with
being the UK's only Ofcom accredited
mobile price comparison
service.
Simple
is an online
money management
service that works with BBVA Compass Bank to provide online checking and savings through web and
mobile app interfaces.
SoFi
Money accounts can
be used with
mobile payment
services like PayPal or Venmo.
The bank charges these fees (and these fees
are a necessity as their other method of making
money — loans —
are subject to the huge risk of principal loss) so that it can provide you with a free debit card, free online banking, free
mobile banking, free statements, free teller
services, free account
servicing, free check processing, all for what
is most likely a free bank account.
Lifestyle and gaming applications for
mobile phones
are popular, but they
're not as popular as
money - saving apps, according to U.K. - based survey results published earlier today by L.G. Apps featuring codes for savings on products and
services dominate — regardless of whether the user has to pay for the initial download of the application.
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If users pay for
services using their phones and a local
mobile money platform, the data on the payment
is routed through a third party (the
mobile platform operator).
Any organisation that facilitates financial transactions — including non-bank
money service businesses such as digital /
mobile payment
services, life insurers and retailers, to name a few —
is also coming within the scope of anti-
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Mobile money transfer
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