Safaricom has introduced Ziidi Trader, a new feature in the M-PESA app that lets users buy and sell shares listed on the ...

M-Pesa has revolutionized how Kenyans live, work, and trade. Since its inception, it has made banking significantly easier ...

The Nairobi Securities Exchange is betting on mobile money platforms to attract more retail investors after ending a ...

"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 ...

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 ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The service has gone live three months after Safaricom secured ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Launched in Kenya on 6 March 2007 - originally as an idea part ...