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Bank of Ghana grants Zeepay Electronic Money Issuer service license

Ghana News Agency - Mar 31, 2020 0

Zeepay, a leading African fintech, has been granted a license by the Bank of Ghana to operate a full Electronic Money Issuer service otherwise...

GhIPSS waives interbank and cross wallet transfer charges

Ghana News Agency - Mar 23, 2020 0

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, has announced a waiver of fees on...

MTN Ghana working to minimize impact of coronavirus on expansion programmes

Ghana News Agency - Mar 12, 2020 0

MTN Ghana says it has taken the necessary steps and is working with its vendors to ensure that the impact of the coronavirus on...

StanChart introduces online mobile platform to boost trade in bonds, treasury bills

Ghana News Agency - Mar 9, 2020 0

Investors looking to buy and trade in local currency bonds and treasury bills can now do so via mobile as Standard Chartered (SC) Bank...

GCB Bank introduces ‘G-Money’ transaction

Ghana News Agency - Dec 6, 2019 0

GCB Bank, as part of the digital transformation, will begin an electronic mobile money transaction with its customers in January 2020. The mobile banking application...

Kenyan mobile money transactions up 10.5 percent

xinhuanet.com - Nov 17, 2019 0

Kenya's mobile money transactions surged 10.5 percent in the first nine months of this year as compared to a similar period in 2018, with...

Ghana saves US$1 million monthly after establishing a Telcos Common Platform

Ghana News Agency - Nov 15, 2019 0

Ghana has saved US$1.1 million monthly after mounting a Common Platform to monitor the activities of the telecommunications sector, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister...

MTN working with Police to set up Forensic Laboratory – Senior Manager

Ghana News Agency - Nov 7, 2019 0

The Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana, is working closely with the Police to set up a Forensic Laboratory to effectively tackle falsehoods and smear...

Fraudsters on the prowl, MoMo users

Ghana News Agency - Nov 5, 2019 0

Subscribers of Mobile Telephone Network’s (MTN) Mobile Money (MoMo) services are being cautioned against fraudsters who swindle unsuspecting users at the least opportunity. ...

MTN Unveils Mobile Money API hackathon

Ike Dzokpo - Oct 28, 2019 0

In pursuit of its goal to contribute to bridging the financial divide, MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo)...

Mobile money Interoperability records over 1 million transactions in September

Ghana News Agency - Oct 25, 2019 0

Mobile money transactions across networks referred to as mobile money interoperability (MMI) recorded over one million transactions in September this year, the highest volume...

MTN and Ericsson launch Mobile Money Open API platform

Ghana News Agency - Sep 20, 2019 0

MTN and Ericsson have launched Mobile Money Open Access Programming Interface (API) platform in Ghana to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to develop revenue-generating applications. The...

Ghana becomes Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money market.

Ike Dzokpo - Aug 15, 2019 0

According to a new report from the World Bank,innovative technologies, new administrative developments and the expansion of financial access points have helped transform Ghana...

Kenya’s mobile money transactions surged 11 percent in Q1

xinhuanet.com - May 13, 2019 0

Kenya's mobile money transactions surged 11 percent in the first quarter of 2019 as compared to a similar period last year, boosted by innovation...

MTN customers express satisfaction with momo service

Ghana News Agency - May 4, 2019 0

Some customers of Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) in the Tamale Metropolis have expressed satisfaction with its Mobile Money (MoMo) service describing it as a...

Mobile Money, Data Revenue Powered MTN Ghana to Landmark Growth

News Ghana - Apr 9, 2019 0

MTN Ghana today posted a landmark growth for the year 2018 on strong performance on three key service areas. These growth drivers according to...

E-zwich Transfers to Mobile Money on the Increase

Ghana News Agency - Mar 2, 2019 0

Transfer of funds from e-zwich card to mobile money (MoMo) wallet is on a steady rise as the public is making good use of...

Mobile Money Interoperability Closed in December with 2.2 Million Transactions

Ghana News Agency - Jan 16, 2019 0

Cross network mobile money transfers were done about 2.2 million times between May and December last year, according to figures released by the Ghana...

Kenyan Schools Now Pay Fees Using Mobile Money

xinhuanet.com - Jan 5, 2019 0

After years of insisting that school fees payments must be done only through bankers' cheques or direct account deposits, Kenyan learning institutions have finally...

Beyond Mobile Money and the FinTech future for Africa

News Ghana - Dec 21, 2018 0

Africa is leveraging mobile and digital technologies in its own ways to bring financial services to people in some of the most isolated and...

Mobile Money Agents Difficulty in Electronic Funds Transfer needs attention

Ghana News Agency - Nov 29, 2018 0

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday tasked the Ghana Inter-Bank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS) and other telecommunication companies to develop a system...

Is Mobile Money Now Defined As Communication or Banking Service?

Samuel Dowuona - Nov 26, 2018 0

Just under the recent past John Mahama administration, there was a huge turf war between the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ghana Revenue...

MTN Customers Win Exciting Prizes In ‘MoMo Promo’.

Ike Dzokpo - Oct 19, 2018 0

Ghana’s Largest Telecommunication Giant, MTN, has rewarded the first set of winners for this year’s MoMo promo. Mr. Derrick Asomani, who emerged...

BoG has no capacity to monitor mobile money activities

Adnan Adams Mohammed - May 27, 2018 0

The government has indicated that, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has no capacity to properly monitor mobile money activities, hence the decision to bring...

OccupyGhana Demands Documents On Sibton/GhIPSS Brouhaha

Sammy Adjei - May 18, 2018 0

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has formally written to the Bank of Ghana, requesting for copies of contract documents and agreements between the Bank of Ghana...

BoG Reveals That Mobile Money Transactions Stands At GHc52.35 billion

Ghana News Agency - May 11, 2018 0

Mobile money transactions have increased by about 177 per cent between 2013 and March 2018, reaching GHc312. 93 million and valued at GHc52.35 billion...

Kenyans enjoy seamless mobile money services

xinhuanet.com - May 11, 2018 0

Kenyans are enjoying seamless transfer of money from one mobile network to another following the launch of interoperability service. The service that commenced about a...

Ghana launches mobile money interoperability project

xinhuanet.com - May 10, 2018 0

Ghana's Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday launched the mobile money payments interoperability system in Accra. Interoperability is the ability for customers to undertake money...

MTN Mobile Money subscribers shoot up to 7.4 million

Ike Dzokpo - May 5, 2018 0

MTN Ghana has announced its impressive first quarter revenue results; as its active Mobile Money subscribers increased to 7.4 million. There were *6.6 million...

Dr. Bawumia to unveil Ghana’s mobile money interoperability

Ghana News Agency - May 3, 2018 0

It will be possible from next week to send mobile money from one mobile phone network to another seamlessly when the mobile money interoperability...

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