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With 'Splash Cash' Sierra Leoneans Move Money By Mobile Phone

Mobile banking has already taken off in Southern and Eastern Africa. Sierra Leone is now one of the few West African countries with a service providing mobile phone transactions.  more

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Western Union, Maxis to Launch Mobile Money Transfer Service in Malaysia

Malaysian mobile network operator, Maxis has teamed up with Western union to launch a service that would allow Maxis subscribers to send cross-border remittances directly from their mobile phones. The service is expected to be rolled out in early 2010.  more

Related Tags: maxis, western-union, mobile-banking, borders, option, Malaysia


Zain, Western Union Planning Mobile Money Transfer Service

Zain and Western union are to work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service provides Zain customers access to a full range of transactional services from their mobile phones. Customers can interact with select bank accounts, top-up or transfer airtime, and move money to businesses, friends and family. The service allows customers to pay bills such as electricity, and can even be used to settle grocery bills in the supermarket.  more

Related Tags: zain, western-union, mobile-banking, zain-group, villages, top-up, africa, globe


Kenyan Operator to Offer Mobile Money Transfers from the UK

Kenya's Safaricom and The Western union Company are to pilot a cross-border Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) service between the UK and Kenya. This service will enable customers to send cross-border remittances from select locations directly to Safaricom mobile subscribers in Kenya generally in minutes.  more

Related Tags: vodafone, mobile-payments, safaricom, western-union, m-pesa, Kenya


Western Union Inks Mobile Money Transfer Deal with Orascom Telecom

Money transfer firm, Western union has created an alliance with Orascom Telecom to introduce mobile remittance services in select markets. The services aim to make low-principal, high-frequency remittances more convenient to the millions of consumers who send money every day.  more

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900 Million Users for Mobile Banking & Payment Services by 2012

The latest figures from IMS Research show the combined forecasts for users of contactless mobile payments, mobile banking and over the air (OTA) transactions to reach 884 million in 2012. This is the cumulative number of users expected to adopt new technologies, platforms and services who are expected to complete 62 billion transactions between them in that year.  more

Related Tags: nfc, mobile-payments, docomo, ims-research, mobile-banking, ims, western-union


Western Union to Test Mobile Money Transfers in the Philippines

The money transfer provider,  Western union has announced plans for a money transfer program with the Philippine operator, SMART.
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Related Tags: gsm-association, western-union, world-bank, Philippines


Western Union to Enable Money Transfers to Indian Mobile Phone Users

India's Bharti Airtel and money transfer firm, Western union have decided to jointly develop and pilot a Mobile Money Transfer service in India. This agreement will usher in the possibility of sending money to India via a mobile phone. The Mobile Money Transfer service is subject to regulatory approval.  more

Related Tags: gsm-association, bharti, bharti-airtel, western-union, world-bank, airtel, India


Western Union Working on Global Mobile Money Transfer Service

The GSM Association (GSMA) and Western union have jointly announced an agreement to facilitate the development of cross-border mobile money transfer services. Western union and the GSMA are to develop a commercial and technical framework that mobile operators can use to deploy services that enable consumers to send and receive low-denomination, high-frequency money transfers using their mobile phones.  more

Related Tags: gsm-association, mtn, telenor, bharti, western-union, gsma


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