Mobile Money: Zim banks moan about unfair competition from mobile operators
A report today by financial news and analysis service FinX says the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe have proposed that mobile money services be included in new banking reforms for the country. This,...
View ArticlePress Release: ZimSwitch Vpayments – eCommerce in Zimbabwe
ZimSwitch is pleased to announce that the long awaited Vpayments platform is now in a controlled live environment, following pilot approval from the RBZ for this controlled stage of the launch....
View ArticlePress Release: EcoCash open to every bank in Zimbabwe
A senior Econet Wireless executive, Mr Darlington Mandivenga, who is responsible for the rollout of EcoCash, has dismissed a claim reportedly made by Bankers Association of Zimbabwe’s immediate past...
View ArticleEconet accuses CABS, ZimSwitch & Kevin Terry of trying to frustrate EcoCash
Press releases are usually filled with exaggerated self-praise and sometimes some subdued remarks subtly attacking the competition. Not with today’s press release from Econet Wireless which we posted...
View ArticleEcoCash vs Banks: Econet is trying to confuse everyone, says FBC’s Mushayavanhu
As you may know, Econet came out yesterday to publicly accuse CABS, ZimSwitch and Kevin Terry of using the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe to fight Econet’s mobile money product EcoCash. The CABS MD,...
View ArticleEcoCash & Stanbic integrate. CEO Mboweni comments on ZimSwitch integration
We’re just from a press conference where Econet Wireless and Stanbic Bank announced the integration of Econet’s mobile money transfer platform, EcoCash, with Stanbic’s banking system allowing EcoCash...
View ArticleBarclays Zimbabwe to launch mobile banking service, Hello Money (updated)
Barclays will be launching its mobile banking application Hello Money, in Zimbabwe this month. The announcement was made as part of the launch of new ATMs by the company a few days ago. Hello Money...
View ArticleNew Zim and US eCommerce site, KhayaShopping, launches
Without any widely adopted internet payments platform, despite the existence of Vpayments, and some EcoCash internet payment trials, eCommerce in Zimbabwe is struggling to take off. But there are...
View ArticleZimSwitch: an update on the ZimSwitch Shared Services (ZSS) platform
The article below is a statement issued by ZimSwitch on the state and progress made with the ZimSwitch Shared Services payments switching platform. The statement was issued to us as part of the...
View ArticleThe year 2013: The high and low tech moments in Zimbabwe
In just a couple of hours the year ends and 2014 rolls along with its high expectations from all of us. But before that happens we thought we’d look back at the highs and lows of 2013. Those moments...
View ArticleVpayments technical hassles gone but bureaucratic ones need to go as well
A few days ago I noticed vPayments finally has easy to integrate plugins for e-commerce CMS like Opencart, Magento and OScommerce and I immediately downloaded for an Opencart store I was experimenting...
View ArticleWhat mobile banking USSD functionality exactly do banks want from Econet?
So after publishing a number of articles on the situation between the banks and Econet, about neutral access to the Econet GSM network, we’ve received a number of questions about what exactly the...
View ArticleTextacash shows growth in a competitive mobile money space
Mobile money has redefined financial services locally and every serious service provider in the industry has tried to get in on the action. Local banks were relatively late adopters of m-commerce but...
View ArticleOpen mobile money ecosystems – inevitable but not urgent for African operators
I had the had the thrilling and awesome privilege to chair the second day of the 7th edition of the Mobile Money and Digital Payments Africa 2014, in Johannesburg at the end of May. Different...
View ArticleSakunda Energy digitalises payment with Fuel Card
Most of us remember coupons fondly as the easily tradable pseudo-currency from the pre-dollarisation era. Well, local fuel distributor Sakunda Energy has taken a step into the digital age and done away...
View ArticleTelecel launches debit card
Mobile service provider Telecel has launched a debit card for its Telecash mobile financial services subscribers. Dubbed the Telecash Gold Card, it allows Telecash subscribers to make transactions on...
View ArticleUnboxing the value of the Telecash Gold Card
Yesterday Telecel Zimbabwe launched a debit card for their mobile money users called the TeleCash Gold Card.This product had been in the pipeline for a while now, with Telecel having given some...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE – How to use MasterCard with Telecash
For those of you who are avid online buyers, here’s a hack that will allow you to use your MasterCard with Telecash. This solution has been available ever since Telecash launched in Zimbabwe and has...
View ArticleHouse of Cards: networks out to dominate the cashless society
There’s the sweet smell of a telecoms turf war in the air once again. This time its mobile money related, proving how the focus for dominance in telecoms is less and less about traditional services...
View ArticleTelecel launches telecash promo to reward users
Telecel ZImbabwe kicked off its Transact and Win Promo today which will reward users of the telecash service with an assortment of prizes. Lucky subscribers stand to win cash ($500 prizes for 20...
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