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 ...

Kenya’s M-Pesa is making a comeback in South Africa after failed attempts four years ago. During its initial launch it had only a million subscribers and had to be shut down. This is what happens when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the opportunities for the US coming from the developing world. Nearly a decade after its launch, M-Pesa has transformed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Executive Summary: In 2007, M-Pesa started in Kenya as a CSR pilot project by Safaricom, a Vodafone subsidiary, to transfer money over mobile because it was unsafe to carry cash. But soon it changed ...

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