Tag: Airtel Money
Airtel Africa and MoneyGram Deal To See Global Transfers to Airtel Money Wallet
MoneyGram, a cross-border 2P2 payments and money transfers has struck a deal with Airtel Africa that serves 14 countries in the continent.
Airtel Money Customers To Make Online Deposits and Withdrawals From Standard Chartered
Airtel Money’s customers will be able to make real-time online deposits and withdrawals from Standard Chartered bank accounts, receive international money transfers directly to their wallets, and access savings products amongst other services.
M-PESA is Nearing 99 Percent Market Share as T-Kash, Airtel Money Dwindle
Mobile money services are a success in Kenya owing to the work done by operators, mainly Safaricom. The service, and its associated products are...
Once Again, M-PESA Cannibalizes T-Kash and Airtel Money with 98.8 Percent Market Share
The latest numbers from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) in terms of mobile money use cases are here, and they reiterate what we...
Kenyans Will Send or Receive Money on All Bands For Free on Airtel Money Starting Tomorrow
Airtel Kenya has announced that they have stripped away transaction fees on their mobile money platform for a specified period.
According to the company, this...
Airtel Africa Teams Up with Mastercard to Take Digital Payments to the Masses
Airtel Africa and Mastercard have announced a partnership that will see them serve a substantial customer base of more than 100 million in the...
Telkom’s T-Kash Expands Agent Base as M-PESA, Airtel Money Lose Some
The popularity of mobile money services in the Kenyan market is unprecedented. The sector surpassed expectations, and can solely be linked to the launch...
Airtel Employees Fleeced Carrier of KES 670 Million in Mobile Money Fraud
It has since been revealed that Airtel Africa is prepping a listing in the London Stock Exchange, which implies that the telecoms corporation has...
Telkom Hits 100K T-Kash Customers One Year After Launch
The Communication Authority’s Sector Statistics report for the second quarter of the FY 2018/2019 has been out for some time now. It includes several...
Airtel, Telkom Kenya Voice Traffic Up as Mobile Money Subscriptions Approach 30 Million
The Communications Authority of Kenya’s sector statistics report for the first quarter of 2018/2019 was released earlier today. Among the most interesting aspects of...
Recent M-PESA Outage a Rude Reminder for Authorities to Review Telco Competition
While key players in multiple industries have participated in a series of discussions in recent months about the alleged dominance of several products and...
M-Pesa to Airtel Money Transaction Charges
Since Mobile Money Interoperability was launched in Kenya, we have seen great improvements and even lower prices to send money from one network to...
Airtel Money to M-Pesa Transaction Charges
Since Mobile Money Interoperability was launched in Kenya, we have seen great improvements and even lower prices to send money from one network to...
Mombasa is Yet to Get Bitten by the Mobile Money Bug
The latest stats by the Communication Authority of Kenya reveal that as much as active mobile money subscriptions have taken a shortfall by 3...
M-Pesa Loses Ground on Person-to-Person Money Transfers (UPDATED: NO THEY AREN’T)
UPDATE: The article below was based on figures provided by the Communications Authority of Kenya reporting on the mobile money transactions during the first...
How to Send Money Across Airtel and M-Pesa and Transaction Charges
Mobile Money interoperability in Kenya has officially gone live starting with Airtel Money and M-Pesa with other players such as Telkom with T-Kash said...
Seamless Mobile Money Transactions Between Airtel and Safaricom to Begin Next Week
In January, Safaricom and Airtel announced that they were testing mobile money interoperability among their staff. This meant that M-Pesa users who receive money...
Kenyans to Send and Receive Mobile Money Across Networks as Interoperability Pilot Kicks Off
Back in May 2017, we reported that mobile money interoperability would be available to consumers within three months but that did not happen. Months...
M-Fanisi is a New Mobile Banking Service Aimed at Airtel Money Users
When it comes to mobile banking and mobile money services, Kenya takes a solid lead, the country has managed to be a benchmark to...
Jamii Telecommunication Limited (JTL) May Take On Mobile Money Transfers With Faiba Money
Mobile money transfer services are uniquely Kenyan, and the solution is almost synonymous to Safaricom’s M-PESA amidst other players such Airtel Money, Equity Bank’s...
Cross-Network Mobile Money Transfer Could Reach Kenyans Sooner Than we Thought
Mobile money interoperability in Kenya is coming in the next three months. According to Business Daily, an agreement was reached on Thursday (4th May,...
Second Quarter Statistics Report for FY 2016/2017: Mobile Money Transfer and Number Portability
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) revealed the ICT statistics for the second quarter of the 2016/2017 Financial Year. You can find the analysis...
Airtel Money Card Comes Back to Life in Kenya With Emphasis on Online Payments
In 2014, Airtel Kenya partnered with Chase Bank and Visa in launching a prepaid debit card called Airtel Money Visa Card. The card allows customers...
Airtel Kenya seeking to Bolster its Airtel Money through recruiting of New Agents
Last week, the Communications Authority of Kenya released Q1 2016 statistics report for the period between July and September 2015. From the report, 122,343,743 transactions...
Kenyans transacted 122 Million times via Mobile Money in transactions worth 290 Billion
The Communication Authority of Kenya released the Q1 2016 statistics report for the period between July and September 2015 on the mobile telephony sector. The...
Airtel Money to link National Bank of Kenya Accounts in New Deal
In 2014, Airtel Kenya launched theAirtel Money VISA card in partnership with Chase Bank that allowed customers to withdraw cash from any Visa or Kenswitch...
M-Pesa leads in Mobile Money with 22 Million Customers and 94,000 agents -CA
The Communication Authority of Kenya released the Q1 2016 statistics report for the period between July and September 2015 on the mobile telephony sector. The...
Airtel accuses Safaricom of Foul Play in Mobile Money Agents sharing Plan
In June Safaricom took Airtel to court over a trademark dispute over mobile money transfer service branding, advertising and promotion. Safaricom claimed Airtel was...
Airtel Money now Linked to I&M Bank Accounts in new Deal
Last year, Airtel Kenya launched the Airtel Money VISA card in partnership with Chase Bank that allowed customers to withdraw cash from any Visa...
Airtel Money Registers Negative Growth as Mobile Money Subscribers hit 27.7 Million
The Communication Authority of Kenya released the fourth quarter statistics report for the period between April and June 2015 on the mobile telephony sector....
Only 300,000 Of Airtel Money’s 3.3 Million Subscribers Actively Use The Service
Airtel Money, Airtel's mobile money service now boasts of 3.3 million registered users in Kenya. This places it in second position behind Safaricom's M-pesa...
Airtel Teases Safaricom’s Mpesa Downtime with New Ad
Airtel took no chances and swiped a jab at Safaricom's Mpesa down time taking place over the weekend. In a new, cunning and provocative...
Airtel Money Takes Money Transfer Cross Border In East Africa
Financial innovations in East Africa have quite a lot to do with mobile money, this is majorly due to the fact that the unbanked...
You Can Now Buy Internet And Voice Bundles Using Airtel Money
Nairobi, Kenya: Airtel Kenya subscribers can now purchase Internet and voice bundles from Airtel Money. Previously one had to purchase airtime then use the...
Airtel Wins Case to Compel Safaricom To Open Up Mpesa Agency Network
Safaricom's main advantages that led to an edge over rivals in Kenya's mobile money industry include the vast agency network alongside the 21 million...