30 results
- 21 Jan 2015
WorldRemit, MTN Ink Mobile Money Agreement
WorldRemit, online money transfer service and MTN, telecoms operator have signed a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to send remittances instantly to MTN’s Mobile Money…
- 29 Nov 2013
MTN Uganda, Interswitch Launch Mobile Money ATM Cash Out Service
MTN Uganda, the leading Mobile Money network, has partnered with Interswitch Uganda to further increase their ATM Cash out footprint by allowing customers to cash out at all Interswitch’s ATMs across…
- 1 Feb 2016
WorldRemit, MTN Ink Agreement on Mobile Money Service
WorldRemit and MTN Group has announced that its customers can now send money instantly to MTN Mobile Money wallets in Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. The launch follows the signing of a global partnership…
- 27 Nov 2013
MTN, Visa Join Hands on Mobile Money
MTN Mobile Money users will now be able to make transactions everywhere that Visa is accepted as a result of a partnership agreement between both companies. Under the agreement, MTN customers’…
- 24 Jan 2018
MTN Eyes 60m Mobile Money Subscribers in 4 Years
MTN, the biggest mobile network in Africa said it is targeting to increase its mobile money subscribers from the current 21 million to 60 million in the next three to four years across the continent.…
- 17 Apr 2014
MTN Partners Vivo on Mobile Money in Africa
MTN has joined forces with energy company Vivo Energy to roll out a points service system for the mobile operator's mobile money customers. Vivo Energy is a commercial fuel provider that operates…
- 23 Mar 2014
Ecobank Partners MTN on Mobile Money Services
Mobile Money users, who are also customers of MTN and Ecobank in 12 African countries, may soon be able to withdraw cash from Ecobank ATMs and transfer money between their Mobile Money and Ecobank…
- 23 Nov 2018
MTN, Orange Launch Mobile Money Interoperability to Scale up Mobile Financial Services
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable…
- 15 Sept 2016
MTN Scraps Mobile Money Business in South Africa
MTN Group has pulled the plug on its local mobile money business, saying it was not viable in a country where around three quarters of the population already has a bank account. Mobile money services…
- 29 Jul 2026
Clydestone Ghana Sues MTN Over Mobile Money
Clydestone Ghana Plc has filed a writ of summons and statement of claim against MTN Ghana, MTN Group Limited and Mobile Money Fintech Limited, alleging unauthorized use of its intellectual property.…
- 7 Apr 2021
Mobile Money: MTN Expands Cardless Cash Withdrawal Service to 44 Financial Institutions
Following the recent USSD drama, Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS) has announced the expansion of its MoMo Agent cardless cash withdrawal service to over 40 banks and other financial…
- 16 Mar 2009
MTN set to Launch Mobile Money Transfer in Nigeria
Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Nigeria plans to launch Mobile money transfer in the country. This is coming against the successful launch of Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) in Uganda paving way…
- 23 Oct 2019
MTN launches Mobile Money API Hackathon in Five African Countries
MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo) Access Programming Interface (API) platform. This is in pursuit of its goal to contribute to bridging the financial divide, The…
- 20 Jan 2018
MTN Plans to be Africa's Biggest Bank with Mobile Money Service
MTN, Africa's biggest mobile operator, is gunning to become Africa's biggest bank. The ambitious business strategy was revealed by Rob Shuter MTN CEO during the Deloitte Africa in 2018 Outlook…
- 1 Mar 2019
MTN, Ericsson Extend Mobile Money Deal to Nigeria, Others
MTN and Ericsson have signed a five-year contract extension to deploy new products and provide managed services for mobile money services in 13 countries across Africa and the Middle East. The new…
- 9 Sept 2021
MTN Group Partners Flutterwave to Deploy Mobile Money Services Across Africa
MTN has entered into a new partnership with Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, to deploy mobile money services across Africa. This partnership will allow businesses…
- 26 Jun 2022
MTN Alleges N22Bn Fraud on Mobile Money Banking
MTN Communications Limited’s newly licensed Mobile Money Payment Service Bank Limited (MOMO PSB) has alleged a fraudulent loss of N22 billion in one month of operations. In a suit instituted by the…
- 11 Dec 2012
MTN Backs Bank Led Mobile Money Model
> By funmi akintola MTN has expressed its support for the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) bank- led mobile money model, saying that the model has many merits and that it's full implementation…
- 17 Nov 2015
Mobile Money: Next Global Communications Platform
Mobile money is on a journey. What started as a simple way of paying people using a phone is on the cusp of becoming the next global communications platform. Not just a means of buying goods and…
- 4 Apr 2012
MTN, Stanbic IBTC Bank Join Hands for Mobile Money Services
MTN Nigeria, leading telecommunications service provider, and Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, have signed an agreement on the provision of mobile money services to Nigerians.…
- 29 Feb 2024
MTN, Mastercard Partner to Accelerate Mobile Money Payment Across Africa
Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed an agreement to provide all MTN MoMo customers with payment cards. In a joint statement on Thursday, the companies said a virtual and physical Mastercard…
- 5 Jun 2018
MTN Makes History with Mobile Money-Based IPO in Ghana
MTN, Africa’s largest telecoms operator is going public in Ghana with its initial public offering (IPO) which will run from May 31 till July 31. The IPO is the largest ever undertaken in Ghana…
- 3 Sept 2019
GSMA Lists Barriers to Mobile Money Adoption in Emerging Markets
With more than 866 million registered mobile money accounts globally and $1.3 billion processed daily, mobile money serves as a critical infrastructure for start-ups looking to increase digital…
- 11 Apr 2018
MTN, Ecobank Partner to Tackle Financial Inclusion Across Africa
In an unprecedented move to accelerate financial inclusion across Africa, MTN Group, leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, and Ecobank, Pan-African banking conglomerate,…
- 14 Jul 2020
GSMA Launches Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform
Interoperability can help the mobile money industry shift to a higher gear, where customers can pay merchants and transfer money without having to consider which mobile money provider they are using.…
- 24 Apr 2017
Stakeholders Seek Regulatory Review to Boost Mobile Money
Stakeholders in the mobile money ecosystem have called for a review of the prevailing mobile money regulatory framework, so that the country can achieve the target growth rate in the system. They…
- 8 Jul 2015
Western Union Enhances Mobile Money Transfer Capabilities in Africa
Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, in collaboration with the MTN Group, a multinational mobile telecommunications company servicing 229, 2 million customers in 22 countries,…
- 9 Mar 2019
MTN Builds Own Messaging App to Integrate Its Mobile Money Service
MTN has developed an instant messaging platform which it hopes will become the "African WeChat", with plans to launch it in two markets in the next month or so. "We intend to launch it across…
- 8 Jun 2019
MTN Group launches Africa’s first artificial intelligence service for Mobile Money
MTN Group has announced the launch of Africa’s first Mobile Money (MoMo) artificial intelligence service also known as ‘chatbot’. The chatbot went live in Ivory Coast in May and will be rolled out…
- 30 Apr 2014
Mobile Operators Collaborate on Interoperability of Mobile Money across Africa
Nine mobile network operators, including Bharti Airtel, Etisalat Group, Millicom, MTN Group, Ooredoo Group, Orange, STC Group, Vodafone Group and Zain Group, have committed to work together to…