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- 17 Mar 2014
Western Union, Paga Expand Mobile Money Transfer Network in Nigeria
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, on Monday announced the launch of a new mobile money transfer (MMT) service to Nigeria, which increases the reach of Western Union…
- 31 Jan 2018
CBN to Revoke Licenses of 15 Mobile Money Firms
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may revoke the licences of at least 15 struggling mobile money operators under new minimum finance rules. New Telegraph tipped the majority of the 21 companies…
- 23 Apr 2019
WorldRemit, Paga Partner for Money Transfers to Nigeria
WorldRemit, digital money transfer company, and Paga Nigeria have partnered to launch international money transfers to Nigeria. Using the WorldRemit app or website, Nigerians in diaspora…
- 21 Jan 2013
Mobile Money Meets Roadblock after Hype
Poor merchant acceptability and other factors have conspired to hobble the uptake of mobile money, which involves the transfer of money from one mobile phone to another without any need for a bank…
- 15 Dec 2013
Mobile Money Transactions Hit N250m in Nov
Value of mobile money transactions across different mobile schemes in the country have reached N250million at the end of November this year, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal. The value was…
- 9 Feb 2013
Experts Ring Worries Over Faltering Mobile Money
Finance experts waxed worriedly at the slow growth of mobile money service and warned that unless the impediments are removed, the service may be dead on arrival. They also painted a dismal picture…
- 12 Jul 2017
Xpress Money, TerraPay Partner for Money Transfers to Mobile Wallets in Africa
Xpress Money, one of the world’s most dependable money transfer brands has partnered with TerraPay, the world’s first mobile payments switch, to enable real-time international money transfers to…
- 3 Dec 2017
Interoperability Hobbles Mobile Money Growth 4 Years After CBN Directive
By Chike Onwuegbuchi Over four years after Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a directive to mobile money operators and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) to achieve interoperability…
- 8 Jan 2013
MobileMoney Expo Hosts Masterclass to Address Mobile Money Challenges
Organizers of the annual MobileMoney Expo have added a Masterclass to address the channels distortions in the Nigerian Mobile Money space in Nigeria. The Masterclass will engage the stakeholders,…
- 6 Apr 2014
Let Free Market Work in Mobile Money -Oviosu
Tayo Oviosu, founder and CEO, Paga (Pagatech, has over 12 years experience in a variety of technical and business roles in High-tech and Private Equity. Oviosu, had held position as vice…
- 23 Mar 2014
Paga, Leading MM Network Hits 1.3m Subscriber Base
Paga, one of the major mobile money schemes in the country has recorded 1.3million users, underscoring her acceptance and leadership in payment solutions that enables users pay for goods and services…
- 30 Aug 2018
Paga Unveils New Money Transfer App
Nigeria’s leading mobile money company is making it even easier to send and receive money for all Nigerians. The app which is now available in both the Android Play and iOS App stores, shrinks the…
- 19 Jul 2017
Verve International Partners 13 Banks, Mobile Money Operators
Verve International has announced its strategic partnership with Nigerian banks and Mobile Money Operators to deploy Cardless transaction infrastructure across all states in the country. Known as…
- 5 Apr 2013
Pagatech’s Mobile Money Users Hit 500,000
Pagatech, the leading mobile payments service provider in Nigeria said it has recorded its 500, 000th user of its service by the end of March, just as the company marks its four years of providing…
- 16 Aug 2020
Mobile Money & Banking Agents Decry Poor Providers’ Strategy, Agents Turnover
Stakeholders in the mobile money and banking agency network ecosystem have decried what they described as poor providers strategy and high rate of agents turnover which according to them are working…
- 19 Mar 2013
Paga, biNu Ink Partnership on Mobile Payments
Paga, Nigeria’s leading mobile payments company is partnering with biNu, a leading global mobile social platform dedicated to overcoming the digital divide, by providing fast and lowcost access to…
- 2 Apr 2019
Paga Celebrates 10 Years Of Making Life Possible
Mobile money company, Paga, clocks 10 years in business since being founded in 2009 and officially opened its doors for commercial operations in 2012. Today marks 10 years since Tayo Oviosu, Paga’s…
- 16 Sept 2018
Stakeholders Rue Poor IT Services at MM, Banking Agents’ Locations
Stakeholders in the financial inclusion ecosystem have expressed worries over poor information technology services deployed by operators at mobile money and banking agents’ locations in the country.…
- 7 Sept 2018
Paga to Further Accelerate Growth with $10M Series B2 Investment
Paga, the leading mobile money company in Nigeria has announced that it has closed a $10 million growth financing led by the Global Innovation Fund. Also participating in the round were existing…
- 14 Nov 2018
Paga, Orange Mall Ink Exclusive Partnership to Make Online Shopping Easier
Paga, the leading mobile money company in Nigeria announced that it has signed on as the exclusive payment partner to Orange Mall, an e-commerce solution making global shopping from over 250…
- 14 Apr 2020
SystemSpecs Partner Paga to Deepen Digital Payments
SystemSpecs, providers of Remita, and Paga, a mobile money service provider in the country, have partnered to extend the frontiers of electronic payments in Nigeria. This comes as Nigerians practice…
- 28 May 2018
Paga Receives Award for Highest Transaction Performance from NIBBS
Paga has been presented an award by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems Plc (NIBBS) for the mobile money operator’s outstanding performance in achieving the highest transaction count on the…
- 2 May 2017
Paga Partners NIPOST to Bring Financial Services to Communities across Nigeria
In line with their shared goal to drive deeper financial inclusion in Nigeria, Paga and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recently announced a partnership aimed at making financial services…
- 28 Apr 2017
Paga Partners NIPOST to Bring Financial Services to Communities
Paga and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) in line with their shared goal to drive deeper financial inclusion in Nigeria recently announced a partnership aimed at making financial services…
- 4 Feb 2013
Star-studded Lineup for MobileMoney Expo
This year’s MobileMoneyAfrica expo and conference is shaping up to be an event as star-studded as any red carpet, with dozens of heavy hitters lining up to speak, including Jonathon Ridley -…
- 18 Feb 2017
TerraPay Joins Forces with MoneyTrans, Paga for Cross Border Remittance between Europe & Nigeria
TerraPay, a mobile-first international payment network, has announced that it has partnered with MoneyTrans, a leading Money Transfer company established in Europe and Africa as well as Paga,…
- 11 Oct 2015
Paga Closes $13m Series B Financing to Expand Lead position in Nigeria
Paga, Nigeria’s leading mobile payment company today announced the completion of a$13m Series B financing led by Adlevo Capital. Other Institutional Investors in this round include Omidyar Network,…
- 7 Jun 2017
MFS Africa, Paga to Connect Nigerian Remittance Market to the World
MFS Africa and Paga have announced their partnership connecting Paga users and Nigerian bank account holders to remittance senders from around the world. Thanks to this collaboration, anyone with a…
- 3 Nov 2019
SANEF, CBN Achieve Interoperability at Agents Banking Units This November
Financial inclusion initiative of central bank of Nigeria, CBN, will receive a boost next month as agent banking units under the initiative will begin to enjoy interoperability, Nigeria…
- 18 Jun 2015
Over 3m Nigerians’ Use Paga
Amidst the constant debate around the success of mobile payments in Nigeria; Paga, the country’s leading payments company has announced a significant rise in the adoption of its services, with over 3…