78 results about this entity
Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 28 May 2025
News
Wireless operator Safaricom has extended its hugely successful M-Pesa mobile money transfer service, enabling people in the UK to send funds to friends and family in Kenya.
03 November 2009
US banking giant Citi has teamed with MasterCard, Nokia, Vodafone and ViVOtech to pilot contactless mobile phone payments in the Indian city of Bangalore.
03 July 2009
The UK Government is pledging £1.4 million to spur the development of biometric and mobile phone-based banking in emerging economies in Asia and Africa.
13 February 2009
Kenyan finance minister John Michuki has ordered an audit of Safaricom's mobile money transfer service M-Pesa, in an effort to allay concerns about the safety of users' money.
11 December 2008
Wireless operators Vodafone and Safaricom are looking to build on the success of their M-Pesa mobile money transfer service by partnering with Western Union to pilot a phone-based remittance service between the UK and Kenya.
08 December 2008
Vodafone is to acquire a 70% stake in publicly-owned Ghana Telecom for $900 million in cash, opening up a potentially rich new market for its M-Pesa mobile money transfer system.
04 July 2008
Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell is teaming with Vodafone to set up a system that enables its staff to sign documents electronically using their mobile phones.
19 June 2008
UK mobile phone operator Vodafone is launching a money transfer service in Afghanistan for consumers to send funds using SMS text messages.
13 February 2008
The UK's major mobile phone operators - Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, 3 and O2 - have launched a payment system that allows subscribers to use their handsets to pay for low value purchases.
03 September 2007
UK wireless operator Vodafone is to offer subscribers direct access to their finances through a link with the MoniLink mobile banking network.
09 July 2007
Vodafone and Nokia are calling for a new regulatory framework to encourage transactions by mobile phones in developing countries.
04 July 2007
Vodafone is teaming with German rail operator Deutsche Bahn to develop and implement a mobile phone-based electronic ticketing and payment service called Touch&Travel.
16 March 2007
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