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 ...

In 11 countries around the world, some 30 million people use a mobile money service that is transforming how people handle their finances. It's called M-Pesa, and it has lifted hundreds of thousands ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tax experts have argued against the proposal, seeing it as detrimental to the growth of digital payments and expect providers ...

M-Pesa (“M” for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) in Kenya is one of the most celebrated success stories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) allowing poor communities to access a ...

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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 ...