Mobile Money
Explore how Mobile Money is revolutionizing financial transactions and banking across the globe.
- News
Google Pay tap-to-pay isn’t available in Kenya, despite a DTB pilot post
Google Pay already works online in Kenya, but tapping your phone to pay in shops doesn't yet.
- Startups
PawaPay gets a Bank of Mozambique licence to sign up merchants directly
PawaPay has a Bank of Mozambique payment licence to onboard merchants directly, with M-Pesa connected and Tmcel's mKesh still missing.
- Business
Equity’s Finserve is piloting EMMA a new mobile money wallet
Finserve's Emma wallet is on Google Play as a pilot. Terms allow changes anytime, and no fees are published yet.
- News
Why you may now get two M-PESA SMS after paying at a Till
Safaricom now sends a second M-PESA SMS with no balance on it. You can show it at the counter, but…
- News
You can now Tap or Scan and Go with M-PESA at Pesapal machines
Safaricom and Pesapal roll out M-PESA tap and dynamic QR payments on Pesapal card machines. Customers still enter a PIN
- Business
Apple Pay launches in India with Axis Bank credit cards and no UPI support
Apple Pay launched in India on 30th September for Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards, without UPI or RuPay.
- Interesting Reads
Patrick Njoroge says M-Pesa and Airtel Money should pay users interest on wallets
Former CBK governor Patrick Njoroge wants Kenya's law to pay M-Pesa users interest on wallets. Comments close 9th October 2026.
- Interesting Reads
Kenya has 54 million active mobile money accounts, more than it has people
Kenya had 54 million active mobile money subscriptions in June, 101.3% of its population. Airtel Money's share has nearly doubled.
- Business
Tap to Pay on iPhone expands to Argentina, Colombia, Peru and five more countries
Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone works in Argentina, Colombia, Peru and five more countries. Kenya still lacks Apple Pay.
- Business
Airtel Money will list in London, and the IPO raises no new money for the business
Airtel Money will list in London, pricing in mid-October. Existing shareholders sell, and IFC buys up to KES 11.6 billion.
- Startups
Minisend pushes into Kenya as official payment partner of Africa Blockchain Festival
Minisend is official payment partner of Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 in Nairobi, weeks before Kenya's 4 November crypto licensing deadline.
- Business
Apple Pay is finally coming to India, with October launch expected
Apple Pay is expected to launch in India in October with Axis Bank credit cards first, but without UPI support…
- Business
PAPSS payments grew 1,000% in a year, and Kenya is now on the network
PAPSS payments grew about 1,000% in a year. Kenya connected through Pesalink in February, and the average payment got smaller.
- Business
Mastercard and Flowcart bring WhatsApp card payments to Kenya
Mastercard and Flowcart are adding card payments to WhatsApp shopping in Kenya, where mobile money remains the preferred payment method.
- News
Kenya’s online betting licence now costs KES 55 million, and the deadline to pay it is this week
The High Court cleared Kenya's gambling regulator to collect disputed licence fees days before every old operator licence expires.
