--- title: Financial Services - Developing Telecoms description: Mobile money and mobile financial services (MFS) news in emerging markets canonical_url: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html?start=68 language: en-GB date: 2021-03-05T16:15:50Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html?start=68. markdown-tokens: 4120 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html?start=68. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![Veon’s Mobilink Bank launches Shariah-compliant banking in Pakistan](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/karachi_pakistan_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 22 December 2025 12416 views Global digital operator Veon announced on Friday that its financial services subsidiary, Mobilink Microfinance Bank has launched Islamic banking operations in Pakistan, in response to growing customer demand for Shariah-compliant financial services. ![Liberia's CBL launches interoperable mobile payments platform](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Monrovia_Downtown_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 18 December 2025 14259 views The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has launched an interoperable payments platform developed by the Mojaloop Foundation that enables mobile money transfers between mobile operators Lone Star Cell MTN and Orange Liberia. ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/visa2-Logo-600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 15 December 2025 10527 views Orange Money Group, the mobile money service of telecommunications service provider Orange, and payments giant Visa have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating online payments and democratising access to financial services across Africa and the Middle East. ![Banglalink clear to launch digital payment services in Bangladesh](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Dhaka_street_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 12 December 2025 12945 views Veon-owned telco Banglalink announced on Thursday it has received regulatory clearance from Bangladesh Bank to operate as a digital payment service provider in Bangladesh as it seeks to expand into digital financial services. ![Mastercard and TenPay Global target China’s vast remittances market](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/Mastercard_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 09 December 2025 14740 views TenPay Global, the cross-border payment platform of Chinese multinational technology conglomerate Tencent, and Mastercard Move, payment giant Mastercard’s money movement business, have announced a collaboration. ![Camtel and Ethio Telecom to partner on Blue Money and more](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Ethio_Telecom_Camtel_CEOs_1200.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 04 December 2025 24431 views Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) and Ethio Telecom are set to sign a master service agreement (MSA) on Thursday to cooperate on accelerating Camtel’s digital transformation, to include Camtel’s launch of its planned mobile money service, Blue Money. ![M-Pesa Ethiopia launches telco-agnostic mobile money service](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/addis_ababa_day_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 02 December 2025 17401 views Safaricom’s M-Pesa Ethiopia announced on Monday it has launched a new mobile money platform on Monday called M-Pesa LeHulum that works with any SIM card, effectively opening M-Pesa up to anyone regardless of what mobile network they use. ![Digicel PNG’s Cellmoni customers can now use MiBank to top up wallets](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Digicel_PNG_MiBank__Cellmoni_1200.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 02 December 2025 17306 views Papua New Guinea telco Digicel PNG and local microbank MiBank announced on Friday they have formed a new strategic partnership that enables two-way transfers between MiBank accounts and Digicel’s mobile money service CellMoni. ![Axian and Mastercard launch digital payments suite in five African countries](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Axian_Mastercard_payments_1200.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 01 December 2025 16176 views Axian Group says it has formed a strategic collaboration agreement with Mastercard to launch digital payment solutions in the five African markets where Axian operates mobile networks: Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Senegal, Togo, and Tanzania. ![Vodacom Tanzania extends M-Pesa's reach globally with new service](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/dar-es-salaam-aerial-600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 28 November 2025 19199 views Vodacom Tanzania launched a global payments service for its M-Pesa mobile money platform on Thursday that enables Tanzanian customers and merchants to use their M-Pesa wallets to make payments while traveling and doing business abroad. ![MTN joins finance initiatives for Nigeria – and beyond](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/MTN-logo600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 27 November 2025 18269 views It is – as so often these days – a busy time for finance initiatives targeting developing regions. Indeed, two recent announcements relevant to such regions involve pan-African operator MTN. ![Ethio Telecom, Awash Bank launch non-collateral digital credit and device financing service](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/addis_ababa_day_600.jpg) Details Manny Pham Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 21 November 2025 22237 views Ethio Telecom has partnered with Awash Bank to launch Tila, a new digital credit, savings and device-financing service available through the operator’s Telebirr mobile money platform. ![MTN MoMo and Mastercard extend financial inclusion partnership in South Africa](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Features/MTN_MoMo_MasterCard_600x450.jpg) Details James Barton Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 30 October 2025 15304 views MTN MoMo South Africa is expanding its strategic collaboration with Mastercard in a bid to increase access to digital financial services and support greater financial inclusion across South Africa. ![Thunes, Ecobank to enable cross-border payments across Sub-Saharan Africa](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Thunes_Ecobank_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 30 October 2025 15731 views Singapore-headquartered global payment platform Thunesand pan-African financial institution Ecobank Group signed an agreement on Wednesday to collaborate on enabling instant cross-border payments for individuals and businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa, starting in Togo. ![Digicel Fiji and SPBD connect rural women entrepreneurs to MyCash](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Digicel_Fiji_SPBD_Microfinance_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 27 October 2025 8890 views Digicel Fiji and SPBD Microfinance Fiji, a microfinance institution focused on rural village women, announced on Monday they will collaborate to deliver SPBD's services to customers through Digicel’s MyCash mobile money platform. ![Payment service provision in Africa: a promising but challenging market ](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/nairobi_dawn_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 21 October 2025 9264 views The ups and downs of the payment service provision business, particularly in Africa, have been highlighted in two recent news stories: one involving expansion for SPAYZ.io and the other signalling the end of Pay U Kenya. ![Kyivstar, Mastercard to boost Ukrainian financial infrastructure with Starlink](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Kyivstar_Mastercard_Starlink_600.jpeg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 16 October 2025 12297 views Ukrainian telco Kyivstar says it is partnering with Mastercard to create new financial services, boost uptake of digital payments, and develop a more stable financial services infrastructure to support all this using Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) satellite service. ![Orange Egypt launches gold trading for Orange Cash Wallet users](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Alexandria__Egypt_Marina_Al_Alamein_Credit_Bahaa-Mourad_Unsplash_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 29 September 2025 13615 views Orange Egypt has partnered with Egyptian online gold trading platform mnGm to launch what they say is the country’s first digital platform for gold trading services using mobile wallets. ![Vietnam prepares to bring mobile money service out of pilot mode](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Hanoi_boats_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 26 September 2025 7464 views Vietnam’s mobile money service is reportedly set for a major upgrade from pilot mode to full-fledged service that, among other things, will see transaction caps raised to ten times the current amount. ![Safaricom announces biggest M-Pesa upgrade in ten years](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Nairobi_Kenyatta_International_Conference_Centre600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 22 September 2025 15533 views A scheduled upgrade to its M-Pesa mobile finance service, announced last week by Kenyan operator Safaricom, was successfully completed today. It has been described as the most significant upgrade of the M-Pesa platform since 2015. ![How will Senegal’s planned mobile taxes affect economic development?](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Dakar_statue_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 22 September 2025 11173 views Late last week, the Finance and Budgetary Control Committee of the National Assembly of Senegal adopted a bill taxing digital financial services, including mobile money transactions and merchant payments. ![Zain KSA dives into insurtech sector via JV with Prevensure](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Jeddah_corniche_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 18 September 2025 9844 views Saudi Arabian telco Zain KSA is set to make a play in the insurtech space via its financial investment arm, Al Sayra Holding Company, which has formed a JV with global insurance specialist Prevensure to buy a stake in Saudi-based brokerage firm Green Shield Insurance Brokers Ltd (GSIB). ![Vodafone Oman, Software Group team for digital financial solutions](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Vodafone_Oman_Software_Group_600.jpeg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 16 September 2025 7161 views Vodafone Oman and digital financial service platform developer Software Group said on Monday they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing digital financial services in Oman. ![Onafriq and Visa launch Visa Pay in DRC for wallet interoperability](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/DRC_roadside_shop_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 15 September 2025 11731 views African digital payments network Onafriq said it has formed a strategic partnership with Visa to launch Visa Pay, a cloud-native Payments-as-a-Service platform designed to expand digital financial access across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ![Visa Pay mobile solution comes to DRC](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/kinshasa_masina_drc_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 08 September 2025 11268 views Digital payments giant Visa has announced the launch of Visa Pay, a mobile solution that provides access to digital payments and account-to-account money movement, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ![Orange names Thierry Millet as CEO of Orange Money Group](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/People/Thierry_Millet_600.jpg) Details Manny Pham Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 04 September 2025 10577 views Orange has appointed Thierry Millet (pictured) as CEO of Orange Money Group, replacing Aminata Kane. ![Orange Egypt and Enjaz team up for Saudi money transfer offer](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/Orange_stand_MWC2023.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 26 August 2025 13700 views Service provider Orange Egypt says it has signed an exclusive money transfer partnership with Enjaz Payment Services, one of the largest fintech companies in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. ![Whish Money and Mastercard address Lebanese remittance market](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/beirut_street_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 25 August 2025 10079 views Whish Money, a Lebanese fintech company, has collaborated with payments giant Mastercard to enable inbound and outbound remittance flows for consumers in Lebanon. ![Alipay+ follows QR payment deal in Armenia with new agreement in Kazakhstan](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Kazakhstan_Astana_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 14 August 2025 14124 views Alipay+, a global wallet gateway, and Kaspi.kz, the leading super app in Kazakhstan, say they have enabled international cross-border QR payment acceptance in Kazakhstan. ![Airtel Money Africa and pawaPay boost remittance services](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Zambia_Lusaka_aerial_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 08 August 2025 12846 views Airtel Money Africa, the mobile money arm of pan-African operator Airtel Africa, has announced an extended partnership with Africa’s largest mobile money payment service provider (PSP), pawaPay, to enable seamless cross-border payments for licensed international money transfer operators (IMTOs) across seven key Airtel Africa markets. ![Lao Mobile Money signs digital payments partnership with Visa](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Lao_Mobile_Money_Visa_600.png) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 04 August 2025 8352 views Lao Telecom’s fintech unit Lao Mobile Money – which operates the MmoneyX mobile wallet – has become a strategic business partner with Visa in a deal aimed at boosting digital payments and financial inclusion in Laos. ![MTC Namibia and Letshego launch microlending pilot](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/namibia_swakopmund_600.jpg) Details John Tanner Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 01 August 2025 7703 views MTC Namibia has reportedly teamed up with Letshego Micro Financial Services to launch a pilot for a new mobile microlending platform that will provide instant loans to customers via their mobile phones. ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Zambia_Lusaka_aerial_600.jpg) Details Vaughan O'Grady Category: [Mobile Finance](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/financial-services.html) 30 July 2025 7978 views Money transfer services continue to make headlines in Africa. This time it’s the turn of Zambia where Western Union, Zoona Transactions Zambia Limited and Chipper Cash have announced the launch of international money transfer services in the Chipper Cash app.