M-Pesa
Sign in to saveM-PESA (M for mobile, PESA is Swahili for money) is a mobile phone-based money transfer service, payments and micro-financing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone and Safaricom, the largest mobile network operator in Kenya. It has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan, South Africa and Ethiopia. The rollouts in India, Romania, and Albania were terminated amid low market uptake. M-PESA allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-PESA, Swahili for "Pay with M-PESA"), access
Key facts
- Interbank network.name
- M-PESA
- Interbank network.logo
- M-PESA.png
- Interbank network.area
- Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Afghanistan, Lesotho, DRC, Ghana, Mozambique, Egypt, Ethiopia.
- Interbank network.members
- Safaricom
- Interbank network.foundation
- 2007
- Interbank network.owner
- Safaricom
- Interbank network.website
- www.vodafone.com/m-pesa
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Concept
- Services
- Cost, transaction charges, statistics
- Effect on poverty in Kenya
- Markets
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Afghanistan
- South Africa
- India
- Europe
- Other markets
- Regulation and KYC rules
- Third-party integration
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
M-PESA (M for mobile, PESA is Swahili for money) is a mobile phone-based money transfer service, payments and micro-financing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone and Safaricom, the largest mobile network operator in Kenya. It has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan, South Africa and Ethiopia. The rollouts in India, Romania, and Albania were terminated amid low market uptake. M-PESA allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-PESA, Swahili for "Pay with M-PESA"), access credit and savings, all with a mobile device.
The service allows users to deposit money into an account stored on their cell phones, to send balances using PIN-secured SMS text messages to other users, including sellers of goods and services, and to redeem deposits for regular money. Users are charged a fee for sending and withdrawing money using the service.
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