Monitise launches Nigerian mobile money pilot
Monitise launches Nigerian mobile money pilot
- March 26, 2011
Thanks to Monitise Mobile Money, Nigerians can now make deposits, withdrawals and transfers via a network of approved agents.
The pilot of the first Monitise branded customer-facing service targeted at the unbanked has been launched in four cities and 11 rural locations across four states under a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) provisional licence to develop the country’s mobile payments network. Monitise expects to provide its technology to other financial institutions in Nigeria as it does in other markets around the world.
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