Visa says it is collaborating with QR payment providers across the Asia-Pacific region to kick off a scheme that would enable digital wallet users in the region to make QR payments at merchants when traveling abroad.
MTN Uganda announced plans on Wednesday to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on July 2 to discuss and vote on the proposed spinoff of its mobile money and fintech business, MTN MoMo, from its core telecoms operations.
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.
Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed a multi-market agreement that will use Mastercard’s technology and capabilities to support MTN’s ambition to become Africa’s largest fintech platform for both merchants and consumers.