Mastercard announces collaborations in Saudi Arabia and Jordan

A remittances-focused partnership has been announced that could see the expansion of M-Pesa, the continent’s leading mobile money and digital payments service, to West Africa.

International money transfer operator Sasai Money Transfer has announced that it has partnered with Airtel Money, the payments division of operator Airtel, to expand what it describes as its revolutionary offer of free remittances to more African marke…

Globe Telecom CEO Ernest Cu said the operator group’s fintech division may go public as the company looks to diversify its business away from traditional telco revenue drivers.