Mary Claire shares M-Pesa records revealing Elvis Opiyo’s rapid transfers before an acid attack, revealing a troubled relationship marked by rejection and tragedy.

Kenya’s M-Pesa is making a comeback in South Africa after failed attempts four years ago. During its initial launch it had only a million subscribers and had to be shut down. This is what happens when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the opportunities for the US coming from the developing world. Nearly a decade after its launch, M-Pesa has transformed ...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has lost its bid to exit a court case in which an M-Pesa user sued Safaricom over mobile money fraud.The court ruled that the CBK’s role as regulator of payment service ...

Ten years ago on Tuesday, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa, with “pesa” meaning money in Swahili. Think mobile ...

Everyone says their fintech will change lives. This one did. One of the world's most influential and important fintechs has just passed another milestone. Africa's first mobile payment service, M-Pesa ...

The news: Visa partnered with Kenya-based mobile money platform M-Pesa (owned by telecom giant Safaricom) to launch the M-Pesa GlobalPay virtual Visa card, per TechCrunch. The virtual card will let ...

Being a Kenyan, who uses both the mobile money service and bitcoin, it made me think about how the two technologies compare. I came across a link about M-Pesa on the Bitcoin subreddit with the ...