BankservAfrica to launch regional payments between mobile and traditional bank accounts
The platform, to start operating in July, will enable the largest automated payments clearing house in Africa to facilitate real-time transactions in the region
12 June 2019 - 20:51
BankservAfrica, the largest automated payments clearing house in Africa, says it will launch a new platform that will enable payment from mobile bank accounts to traditional accounts.
BankservAfrica chief payments & innovation officer Jan Pilbauer said in an interview the platform will launch in July with two banks and two mobile operators. He said the technology could allow for an Ecocash mobile wallet in Zimbabwe to send money to an FNB bank account in SA, for example. ..
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