MTN is wading into lending by offering personal loans of up to R180,000 as the mobile operator continues to expand its financial services business.

The success of WeChat — Tencent’s super-app in China — has convinced companies across the banking and telecom sectors in SA that new growth areas, such as mobile payments and integration with multiple service providers, are the future...

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