{"id":10828,"date":"2018-09-17T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=10828"},"modified":"2018-09-17T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:16:11","slug":"kenyan-group-in-talks-with-ethiopian-banks-on-mobile-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kenyan-group-in-talks-with-ethiopian-banks-on-mobile-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan group in talks with Ethiopian banks on mobile payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Equity Group Holdings Ltd.\u2019s FinTech Unit is in discussions with six Ethiopian banks to collaborate on cross-border mobile payments and e-commerce. The company, acting via its wholly-owned subsidiary Finserve Africa Ltd., is targeting remittances from three million Ethiopians living outside the country as the country begins opening up its economy for foreign investment. The company expects agreements to be concluding within the next 3-6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Ethiopians sent back approximately USD 4.6 billion in remittances, equal to about 25% of the country\u2019s annual foreign exchange earnings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-10828 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Open APIs driving the uberization of payment services'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/open-apis-driving-the-uberization-of-payment-services\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/open-api-payment-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-10531\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-10531'>\n\t\t\t\tOpen APIs driving the uberization of payment services\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Infographic: the changing landscape of payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/infographic-the-landscape-changing-of-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PSD2-Instant-Payments-EN-1-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12799\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12799'>\n\t\t\t\tInfographic: the changing landscape of payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='First payments through Telegram Messenger in Kazakhstan'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/first-payments-through-messenger-in-kazakhstan\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxresdefault-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-3674\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-3674'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst payments through Telegram Messenger in Kazakhstan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equity Group Holdings Ltd.\u2019s FinTech Unit is in discussions with six Ethiopian banks to collaborate on cross-border mobile payments and e-commerce. The company, acting via its wholly-owned subsidiary Finserve Africa Ltd., is targeting remittances from three million Ethiopians living outside the country as the country begins opening up its economy for foreign investment. 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