{"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. 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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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