Saying African Telcos Are ‘Inadequately Prepared’ for Mobile Money Fraud Smacks of Unconscious Racism
The Head of Communications at SAS Institute sees no problem with a wild generalization about Africans and crime.
AML Compliance for High-Growth E-wallet Markets
Mobile money and online payment services have driven the rapid rise of e-wallets, forcing businesses to deploy dynamic technology to tackle money laundering.
Cities of Gold or the Final Meltdown? Nobody Can Predict the Future of Bitcoin
Is it brave or foolish to seek USD1bn to build a Bitcoin City? Risk can be hard to evaluate but there are also downsides to doing nothing.
Zimbabwean Government Keeps Crushing Mobile Money
Mobile services that allow ordinary Zimbabweans to escape inflation by exchanging money into US dollars are being shut down.
Central African Republic Becomes Second Country to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender
They follow the lead of El Salvador, but have different motives for wanting to reduce reliance on currencies controlled by the West.
Ghana’s Telcos Collectively Block 28,000 SIMs in Common Bid to Stop Mobile Money Fraud
Tricky fraudsters deliberately misspell their messages in the hope of evading automated filters.
Is El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment Mad, Bad or Genius?
US politicians and the IMF have doubts about El Salvador using bitcoin as legal tender but they should consider how much poor people spend on transferring money between countries.
Popularity of Mobile Payments in Cambodia Shows Rich Countries Lag Behind the Mobile-Fintech Revolution
The percentage of the Cambodian population using mobile payments is almost double that of the USA.
Uganda Removes Mobile Money Kiosks from Kampala
The local authority that said Kampala’s mobile money kiosks were illegal had previously issued licenses for the kiosks and charged fees for those licenses.
Punches Thrown in Ghana’s Parliament over Proposed Mobile Money Tax
It looked like the ruling NPP tried to break procedure to enact a new tax but some say it was a misunderstanding about using the toilet.