Banking & Payments

For anyone that's into any form of online jobs, PayPal is the defacto mode of payment. It is just as universally accepted as MasterCard and VISA. That local Banks like Equity and our very own M-PESA have first party solutions for transacting with PayPal is... Read More

Few years after the introduction of Apple Pay, here is another payment solution that works with the Wallet app on your iPhone. However, unlike Apple Pay, the Apple Card will exist virtually in your smartphone and also physically as a titanium card with your name... Read More

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is seeking to boost convenience and efficiency of its services through the automation and digitization exercise. The NSSF has now partnered with Safaricom as it embarks on a push to fully adopt cashless payments. Under the initiative, NSSF will... Read More

UPDATE: Mula has since been rebranded to Tingg. With the rebrand, the parent company, Cellulant seeks to make Tingg Africa’s first payments Super App. In Nigeria, Tingg has been operating very successfully as a fully-fledged comprehensive digital financial services product. Its genesis was the implementation... Read More

Safaricom's M-PESA has become the primary way through which we transact. We use it for everything from paying bills, purchasing goods and services, sending funds to family and friends and everything in between. It therefore makes sense to keep track on one's expenditure. Safaricom offers... Read More

Someone once said that in Kenya, you are one illness away from poverty. Much as we would want to hide from that painful fact, it really is clear. Healthcare in this country is costly. Luckily, we have the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). This insurance... Read More

Digital payments solutions are slowly replacing the need for physical cash. Mobile and online banking are the new playgrounds for many banks in Uganda. So how does one of the leading financial institutions in the country spice things up to get an edge over the... Read More

Since technology is something we cannot live without, many people are actually embracing online shopping. It is very a convenient  way of shopping as you can plan on what to buy basing on the different pricing and also track your order till delivery. Through online... Read More

One of the reasons people put their money in the bank is to be assured of its security. Banks are crafting measures to further fortify the finances of their customers and gain their trust. From signatures and PINs to more advanced bio-metric methods such as... Read More