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murchr
#21 Posted : Sunday, February 26, 2017 10:08:15 PM
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Safaricom has distributed 16,000 payment cards in the pilot phase of a project that will see it step deeper into banking territory.

The telco last year started piloting the Lipa na M-Pesa card among university students and staff. The company says 47 companies are already accepting payments via the Lipa na M-Pesa card.

Safaricom said it is using information from the pilot phase to prepare for a commercial launch in 2017.

http://www.businessdaily...828764-tx3wx0/index.html
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
#22 Posted : Monday, February 27, 2017 7:47:21 AM
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that's a great piece of tech and quite convenient to.if it interface directly with the mpesa account.hope it willnot go the safari card way,though
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watesh
#23 Posted : Monday, February 27, 2017 8:57:49 AM
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If they roll it out well, this will cement mpesa's position in the goods payments
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subzero
#24 Posted : Monday, February 27, 2017 10:50:52 AM
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your title mentions "NFC sim card" but the article does not mention a SIM card
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wazuaguest
#25 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2017 9:12:37 AM
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Thats one step back.We are moving away from cards to mobile payments.
Improve on the phone payments to perfection,thats where the future lies.Personally i have reduced the amounts of cards i carry to the point i no longer carry a wallet.
Africa belongs to Africans.
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watesh
#26 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2017 9:38:59 AM
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wazuaguest wrote:
Thats one step back.We are moving away from cards to mobile payments.
Improve on the phone payments to perfection,thats where the future lies.Personally i have reduced the amounts of cards i carry to the point i no longer carry a wallet.

Personally i find the whole payment via mpesa using those till numbers to be very tedious. Too many steps for a single transactions, then i have to check if i have the numbers right. With a card, all am doing is check if they have the right bill entered then punch in my PIN, done!
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penkon
#27 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:06:22 AM
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watesh wrote:
wazuaguest wrote:
Thats one step back.We are moving away from cards to mobile payments.
Improve on the phone payments to perfection,thats where the future lies.Personally i have reduced the amounts of cards i carry to the point i no longer carry a wallet.

Personally i find the whole payment via mpesa using those till numbers to be very tedious. Too many steps for a single transactions, then i have to check if i have the numbers right. With a card, all am doing is check if they have the right bill entered then punch in my PIN, done!


hoping the technology will be inclusive to the disabled
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wazuaguest
#28 Posted : Saturday, March 04, 2017 9:50:15 AM
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watesh wrote:
wazuaguest wrote:
Thats one step back.We are moving away from cards to mobile payments.
Improve on the phone payments to perfection,thats where the future lies.Personally i have reduced the amounts of cards i carry to the point i no longer carry a wallet.

Personally i find the whole payment via mpesa using those till numbers to be very tedious. Too many steps for a single transactions, then i have to check if i have the numbers right. With a card, all am doing is check if they have the right bill entered then punch in my PIN, done!


If i can scan the QR code with my phone(after i am satisfied of the amounts) and make payments,that would be the perfect payment system for me
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wazuaguest
#29 Posted : Monday, March 06, 2017 5:01:30 PM
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The graphs here clearly show where the future is.
http://www.businessdaily...38734-bo3fw6z/index.html
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murchr
#30 Posted : Monday, March 06, 2017 5:07:27 PM
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wazuaguest wrote:
The graphs here clearly show where the future is.

http://www.businessdaily...8734-bo3fw6z/index.html


No one is abandoning the use of mobile money, but this will be used in complementary for those places where it is more convenient to swipe a card. As someone pointed out, sometimes lipa na mpesa at the till is cumbersome.
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