[kictanet] M-PESA upgrade to allow direct money transaction from the phonebook

[robert yawe]

Hi,

I run an mpesa agency and safaricom had indicated that this feature would be available mid last year, maybe now with stiff competition their response to market requests will be much faster.

Kenyans with our peculiar habits will soon become the only cashless society in the world, and someone still calls us a 3rd world underdeveloped country, I am surely proud to be Kenyan. 

Now if only safaricom and the other mobile money transfer companies can realise that mpesa is not a micro payment system but a fully fledged payment system.  Its time they removed the transaction limits as the fear of money laundering is mediocre.  Peculiar Kenyans launder their money by breeding goats.

It is also my wish that the corruption by their mpesa field staff can be brought under control, it is getting to epidemic levels and seems to be getting institutionalized.

Regards 

Robert Yawe

KAY System Technologies Ltd

Phoenix House, 6th Floor

P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

Kenya



Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

--- On Mon, 25/1/10, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:

From: Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] M-PESA upgrade to allow direct money transaction from the phonebook
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Monday, 25 January, 2010, 15:57



 
Walu, et 
al..
 
You will be 
interested to know, follow up to your query sometimes back on this forum on 
Money Transfer services, something
is in the offing - 
Check the link:-
 
http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-top-stories/500-m-pesa-upgrade-to-allow-direct-money-transaction-from-the-phonebook-.html
 
 
Let's keep the 
debate alive on the forum in the quest for better, affordable and 
reliable services in the sector..
 
Regards,
Harry
 
 
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