<div dir="auto"><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Safaricom <input type="button" value="SCOM • 42.80" style="margin:0px;font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-radius:3px;text-transform:uppercase;padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;background:rgb(204,204,204);white-space:nowrap"> will introduce a feature blocking customer contact details when making payments through Lipa na M-Pesa to curb personal information being traded to advertisers or fraudsters.</p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The telco will only display the first and last few digits of a phone number, blocking the middle and effectively hiding the contact of the customer.</p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#4d4d4d" face="pt serif, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20.8px"><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/safaricom-hide-identity-of-lipa-na-m-pesa-users-3486200">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/safaricom-hide-identity-of-lipa-na-m-pesa-users-3486200</a></span></font><br></p></div>