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EcoCash Sending Weird Messages To Subscribers
This evening (Monday 2nd Novemebr 2019), EcoCash has sent some weird messages to some of their subscribers. It’s not so clear what these messages are but they seem to suggest that one has done a bill...
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EcoCash Users Flock To Econet Shop To Get Assistance As Post-Upgrade Problems...
EcoCash upgraded their platform two weeks ago but most users of the platform have reached that the upgrade was in actuality a downgrade for all intents and purposes. After the upgrade users couldn’t...
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EcoCash Is Down… Again
EcoCash has been stuck in an upgrade cycle since Saturday 16 November. Whilst the planned upgrade has been announced as complete a number of time since that date the service hasn’t really worked...
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Podcast On OneMoney To Overtake EcoCash In 2 Years
On this episode of the Techzim podcast, we have a discussion on whether the statement by NetOne CEO Lazarus Muchenje that OneMoney will overtake EcoCash in 2 years is even possible. Some of the...
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Alleged Fraudster Generates $20 000 Worth Of Fake EcoCash Payments
We’ve talked about fake EcoCash payments before, here and more recently here. Another case of EcoCash related cyber-crime has occurred with a Bulawayo based man being accused of defrauding a...
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OneMoney Extends Free Transactions Promo Until March 2020
At the end of November, OneMoney announced that they would 0 rate all transactions on the mobile money platform until 31 December. One would assume that the tactic is working because OneMoney has...
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[Video] EcoCash CEO Thanks Users For Patience During Bumpy Upgrade
EcoCash’s CEO Natalie Jabangwe thanked users of the mobile money service for their patience with EcoCash: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that...
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Franchise Model One Of The Keys To OneMoney’s Growth – NetOne CEO
OneMoney has been on an upward trajectory for a while now. In October, NetOne revealed that their mobile money platform had gained 97% in a single quarter. In a recent interview, Lazarus Muchenje (CEO...
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Breaking: EcoCash Tariffs Going Up, RBZ Has Approved
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has just approved the adjustment of transaction fees upwards by Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money operator, EcoCash. According to reliable sources this approval has been...
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Vodafone Withdraws From FB’s Libra Association To Focus On M-Pesa
Following Facebook’s announcement of Libra, there was a brief honeymoon phase where crypto and tech enthusiasts celebrated the coming of this digital currency which would leverage Facebook’s digital...
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EcoCash Users Now Able To Reverse Transactions Via USSD
EcoCash has introduced a new option for people who’ve mistakenly sent money to the wrong individual. By dialling *150# and selecting option 3 (Self Help/Reversal) EcoCash subscribers can either submit...
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MTN Launches Mobile Money In South Africa Again
In 2012, MTN launched a mobile money service in South Africa but closed it down 4 years later due to prohibitive operating costs. That would’ve been a sad way for the story to end so fast-forward...
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OneMoney Partnership With ZIMRA Enables Payment Of Taxes, Custom Duties &...
Last September, NetOne announced a partnership with ZIMRA that would allow businesses and individuals to pay their assessment and business partner numbers using NetOne’s mobile money service. The BP...
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BAZ Wrongly Says Mobile Money Services Have Unfair Advantage Over Banks
During the recently held Parliamentary Portfolio Committee meeting, Bankers Association of Zimbabwe raised concerns regarding mobile money services and the unfair advantage they have over financial...
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EcoCash Distances Self From Fake Customer Service Number
EcoCash took to their social media channels to warn subscribers using the mobile money service to avoid interfacing with a certain fake support number claiming to process instant renewals. The fake...
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EcoCash Nicodemusly Raises Charges
We recently got a tip to the effect that EcoCash had silently raised charges for EcoCash biller charges, slapping a $5 fee per transaction; Ecocash biller charges have shot up to $5 flat per...
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Mobile Money Transactions To Be Scrutinised DAILY By Mthuli Ncube Task Force
On launching his Currency Stabilisation Task Force today, the minister of finance touched on mobile money specifically. Mobile money has been a scapegoat when it comes to the runaway inflation and its...
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EcoCash & Mobile Money Players To Pay Out Interest If You Keep Your Money In...
Mthuli Ncube is said to have gazetted a new financial instrument yesterday that will enable mobile money users to receive interest on the money they keep in their mobile money wallets (i.e EcoCash,...
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NetOne Board Facing Expulsion Whilst CEO Continues To Be Investigated
NetOne’s boardroom squabbles have been well documented to this point but now there is another twist with Zim Morning Post reporting that the entire NetOne board is on the verge of expulsion. Proserve...
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EcoCash Increases Transaction Limits As ZWL Continues To Fall
As Zimbabwe’s currency continues to take a beating, the country’s leading consumer payments platform, EcoCash has revised its ceiling on transactions. These limits are set with the approval of the...
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