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EcoCash Launches Online Portal For Registration Of Agents & Merchants
EcoCash has launched a self-service portal which enables agents, merchants, billers, bulk payers and payroll channel partners to submit applications without need to physically visit Econet shops. The...
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Is Twitter The Best Crowdfunding Platform For Zimbabweans Right Now?
I think it’s fair to say crowdfunding in Zimbabwe is pretty difficult if not actually dead. The first problem you encounter when trying to run a crowdfunding campaign be it for business or for...
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EcoCash Merchant To Agent Transactions Blocked By FIU!
EcoCash seems to have blocked Merchant to Agent transactions though it’s not exactly clear what their reason for doing so is at the time of writing. The first hunch would be that this is yet another...
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OneMoney Crosses Half A Million Subscriber Mark – How Did They Get There?
The latest POTRAZ report is out and OneMoney grew exponentially in the first quarter of 2020. 18.4% growth means NetOne’s mobile money service now has 555 225 subscribers. This time last year they had...
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EcoCash Launches Promotion To Promote Bank To Wallet Transactions
Most news around EcoCash has lately been about the continuous restrictions being placed on their platform by regulators. Such restrictions have implications on the platform’s utility (usefulness). It...
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EcoCash Airtime Recharges Aren’t Showing In Customer Accounts.
Customers have been tweeting out that they were buying airtime through EcoCash but weren’t receiving the funds. When they checked their EcoCash balance the money for the transaction was deducted. The...
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EcoCash reduces transaction limits
Given that EcoCash has been under severe regulatory scrutiny over the past few weeks, its no surprise that the mobile money platform has taken the step to reduce transcation thresholds for certain...
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Remain calm and keep transacting, EcoCash tells its customers
In a sudden and a hugely ill advised move, the government yesterday announced that they were suspending all mobile money transactions with immediate effect. As expected, EcoCash has responded. Here is...
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Kuhumana: Video of gvt official struggling to explain why they suspended EcoCash
Nick Mangwana, the Permanent Secretary in the Mimnistry of Information is the one whose signature was on the ridiculous statement that announced the ban on mobile money. Here is him tripping over his...
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Government bans EcoCash and other mobile money. Ok… So what are we supposed...
The government last night through Information Secretary Nick Mangwana decided to suspend all forms of mobile money. Now the reasons behind that decision aside, what does it mean for all of us who rely...
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Confusion, contradiction, lies – Breaking down the ban on EcoCash and others
Of course we will keep going to town about the most stupid decision announced by the Zimbabwean government ever. Scrutinising the statement that announced the suspension of all mobile money and the...
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OneMoney and MyCash respond to mobile money ban: platforms are still working
NetOne and MyCash have followed up Econet’s response to the announcement made by Information Secretary Nick Mangwana last night. NetOne Dear Valued Customer,We would like to advise that OneMoney...
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Telecel completes the set, all three telecoms respond to the mobile money ban
Telecel has completed the set. Now all three of the country’s telecommunications companies have all responded to the announcement by Nick Mangwana last night. Their statement reads: “To our valued...
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Govt saves face, RBZ statement on EcoCash ban: reversing from the original plan
Yesterday the government through Nick Mangwana issued a statement declaring that mobile money was suspended with immediate effect. Naturally the public wasn’t happy and all three mobile...
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What does the RBZ directive mean for EcoCash and other mobile money platforms?
Yesterday the Reserve Bank followed up a statement made by Nick Mangwana on Friday night. The original statement looked to totally ban mobile money platforms. The government was planning to take a:...
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EcoCash is under threat – gvt to blame BUT underlying problem is...
Yesterday a colleague mentioned that they were denied using EcoCash at a service station. All other forms of payment were acceptable except EcoCash. This didn’t surprise me. First let’s make sure...
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EcoCash to become just a wallet, RBZ says everyone must connect to ZIMSWITCH
So this happened: DESIGNATION OF ZIMSWITCH TECHNOLOGIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED (ZIMSWITCH) AS A NATIONAL PAYMENT SWITCHIn accordance with the provisions of the National Payment Systems Act [Chapter 24:23]...
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With a national switch on the way, EcoCash needs to focus on innovation now...
A few days ago, my colleague Tinashe wrote an article about EcoCash and the Econet group’s need to innovate build compelling products. Today the RBZ announced that ZimSwitch is going to assume the...
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Zimswitch: a quick refresher on what it is and what it does
The Reserve Bank this afternoon issued a statement that made Zimswitch the national payment switch. This means that EcoCash will be relegated to just being wallet and will have to use Zimswitch as the...
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Warrant permitting ZRP to raid Econet unconstitutional – Fadzayi Mahere
On Friday, the Magistrate’s court issued a search and seizure warrant giving the ZRP permission to raid Econet Wireless offices. The Criminal Investigation Department sought the warrant on the basis...
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