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More details revealed regarding EcoCash rewards – Here’s what’s up for grabs
We wrote an article on EcoCash Rewards – a promotion by EcoCash that rewards the mobile money service’s users for transacting. Unfortunately, that piece was devoid of detail and as a follow up to some...
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OneMoney & Telecash would do well to learn from EcoCash Rewards
It’s been a little over a month since we crossed the threshold of interoperability. We can now send money from an EcoCash wallet directly to OneMoney, Telecash and bank accounts directly. This, at...
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ZIPIT Smart launches promotion, was this inspired by EcoCash Rewards?
In early September ZimSwitch announced the launch of a new product called ZIPIT Smart. The platform aims to give users an EcoCash-like experience but through the funds in their bank accounts. This...
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EcoCash Rewards payouts finally underway…
We have all been waiting for EcoCash to come good and start issuing the payouts for their Rewards promotion. EcoCash customers have been voicing their displeasure at how the whole affair has been...
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EcoCash system maintenance to disrupt bank to wallet services
EcoCash has announced that they will be carrying out a planned system maintenance from 23:00 on the 7th of November 2020 to 06:00 on the 8th of November 2020. The full statement reads as follows:...
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OneMoney to do service disrupting upgrade at the same time as EcoCash –...
It seems like something is going on with mobile money operators this weekend. Earlier on EcoCash announced that it will be carrying out a planned maintenance and now OneMoney, in a message to...
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EcoCash rewards extended to remittances
Judging by social media posts as well as responses to the few articles Techzim has written about the EcoCash Rewards campaign, the promotion seems to be quite popular. The mobile money operator is now...
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EcoCash announces regional & international remittance partnerships
EcoCash has been fighting a battle on many fronts since ZimSwitch became the National Switch. Their first initiative was the Rewards program which was aimed at keeping customers on the platform as...
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No EcoCash option in the Steward Bank ZIPIT menu, Strange…
It’s a little under two months since ZimSwitch was anointed the National Switch and ushered in an era of true interoperability. We should be able to send money from EcoCash to bank accounts and all...
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Cassava responds as to why Steward Bank customers can’t send money to EcoCash...
Yesterday we reported on an oddity that cropped up in the payments space. Steward Bank customers can’t send money from their bank account to EcoCash directly and this the same for EcoCash. This isn’t...
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You can now redeem your own EcoCash Rewards points
I am pretty sure a good number of you are tired of hearing the words “EcoCash” and “Rewards”. The initial rollout had a very messy points redemption process when the promotion debuted. Customers had...
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Why can’t we convert airtime to money in an EcoCash wallet?
Converting airtime to money in an EcoCash wallet might be a transaction that not many people need. It’s something that I only recently lacked when I accidentally bought too much airtime and I called...
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Beware of investment scams operating via EcoCash
“Cash Base Investors” is a group that has been making off with people’s money. The group asks people to send them money over EcoCash promising them a 100% payback within 5 days. From what we have been...
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EcoCash fees to go up next month, here are the new tariffs
EcoCash has announced new transaction fees that will come into effect on January 14th 2021. The last time the mobile money operator increased tariffs was August this year Here are the new EcoCash...
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EcoCash will run itself out of business with its transaction fees
There is a Twitter user by the name of @PrivateDaniels who revealed the stark contrast in fees between an EcoCash to EcoCash and a ZIPIT transaction from his bank to an EcoCash user (yay...
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Mobile Money in 2020: EcoCash vs RBZ, OneMoney on the rise? & Telecash
The story of mobile money in 2020 was, for the most part, a turbulent one. I am sure we can all remember the weekend of the 26th of June when the government decided to ban mobile money. We all held...
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EcoCash bank to wallet limits
I am sure that there are many of you who have your EcoCash linked to your bank account. This facility was made available ages ago and allows you to move money from you EcoCash wallet to your bank and...
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Here’s how much your bank charges you to do a “bank to EcoCash wallet”
Earlier on we reported on the EcoCash bank to wallet limits and I am sure you all know that the missing piece to this puzzle is how much it actually costs to do the transaction. The following are the...
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EcoCash & Steward Bank offering customers ZWL$1000 loans in KaShagi part 2
EcoCash and Steward Bank are offering their customers ZWL$1 000 loans with a reboot of the “KaShagi Ipapo Ipapo” promotion: via EcoCash on Facebook The KaShagi promotion which was last held in 2018 is...
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EcoCash now charging merchants per transaction with no warning
So… without any warning EcoCash has started charging merchants 0.3% per transaction made by a customer. So why is this a big deal? EcoCash makes its money from the consumer (me and you). Whenever we...
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