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October 1, 2019 11:25 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZwdT_Lj_M10/zimbabwe-has-shut-down-the-use-of-mobile-money-for-cash-transactions
Zimbabwe Has Shut Down the Use of Mobile Money For Cash Transactions
Mobile money is fast blossoming in Africa, boosted by rising mobile adoption across the continent, but in Zimbabwe -- which is battling a severe financial crunch -- the most common cash-in and cash-out functionalities have just been killed off as the government battles to contain the country's economic crisis. From a report: Cash-out is process of converting mobile wallet balances into hard cash while cash-in refers to the process of depositing cash into a mobile wallet. Mobile money agents facilitate these processes and normally, the agents have to get the cash from banks against their mobile money balances which are referred to as "float." These agents then act as mini banks, basically facilitating deposit or withdrawal of cash (cash-in and cash out respectively) by account holders from mobile wallets. These functionalities, in addition to sending and receiving money as well as payments at supermarkets and other merchants and cross transfers from and into bank accounts constitute the most impactful financial inclusion use cases that mobile money is hinged on across Africa. Success cases also include Kenya and Tanzania while MTN is ready to roll out mobile money in Nigeria. Yet in Zimbabwe, cash-in and cash-out has just been killed off by the government, because authorities have concluded the functions are being abused. Zimbabwean mobile money agents, mostly with the dominant EcoCash platform, have been capitalizing on cash shortages in Zimbabwe to buy cash for re-sale to mobile wallet holders at a premium of up to 50%. This means that when trying to access funds in your mobile wallet through the agents, one would only get about 50% of their balance.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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