UPDATE 1-MTN Nigeria launches money transfer service [Reuters]
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UPDATE 1-MTN Nigeria launches money transfer service - Reuters 2 Min Read (Adds details) By Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s biggest telecoms firm MTN has launched a mobile money transfer service, targeting those without bank accounts, and said on Thursday it plans to become a payment services bank once it obtains approval from the central bank. The success in east Africa of M-Pesa, the mobile money unit of Kenya’s Safaricom, has convinced investors and the industry that financial services are the next growth area for the telecoms sector, where prices for basic services are falling. Nigeria said last year it would allow telecom companies to provide banking services, aiming to give millions of Nigerians without bank accounts access to mobile money services. MTN Nigeria was awarded a licence by Nigeria’s central bank in July to provide financial services. Majority owned by South Africa’s MTN Group, the company runs Nigeria’s biggest mobile phone network serving aroun
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