Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros
by philsnow on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:20PM
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Africa did as well for the most part, didn't they? I recall reading how people there are largely "unbanked" but they carry balances with their cell provider somehow and pay each other that way.
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros
by pgeorgi on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:43PM
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In Africa that would be m-pesa, started by a Kenyan telecom and Vodafone.
One fun bit is that it uses SIM applications[0], something that's barely used for anything serious except for m-pesa (and its spin-offs) but exists practically across the entire GSM infrastructure.