SimbaPay,
which also services the Kenyan diaspora, has added Uganda and Ghana as
remittance destinations on its international digital money transfer
platform.
The Kenyan and Nigerian diaspora has been using the money transfer service via mobile money and bank accounts.
“By
delivering money via existing mobile money wallet services, many
recipients who previously could not access formal financial services can
now do so,” said SimbaPay chief executive Nyasinga Onyancha.
SimbaPay
connected its platform to customers globally last year. To send money
via the service, Kenyans living in Europe and who own a bank account or
debit card can download the SimbaPay app from the Apple AppStore or
Google Play.
App users can then proceed to “securely” make money transfers straight from any smartphone, tablet or computer.
SimbaPay
has also been offering instant deposit services to community lender
Choice Microfinance Bank’s customers, enabling the financier to mobilise
deposits in Kajiado County.
Money transfers made to Choice Microfinance Bank by Kenyans living abroad using SimbaPay are free of transfer fees.
SimbaPay
is also partnering with Co-operative Bank to offer money transfer
services to its customers in the diaspora. It has partnered with Unaitas
Sacco too.
The firm plans to increase destinations and
partners next year. It launched free transfers of funds from Europe to
all Nigerian banks last year.
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