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    EcoCash Launches Remittance Service in South Africa

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    By Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi on March 8, 2019 Africa, Apps, Brands, Business, Financial Inclusion, Financial Services, Mobile Money, Money Transfer, News, Partnerships, Products, Technology in Africa

    EcoCash, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe’s mobile money Fintech business, has partnered with Cassava Fintech South Africa to provide an enhanced cross-border money transfer service from South Africa to Zimbabwe.

    Announcing the launch of the service, Cassava Fintech International Group CEO Darlington Mandivenga said he was confident the service would do very well and meet a growing customer need across the continent.

    He said Zimbabweans living in South Africa would now be able to send money to recipients in Zimbabwe by initiating a money transfer request through a few simple steps.

    “They can now simply log onto the EcoCash SA App, or visit www.cassavaecocash.co.za to sign up and start sending money,” Mandivenga said.

    “Customers can also visit any of the over 160 000 partner outlets in South Africa to send money home.

    “The money will immediately reflect in their EcoCash FCA mobile wallet, and an SMS confirmation sent to the recipient of the funds in Zimbabwe.”

    He said every EcoCash line in Zimbabwe already included an FCA wallet on its existing menu from which a customer can send money to another customer’s FCA wallet locally.

    “They can also buy goods and services in foreign currency, using the FCA wallet, and enjoy huge discounts in most retail shops, as well as meet their foreign obligations, pay for Visa applications and do online payments – including DStv and Netflix subscriptions, among many others,” said Mandivenga, adding that one could now also access funds from their FCA wallet through the EcoCash MasterCard Debit Card from anywhere in the world.

    Mandivenga said Cassava’s value proposition had unique add-on services, such as the ‘Cassava Home Wallet’ and the ‘Breadwinner’ services, which offer remitting customers unique benefits not offered by its competitors.

    He said the Home Wallet service enables customers to open mobile money wallets in their countries of origin and send money into these wallets from anywhere in the world.

    “The funds can be used to perform all mobile money wallet functions the customer would perform in his home country, including paying utility bills, buying groceries for loved ones and paying school fees for their dependents,” Mandivenga said.

    He added that this would reduce the risk of abuse and misuse of funds for purposes other than what the sender intended.

    Mandivenga said the Breadwinner service was a death benefit cover that pays out benefits to a customer’s designated beneficiary in their home country, should the customer pass away.

    “The benefit is available at no additional cost to the customer, provided they use the Cassava remittance service consistently over a period of time,” said the senior Cassava executive, who has been at the helm of the Econet Group’s Fintech business since 2011.

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    Cassava Fintech South Africa Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Darlington Mandivenga EcoCash EcoCash FCA mobile wallet EcoCash SA App Financial Inclusion financial services fintech South Africa Zimbabwe
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