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EcoCash appeals to central bank over ZimSwitch integration

Tuesday 5 January 2021 | 12:49 CET | News
Zimbabwe mobile money platform EcoCash has approached the country's Central Bank with a request to be exempted from having to integrate with the national payment system ZimSwitch, reports ITWeb. In August, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directed all mobile money operators to integrate with the national payment system. The company argued that there is no need for it to be integrated considering its capacity to operate on its own, its national footprint and the ability to transact over 450 transactions per second.

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Companies: POTRAZ
Countries: Zimbabwe
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