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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Effective March 15, customers of different mobile money service providers will be able to transact with each other by making direct payments from different mobile money wallets, according to sources.<\/p>\n

The resolution was adopted by the two operators \u2013 the only telcos operating in Rwanda, as a result of dialogues initiated by R-Switch, the national e-payment services provider.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a system created for the clients of all telecoms to transact seamlessly and it has been live since December 2021, but in a closed loop since it was still in the pilot,\u201d a senior official at R-Switch told The New Times.<\/p>\n

The source then disclosed that the commercial launch of the payment gateway system for the public is scheduled on March 15, citing that lack of this interoperable system was a great barrier to cashless economy.<\/p>\n

The development was also confirmed by Jean Claude Gaga, the Airtel Money Managing Director. He said that the development will help address some of the outstanding hindrances to a cashless economy that the country strives to achieve.<\/p>\n

Among some of the gains that clients will benefit from the move, Gaga highlights that the subscribers to either telco will have freedom to send money to a line from a different operator which has not been possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the whole idea is to open up our channels and distributions to merchants and we hope that customers will have multiple choices and a better experience, but all in all, to promote a cashless economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gaga however did not disclose whether there will be different in charges incurred while sending to a different network, saying that this was still the subject of ongoing negotiations. Josephine Barakagwira, a mobile money agent in Kanombe in Kicukiro District welcomed this development, saying it will facilitate their daily work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is going to increase our business because some were turned away by limited transfer options between different providers, but once the systems are integrated, it is going to make our work simpler, and scale up the customers,\u201d she observed. Customers will start mobile money transfers between different providers after the parliament enacted the interoperability law in June 2021.<\/p>\n

The uptake of digital transactions has over the past years been on the increase in Rwanda, and was even given a major boost during the outbreak of Covid-19 at the beginning of 2020, when Rwandans were urged to use cashless means to avoid contagion.<\/p>\n

Between January and April 2020, the funds transferred via mobile money rose by 450 per cent to reach Rwf40 billion (over $42 million), according to data from RURA.<\/p>\n

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