EcoCash online payments were down for about an hour early this morning. And then the system went down again.
Cassava Smartech’s latest report shows that EcoCash has clocked ZWL$93 Billion in transactions since it’s inception back in 2011.
EcoCash has, in a tweet, notified customers that bill payments and the EcoCash Mobile app will be down due to a planned system maintenance
EcoCash is double-dipping according to reports that it is now charging a 0.3% for every transaction made to merchants.
EcoCash and Steward Bank have rebooted the KaShagi loans with subscribers and customers now getting ZWL$1000 to be paid back in 30 days.
Here’s how much your bank charges you for a bank to a linked EcoCash wallet transaction.
EcoCash has, in a Facebook post, issued the spread of Bank to Wallet limits across all the commercial financial Institutions in ZImbabwe.
Mobile money in 2020 EcoCash’s never-ending battle with the RBZ, OneMoney nearing the million mark and the continuing decline of Telecash.
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A Twitter user revealed that it is far more expensive to send money via EcoCash than it is to do a ZIPIT transfer (of the same amount) to another bank account.
EcoCash has announced new transaction fees that will come into effect on January 14th 2021. The last time the mobile money operator increased tariffs was August this year Here are the new EcoCash transaction fees: Lower ValueZWL$ Upper ValueZWL$ IMT Tax(%) Tax on lower valueZWL$ Tax on upper valueZWL$ Bill Payment(EcoCash Tariff ZWL$) Sending money…
There has been a uptick in the number of investment scams that are operating via EcoCash.
Airtime shouldn’t only be for calling and buying bundles. EcoCash and Econet Zimbabwe need to implement airtime conversion here as they did in Lesotho.
EcoCash has finally delivered because you can finally redeem your own EcoCash Rewards points.
Cassava has responded to our inquiry concerning Steward Bank Customers being unable to send money directly to EcoCash and vice versa.
You can send money from Steward Bank to OneMoney or Telecash but you can’t send to EcoCash?
EcoCash has increased its presence in the remittance space through partnerships with regional mobile operators and international money transfer companies.
Judging by social media posts as well as responses to the few articles Techzim has written about the EcoCash Rewards campaign, the promotion seems to be quite popular. The mobile money operator is now extending the loyalty programme to remittances into Zimbabwe. EcoCash is giving ‘a point’ for every USD2.00 that is received into the…
From the national switch directive to transaction limits, have banks taken full advantage of the restrictions that have been imposed on EcoCash.
OneMoney will be carrying out a system upgrade this Saturday. The upgrade coincides with EcoCash’s scheduled maintenance.
EcoCash has announced a planned system maintenance that will disrupt wallet to bank services.
EcoCash has starting auto-redeeming reward points as well as crediting customer accounts.
ZIPIT Smart has launched a transact and win style promotion. Could this have been inspired by EcoCash Rewards?
OneMoney and Telecash haven’t yet shown that they are making moves to attract new customers since ZimSwitch became the national switch.
We wrote an article on EcoCash Rewards – a promotion by EcoCash that rewards the mobile money service’s users for transacting. Unfortunately, that piece was devoid of detail and as a follow up to some of the questions readers have asked in the comments section, I’ve decided to write a follow up. PS: For every…
As we reported earlier EcoCash Agent funds that haven’t been liquidated are now subject to the 2% Tax. For any company or individual that hasn’t yet started the process, here are some of the things you’ll need to know and have to liquidate funds in your EcoCash Agent account. In a report by The Chronicle,…
The RBZ’s monetary policy statement from a couple of months ago revealed that agent lines are banned because they no longer serve a purpose. This announcement wasn’t a surprise to many because it looked unlikely that agent lines would be restored. After the suspension of Agent lines, many who used them began the process of…
Yesterday we were greeted with the news that the ZWL$5000 EcoCash limit was being relaxed. Mobile money subscribers can now spend ZWL$35 000 a week which if they so choose, they can transact in a single day. There is however a caveat, transactions up to the weekly limit will be in batches of ZWL$5000. News…
Back in September a seriously prohibitive ZW$5000 daily limit was placed on EcoCash subscribers. The huge blow disincentivised people from using EcoCash since it meant one simply couldn’t make certain basic payments using the mobile money service. EcoCash and OneMoney have announced that the limit will be getting relaxed – from ZW$5000/day to ZW$35 000/week.…
Cassava Smartech -EcoCash’s parent company- issued a trading update outlining the the first half of the year and what investors and the general public can expect going forward. In the update there are a number of interesting points to harp over and one of the key talking points will be the regression of EcoCash due…