Safaricom, Pesapal Roll Out Scan-to-Pay and Tap-to-Pay Services : TechMoran

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Safaricom and Pesapal are launching new payment options for merchants and customers in Kenya. The rollout adds Dynamic Scan-to-Pay, Tap-to-Pay, and AI Pay to make M-PESA transactions faster and reduce manual data entry. Safaricom plans to expand Scan-to-Pay to 500,000 outlets within a year, building on an existing network of more than 60,000 merchant locations. Pesapal is extending its POS infrastructure to support the new experiences across its merchant base. The companies are positioning the services as a broader upgrade to checkout and point-of-sale payments.

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Fintech, Banking and Payments Hospitality and Travel General FinTech
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Pesapal
$10M to $25M