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Safaricom reveals secret "tap and go" plan to cut M-Pesa payment steps

M-Pesa interface. Customers could soon enjoy reduced complexity and shorter steps. [File, Standard]

Safaricom's 30 million M-Pesa customers could soon enjoy reduced complexity and shorter steps when paying for goods and services under a revamped payment platform.

Kenya's biggest and most profitable telco, under the new remodelled platform, says it wants to shorten the steps it takes for M-Pesa customers to pay for goods and services through its till and pay-bill numbers.

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