As a digital finance practitioner who has closely monitored Ghana’s mobile money ecosystem for over a decade, I’ve observed a fascinating phenomenon: the enduring prominence of USSD-based payment ...

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a top-tier Islamic financial services group and an industry leader in new technology initiatives, became the first UAE bank to launch interactive mobile financial ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to name 18 banks that have failed to settle over N200 billion debt owed to telecom operators for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data ...

Ever dialled * and # to send money or pay bills? That’s Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) at work—quick, no fuss, and familiar. Whether it’s mobile money, school fees, or utilities, USSD ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s electronic payment statistics have shown that, between January and June 2024, 252.06 million transactions, which amounted to N2.19tn, were carried out via Unstructured ...

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is considering developing an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code to open up the market to local investors without access to the internet. A USSD ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced an important change on the deduction of charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Starting Tuesday, June 3, ...

In a development for Nigeria’s digital financial services, thirteen commercial banks have fully settled their outstanding debts for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, services owed to ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to disconnect Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes assigned by the commission to ...