Safaricom’s M-Pesa to join Pesalink as Central Bank plans new payment system

Safaricom’s M-Pesa is set to join the Pesalink network, which could significantly reshape Kenya’s digital payments landscape. In a proposal submitted jointly with the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Safaricom wants to integrate M-Pesa, Kenya’s largest mobile money platform, into the national interbank payment system, Pesalink, which already connects 39…