Interesting Article Part 1 The new face of money transfer....hmmmm........................... M-PESA Surpasses Western Union for Transactions Processed - IMF Report.......................................................A report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reveals that mPayment provider M-PESA now processes more transactions in Kenya than Western Union does globally, according to Finextra................................................................................................................The data is part of an IMF investigation into the economic forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa. The IMF, which calls M-PESA "resounding technological innovation" in the report, says the organization now supplies mobile banking facilities to more than 70 percent of the country's adult population...........................................................................................................Yet rather than being at odds M-PESA and Western Union are actually partners. Western Union in March announced that consumers can now send money directly to the mobile “wallets” of Safaricom M-PESA subscribers in Kenya from 45 countries and territories – the first service of its kind in the world........................................................................................................... Kenyans living abroad transferred US$642 million home in 2010, compared to US$609 million in 2009, according to the Central Bank of Kenya...........................................................................................................There are links in the article. Find it here:https://pymnts.com/M-PESA-Surpasses-Western-Union-for-Transactions-Processed-IMF-Report/