携手M-Pesa，PayPal进军非洲市场
M-Pesa是一款在非洲非常受欢迎的移动钱包产品。近日有消息称，得益于M-Pesa与Safaricom、TransferTo和PayPal之间的合作，未来肯尼亚的M-Pesa用户可以直接利用自己的M-Pesa账户对全球范围的在线购物进行支付。
其中，Safaricom要求用户必须设立PayPal账户，然后用户可以利用M-Pesa账户余额对其PayPal账户进行充值。此外，用户还可在几小时到三天的时间内进行账户提现，具体时间视金额而定。
除了将肯尼亚企业和购物者与世界各地1800多万商户联系起来之外，这项新服务还将允许当地企业以25种国际货币向全球超过2.1亿活跃的PayPal用户出售其商品和服务。
Safaricom战略总监Joseph Ogutu表示：“M-Pesa与PayPal的合作将为数百万肯尼亚民众和企业打开全球市场和全球经济的大门。除了资金转账之外，这一合作还开启了跨越国界的速度和便利的新时代，未来将会有更多的企业家和消费者可以从日益增长的电子商务行业中受益。”
Kenyan users of the popular M-Pesa mobile wallet will soon be able to make purchases globally online through a collaboration between Safaricom, TransferTo and PayPal. Safaricom users will be required to set up PayPal accounts, which they can top up in real-time using their M-Pesa balances. Users can then withdraw funds within a timespan of few hours to three days, depending on the transaction amount.
In addition to linking Kenyan businesses and shoppers to more than 18 million merchants around the world, the new service will also allow local businesses to sell their goods and services to more than 210 million active PayPal users across the globe in up to 25 international currencies.
Joseph Ogutu, director - strategy, Safaricom, says: “M-Pesa’s collaboration with PayPal will open up global market places and the global economy to millions of Kenyans and Kenyan-based businesses. Beyond money transfers, this development ushers in a new era of speed and convenience beyond borders, through which more entrepreneurs and consumers can benefit from the growing e-commerce industry."
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