Safaricom Gets Green Light to Hide Phone Numbers in M-Pesa Payments

Safaricom has received approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to introduce a new feature that will hide customers’ phone numbers when they make payments through M-Pesa to Till and Pay Bill numbers.

The move is expected to bring relief to millions of M-Pesa users who have long raised concerns about privacy when making payments to businesses and institutions.

For years, whenever a ...GET FULL STORY HERE