VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Vodafone India  and  ICICI Bank  have jointly announced the launch of "M-Pesa" -  a mobile money transfer and payment service in Delhi and NCR. "M-Pesa" is the trademark of Vodafone. The service was formally launched today by the senior officials of Vodafone India -  Rajiv Kohli, Operations Director -  North;  Subrat Padhi, Business Head -  Delhi; and Suresh Sethi, Business Head, M-Pesa. "M-Pesa"  empowers the unbanked and underbanked sections of the population gain access to financial services via mobile phone. "M-Pesa" effectively leverages the combined strengths of Vodafone's global expertise in the domain of mobile payments and significant distribution reach in India plus the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. This service will now be available through 1,400 specially trained authorized agents and across 130 Vodafone exclusive retail stores in Delhi and NCR ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ICICI has rolled out 'Your Bank Account' app that lets customers carry out banking tasks without leaving the social network. The 'Your Bank Account' app - hosted on secured ICICI servers and released on Facebook through a secure SSL connection - is said to let users view account details and mini statements as well as apply for debit cards and request cheque-books. The app is believed to be the first of its kind in over four years, when KeyPoint Credit Union teamed with mobile banking outfit MShift to develop an app that enabled customers to access their Web accounts from within Facebook. For More Details See www.varindia.com