The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime.

The new unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) registration of the expanded public works programme (EPWP) is back online after technical difficulties due to the high volume of registrations.

In spite of the suspension order by the government, the controversy continues over MTN’s alert to its customers on the decision to commence end-user billing for banking services conducted through its ...

Nigeria’s electronic payment industry appears threatened by the on-going inter-industry disagreement between banks and telecommunication companies over transaction charges. Estimated 40 million users ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Subscribers in the country will now have to spend approximately N7 worth of airtime each time they carry out money transfers on their mobile phones. This is contained in the ...

However, those on USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) or cellphone banking will not be left behind. “USSD is still one of our largest platforms and most of our users actually use USSD.

In spite of the suspension order by the government, the controversy continues over MTN's alert to its customers on the decision to commence end-user billing for banking services conducted through its ...