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M-Pesa, which was launched as the world's first ever mobile phone-based money transfer service 15 years ago, has evolved to account for roughly half of Safaricom's annual revenue.
No timetable has been set yet for turning the business into a subsidiary, said Michael Joseph, the company's chairman.
\"It is early stages of thinking only,\" he told Reuters.
Patrick Njoroge, the governor of the central bank, had earlier in the day told lawmakers that turning M-Pesa into a subsidiary will ring-fence it from the operations of the wider business, the Standard newspaper reported.
The move is part of a wider push to separate financial firms offered by telecom operators from their core businesses, the paper quoted Njoroge as saying.
Operating financial services businesses as subsidiaries will enhance the central bank's supervision, the governor told the lawmakers, and offer greater protection to customers.
M-Pesa allows its 30 million users, even those with basic-feature phones, to send money to each other, make payments, save, borrow small amounts and even purchase micro-insurance.
Its rapid growth has powered Safaricom, which is the biggest firm by value on the Nairobi bourse, to also become the most profitable company in East Africa.
Safaricom is partly owned by South Africa's Vodacom<\/a> and Britain's Vodafone<\/a>.
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肯尼亚的Safaricom考虑把m - pesa业务子公司
m - pesa,推出世界上第一个移动电话转账服务15年前,已经大约占Safaricom公司年度营收的一半。
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m - pesa,推出世界上第一个移动电话转账服务15年前,已经大约占Safaricom公司年度营收的一半。
没有时间表已设置为把企业变成一个子公司,公司的董事长迈克尔•约瑟夫说。
“这只是早期阶段的思维,”他告诉路透。
央行行长帕特里克·Njoroge当天早些时候告诉国会议员,m - pesa变成了一家子公司将设置障碍,从更广泛的业务操作,标准的报纸报道。乐动扑克
此举是一个更广泛的努力的一部分单独的金融公司提供的电信运营商的核心业务,该报引述Njoroge。
操作金融服务业务的子公司将加强中央银行的监督,州长告诉国会议员,为客户提供更多的保护。
m - pesa允许其3000万用户,即便是那些拥有基本功能手机,寄钱,支付,保存,借少量甚至购买微型保险。
其快速增长Safaricom供电,这是最大的公司价值在内罗毕证券交易所,也成为最赚钱的公司在非洲东部。
Safaricom部分是由南非的拥有Vodacom和英国的沃达丰(Vodafone)。
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