Vodafone India today announced the launch of ‘M-Pesa’ a unique mobile money transfer and payment service in Maharashtra. The financial transactions are provided by ICICI Bank for M-Pesa services.
This service will now be available across 286 Tehsils, 33 Districts through 4080 specially trained authorized agents and across 387 Vodafone exclusive retail stores in Matharashtra.
‘M-Pesa’ has been already rolled out in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, UP East, UP West, Goa and Rajasthan and will be made available across the country in a phased manner.
The M-Pesa service is similar to Bharti Airtel's Airtel Money and BSNL - India Post's Mobile Money Transfer Services, available in the market.