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Absa bets on mobile banking services in Botswana

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The article presents Absa Bank Botswana’s strategy of fitting everyday banking services into a phone, replacing some branch-based procedures. It provides no new facts or specific details about the launch of a service or its results.

Absa Bank Botswana is banking on services accessible via mobile phones to transform its customers’ daily transactions, reports Weekendpost. The bank thus intends to reduce the need to travel to branches and queue to carry out routine transactions.

This approach is part of an evolution already visible in Botswana: banks are increasingly relying on digital fees. Absa Botswana has also launched Garmin Pay, a contactless payment service using a smartwatch.

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