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Asiacell brings AsiaHawala mobile money offer to its customers.
Ooredoo on Wednesday announced the launch of mobile financial services at its Iraqi operation, bringing the number of markets in which it offers mobile money to four.
The Qatar-based telecoms group said its Asiacell unit in Iraq started offering mobile money services from AsiaHawala in December.
AsiaHawala is an Iraq-based diversified financial services company. It was founded by Iraqi Kurdish telecom professional Zring Faruk in 2014 and is the first mobile money service provider to launch in Iraq. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Iraq.
The service enables Asiacell customers to carry out transactions such as money transfers and bill payments.
It is available at 1,600 locations across Iraq, Ooredoo said.
As a result of the launch, Ooredoo now offers mobile financial services in four markets, the other three being its home market of Qatar, Indonesia, and Tunisia.
"Ooredoo is deploying a full range of innovative solutions to extend the range of mobile financial services across our footprint, and we’re very proud that Asiacell has launched the first mobile money service licensed by the Central Bank of Iraq," said Ooredoo’s group CEO Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, in a statement.
