Mobile virtual network operator Finserve on Monday launched mKey, Africa’s first keyboard app.The innovative app launched by Finserve which is a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings is the first ever to converge social, and financial services into an integrated lifestyle. In addition to providing these services, mKey rewards users the more they transact.
According to Finserve, mKey brings a differentiated user experience to the market, by blending the best of social conversations with the full breadth of financial services and “captures that entire world on your keyboard, giving users the opportunity to make more possible.”
Speaking during the launch of mKey in Nairobi, Finserve Managing Director, Jack Ngare said the app offers a unique social experience while at the same time offering convenient, safe and secure financial services.
mKey will empower users to perform daily tasks such as accessing local and international news, getting aggregated local content, sharing on social media, applying for and paying mobile loans, paying for goods and services, sending and receiving money among other functions.
“mKey is the most groundbreaking keyboard app out of Africa that blends the social and financial into an integrated lifestyle providing unparalleled convenience.
Through mKey, users will be able to send and receive money, transfer cash between bank and mobile wallet accounts and, for the first time, open a group account where up to 10 members can make group payments and transactions.