Bahrain telecom operator Batelco and Arab Financial Services have added the new international money transfer and mobile top up services to bwallet’s portfolio.

Through the money transfer service, users can make fund transfers to bank accounts, e-wallets or individuals with their phones.

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The proposition will be powered by the Mastercard Send payment service.

Bahrain international money transfer

Participating countries are Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka, with plans on for a broader rollout later.

Through the new mobile top up service, bwallet customers will be able to top up international prepaid mobile phone account with the click of a button.

The service has been currently launched in more than 100 countries. These include neighbouring GCC states.

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Batelco general manager enterprise Abderrahmane Mounir was quoted by Zawya as saying: “bwallet, the first of its kind in Bahrain to provide peer-to-peer money transfer, continues to grow in strength by adding value to all mobile users in the financial industry within the kingdom.

“The growing customer base has given us the opportunity to scale up and take bwallet to the next level by leveraging on the peer-to-peer service and develop international services whereby any mobile user can send funds and mobile prepaid top-ups to their family members and friends globally.”