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Rocket Remit launches money transfer to m-GURUSH South Sudan

Rocket Remit launches money transfer to m-GURUSH South Sudan

September 2021

mHITs (pronounced Em-HITS), the leading Australian multi-award winning FinTech mobile remittance pioneer announces its Australian mobile remittance service Rocket Remit has expanded its mobile money transfer service to include m-GURUSH South Sudan.

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This affirms Rocket Remits leading position in mobile remittance from Australia to the African continent with coverage to over 25 African markets and over 45 receiving partners. For individuals needing to send money to family in South Sudan, they can now use Rocket Remit to transfer money directly into their m-GURUSH mobile money account in seconds. Rocket Remit is the first service to provide mobile money remittance to South Sudan.

“Rocket Remit specialises in international money transfer via mobile money making it the world’s fastest and simplest way for sending money from Australia to emerging markets overseas” says mHITs CEO Harold Dimpel. “Money transfer is instantaneous with funds directly credited to the recipient’s mobile money account without requiring a transfer agent or bank. No other transfer method or payment technology including crypto currencies can achieve this level of transaction speed and convenience” he continues.

Rocket Remit requires only the mobile number of the recipient to address the payment. Recipients receive funds instantly and automatically receive an SMS notification as funds are immediately credited to their mobile money account in their local currency. The recipient can access the funds instantly and securely from their mobile money account directly or depending upon their region, may also withdraw funds in cash via an agent or ATM.

Known also as digital remittance, mobile money transfer also offers the lowest cost method for sending money to emerging markets where economies rely on money sent from relatives and friends working overseas.

For more information on the Rocket Remit service visit www.rocketremit.com.

about mobile international remittance

Remittance is the hidden force in global economics with over US$640 billion sent globally per year. By comparison, global foreign aid is approximately US$135 billion (approximately one fifth).

Banks and money transfer operators have traditionally dominated international remittance with the majority of funds sent to developing countries. However, with the introduction of mobile phone technology and the introduction of mobile money systems in these same markets, a new alternative now exists for funds to be sent directly to a recipient via a mobile money system using their mobile number as an account number. Mobile money is simpler, more secure, more efficient, provides instantaneous transfer of funds, and because the transaction is independent of the banking system, is less than half the cost of traditional money transfer.

Mobile money systems also for the first time provide the ability for funds to be sent to regions of the world where previously money transfer was impossible because of the absence of banks or money transfer operators. Mobile technology significantly lowers the cost of remittances as it removes the need for physical points of presence. The World Bank estimates that reducing remittance commission charges by 2-5% could increase the flow of formal remittances by 50-70%. The mHITs Rocket Remit mobile remittance service is helping to achieve this goal. Reducing the cost of sending each individual remittance encourages the delivery of lower value remittances, at values far less than today’s average transfer of US$200. Lower sending costs also encourage use of mobile remittance over unregulated informal remittance services. The GSMA forecasts that the formal global remittance market could increase to over US$1 trillion in five years with the help of mobile communications.

For more information visit www.gsma.com.

about m-GURUSH

m-GURUSH is South Sudan’s pioneer mobile money platform that provides a fast, easy safe and convenient way to send and receive money across the country. m-GURUSH has a wide network of agents, across South Sudan to facilitate customers to register, deposit and withdraw money.

m-GURUSH Pay enables customers to pay for goods and services from the many m-GURUSH merchants spread across the country with ease and convenience without the need to carry physical cash.

m-GURUSH Mobile Money service is offered by Trinity Technologies Limited (TTL) in partnership with Zain. TTL is a local telecommunication company specializing in the design and development of innovative financial services, online transactions and mobile payment systems.

For more information visit www.mgurush.com.