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Dashen Bank Launches New AirPay Payment Feature
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Dashen Bank has introduced AirPay, a new digital payment feature integrated into its Super App that allows customers to pay nearby merchants without entering account numbers, phone numbers, or scanning QR codes.
- Dashen Bank has introduced a digital payment service called Dashen AirPay.
- The feature allows customers to pay nearby merchants without entering bank account numbers, phone numbers, or scanning QR codes.
- AirPay has been integrated into the bank's existing Dashen Super App and is currently operational.
- Customers access the service by opening the app, selecting AirPay to view nearby registered merchants, choosing the business, entering the amount, and confirming with a PIN.
- The bank stated that the platform supports transactions without a specified payment amount limit.
- The service was formally launched at an event at the Sheraton Addis Hotel.
- EthSwitch data shows interoperable digital payment transactions reached 387 million valued at approximately 7.8 billion US dollars during the 2025/26 financial year.
- Dashen Bank has not disclosed the number of registered merchants, the investment cost, or whether the platform will eventually support payments from other banks' mobile applications.
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