>From what I gathered from the launch they have partnered with two international banks Standard Chartered and Citibank.<br><br>So your ZAP account actually acts as a bank account.<br><br>So its like transfereing money from one account holder to another.<br>
<br>So this is how it goes a guy in newyork wants to send money to a folk in kenya.This are the details he will fill in<br><br>TRANSCATION:SEND MONEY TO THE ACCOUNT<br><br>A/c Branch:Standard Chartered Bank-NEWYORK<br>A/c Number:01005-035500-00 (or whatever)<br>
A/c Name:Kamau/otieno/muli or (whoever)<br>Swiftcode:SCBLKENXXXXX (or whatever)<br>Details:Zain Kenya cell number e.g (0733123456) or whatever.<br><br>As soon as funds will be cleared on account you receive a transcation confirmation.<br>
<br>e.g Ref.ID :80831113461<br><br>Your received 1,000 KSHS from JOHN SMITH.YOUR AVAILABLE BALANCE IS 5000 KSHS ( assuming you had 4000 in your phone before)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:26 PM, saidimu apale <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:saidimu@gmail.com">saidimu@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Any word on launch dates? On how it actually works (from the consumer side and from Zap&#39;s side)? Or is this vaporware?<br>
<br><div>saidi</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Joseph McDonald <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mcdonaldoj@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcdonaldoj@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Hi Guys<br><br>Am just from a product launch.<br><br>
ZAP has been modified to enable people from overseas to send money direct from their bank account,to the mobile phone of a local receipient.<br>

<br>They say this will revolutionize money transfer as we know it in East Africa.<br>
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