Money Transfer Service Provider — Tanzania
The Tanzania category mapped to cross-border money transfer. Regulator: Bank of Tanzania. Approved money transfer companies/operators under the NPS Act 2015. STALE-BUT-CURRENT: BoT's newest published list is dated Oct 2018 - ingested per the stale-but-current rule (ADR-024) with source_stated dating and list-level currency caveats on every surface; never presented as current-world truth. Mapping human-reviewed and approved in the Phase-2 plan, 2026-07-02 (dual-map rule: maps_to follows the statutory definition; dual only where the definition itself spans both activities).
Source currency: Bank of Tanzania's official list is dated 2018-10-08 — the most recent official publication; verify current status directly with Bank of Tanzania. Entries below are as reported by that
list — not a statement of current status.
As of 2018-10-08 · source: Bank of Tanzania · 6 entities
| # | Provider | Status (as reported) | Licensed / granted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFRICASH | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
| 2 | EXPRESS MONEY | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
| 3 | MONEYGRAM | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
| 4 | TERRA | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
| 5 | WESTERN UNION | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
| 6 | WORLD REMIT | authorized | — | Bank of Tanzania · as of 2018-10-08 |
The equivalent in other markets
Categories mapped to the same normalized activity (fintech:REMITTANCE_XBORDER):
- International Money Transfer Operators (IMTO) (Nigeria)
- Money Remittance Provider (Kenya)
- International Money Transfer Operator (Ghana)
- Authorised Dealer in foreign exchange with Limited Authority - Category 3 (South Africa)
- Money Remittance Operator (Uganda)
- Money Transfer Service Provider (Zambia)
- Remittance (Rwanda)