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Starved of cash, half of India awaits a mobile money revolution
A service like Vodafone's M-Pesa could transform lives for India's unbanked.
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Fraud targeting mobile money agents in Kenya rises as use of service grows
The fight to eliminate mobile money fraud in Kenya is far from being won as fraudsters devise new schemes targeting agents and subscribers.
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Tiny Loans Are Big Business Once Again in India
Lending to India’s poor is a good business once again.
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Nigeria: Partnership to Spur Local Mobile Money Growth
A joint statement by both companies said CWG would now power the MTN mobile commerce platform, which is designed mainly for small scale financial institutions.
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A Mixed Bag in Kenya: Safaricom’s products have moved far beyond M-PESA – but are they reaching the poor?
With amounts equivalent to over 40 percent of Kenya’s GDP flowing through M-PESA, Safaricom’s success in person-to-person mobile money transfers is legendary. And over the last two years, the telco has added innovative financial services beyond basic P2P transfers that have reached millions of customers. But research from InterMedia suggests that these products aren’t yet being adopted by the groups that need them most.
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Opinion – Mobile Money Interoperability: Finally on the Horizon?
Now, here’s the most interesting development, in my opinion.
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Bitcoins and Financial Inclusion: Not Much of a Link for Now
Beyond being digital, what does Bitcoin have in common with electronic money and financial inclusion generally? At this point, there seem to be more differences than similarities and it's important not to conflate electronic money with the virtual currency.
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T-Mobile reaches out to U.S. Latinos with mobile money
T-Mobile has now become notorious for upending the wireless industry with its "Uncarrier" plans, and now the company is planning to "un" bank your finances. After surveying the market and finding that banks were charging too many fees and weren't appealing enough to customer needs - including U.S. Latinos - T-Mobile has decided to shake up the banking industry as well with a service called "Mobile Money".
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