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Mobile banking flourishing in Pakistan
The recent years have witnessed a revolutionary concept of social and economic services among them financial services landscape that are fast changing with introduction of innovative mobile payments (m-payment) systems.
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Kenya’s Mobile Money Competition to Heat Up
Traditional mobile money transfer companies in Kenya could be headed for tight competition if other large volume traders are given licences to enter the field.
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Behavioral Change Tops Challenges for Mobile Money Use in West Africa
Cultural factors slow down the embrace of mobile money services.
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OPINION: Mobile and Money Remittance – A Perfect Match
Mobile makes money transfers faster and more convenient and it has the potential to reduce bottlenecks in branches.
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New White Paper: The Case for Using Behavioral Economics in the Financial Inclusion Space
It’s no secret that saving money is a good idea. But time and time again we see people failing to save for the future, despite their best intentions. A new ideas42 white paper shows the important role that behavioral economics can play in increasing savings rates among the poor.
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Blazing a New Mobile Money Trail: Smart regulations could help Peru maximize mobile money’s impact on financial inclusion
Peru has been cited as an example of a country with the right market conditions, population size and regulations to tap the full potential of mobile money. Klaus Prochaska of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion discusses what regulators have done right, and highlights key lessons from Peru’s experience.
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College Credit: How U.S. university students are helping the underbanked build credit in their campus communities
In the U.S., good credit is a basic requirement for entrepreneurs and average consumers alike, and a lack of good credit is a major problem – especially for those with lower incomes. But while service providers are often reluctant to lend to the underbanked, college students across the country are filling the gap with campus microfinance institutions.
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Key Drivers of Financial Innovation in Zimbabwe
Financial innovation can be defined as the act of creating and then popularising new financial instruments, technologies, institutions, markets, processes and business models, including the new application of existing ideas in a different market context.
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