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Why Did Mobile Money Flop In Nigeria?
Two years have passed since a mobile money service was deployed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and it still has yet to catch on with the masses.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microinsurance: Can the Cinderella of Financial Inclusion Join the Global Ball?
The global financial inclusion agenda continues to place insurance at the back of the queue when it comes to funding and broader financial inclusion strategies.
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Kenya: Are Bitcoins the Future of Mobile Money?
The use of the virtual currency Bitcoins could change the way money flows in Kenya. But it hasn't caught on just yet.
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Africa will Rule the World in Mobile Money, Expert Predicts
African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania have been predicted to rule the world in mobile money transactions, which include mobile banking and mobile wallet, in the next few years, going by the continent’s population and zeal for technology advancement.
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FEATURED EVENT: Mobile Money: Technology to Transform Transactions
What if anybody with a phone could send and receive money? What if mobile money agent services could be crowd-sourced? And what if every mobile phone came with a full suite of financial services? These aspirations, and the challenges that accompany them, will be the focus of Mobile Money: Technology to Transform Transactions, a two-day conference on Sept. 19th and 20th, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Making Financial Inclusion a Global Reality by 2020: Financial Inclusion 2020 invites nominations for the Global Forum, Oct. 28-30, 2013
Financial Inclusion 2020 (FI2020) is building a movement that mobilizes stakeholders around the world to achieve financial inclusion by 2020. To help map an action agenda for achieving that goal, the project is organizing the Global Forum on Oct. 28-30, 2013 in London. It has a very limited number of seats available, but is accepting nominations for senior executives and thought leaders to attend.
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Financial Inclusion is an Opportunity: BR Shetty
The chairman of the UAE Exchange wants to improve financial literacy among those in the bottom of the economic pyramid
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Financial inclusion gap: Some progress, but wide disparities remain
Despite increased attention on the need to bridge the global financial inclusion gap, much of the adult population in the developing world still does not have bank accounts. Many do not have convenient access to traditional financial services either. But the gap is decreasing, a recently released report on financial inclusion finds.
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