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FINCA and First Access Announce World’s Largest Microfinance Fintech Collaboration
Today global microfinance leader FINCA and First Access, whose technology predicts the credit risk of borrowers in informal markets, announced a new collaboration that will create the largest and most sophisticated alternative credit-scoring approach by a microfinance institution (MFI) in the world. The partnership will vastly improve FINCA's outreach to excluded populations.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money in South Africa: What’s in It for Banks?
The 2015 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Financial Services tabled at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona brings some interesting but not unexpected figures on the state of mobile money today. I say “unexpected” because any innovation that delivers simple, affordable and accessible product is bound to make its presence felt and disrupting the traditional systems.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Pakistan State Bank Issues Rules for Mobile Banking Interoperability
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) jointly developed regulations for mobile banking interoperability for banks and mobile network operators to enhance outreach and connectivity.
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- North Africa & Near East
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Viewpoint: The Challenges of Mobile Financial Inclusion
One of the gating factors to financial inclusion is the mobile network itself. It sounds simple to say that all of Africa can have access to mobile money, and they can, but if each telco has different wallet structures, charges and fees, then the ease of usage falls sharply. This is why interoperability is a key factor and Tanzania leads the way in this regard.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Ghana Launches Mobile Money Loan Scheme
Airtel has partnered with Fidelity Bank and Tiaxa, a global leader in Nano credits to launch Airtel Money Bosea – a Nano loan scheme that provides access to financial services enabling customers to borrow money instantly through their Airtel Money wallet anytime, anywhere.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe’s Cash Shortage Hits Mobile Money Services
Mobile money transfer agencies in Bulawayo have in the past few days recorded low business due to the cash crisis that hit the country in recent weeks.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TransferTo, Barri Partner to Provide Mobile Money Transfers in El Salvador
Barri Financial Group, a U.S.-based money transfer service provider, has signed a strategic partnership with TransferTo, a B2B mobile payment network, to enable real-time mobile money transfers to Tigo Money accounts in El Salvador.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- fintech, remittances
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Safaricom of Kenya Talking to Banks to Grow Mobile Money
Safaricom Ltd., Kenya’s largest company by market value, is in talks with 19 banks in the East African nation to increase users of its mobile-money transfer platform, Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore said after the company posted higher annual profits.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa