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Only 15% of Pakistanis Use Digital Financial Services
Only 15% of Pakistanis use Digital Financial Services, and there has been no significant increase in the user base or registrations between 2013 and 2014, said a Financial Inclusion Insights (FII) survey report.
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Safaricom will not be forced to loosen its dominant hold on Kenya’s mobile-money market
For a minute there, it looked like Safaricom might have to break up its business.
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Why South Africa’s largest mobile network, Vodacom, failed to grow M-Pesa
With just one million subscribers at the end of March 2015—the uptake of the mobile money platform M-Pesa has been labelled a failure in South Africa.
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This Colombian town is trying to get rid of cash — but it’s not so easy
A town of 5,000 is trying to become the first in Latin America to entirely phase out cash and rely solely on digital currency.
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Mobile Point of Sale Base Growing Rapidly in Developing Countries
Mobile point of sale (mPoS) growth continues as the technology deepens its reach across vertical industries, merchant tiers and geographies.
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Seven Approaches to Agent Management: A new paper documents the variety of ways that digital finance providers assemble and manage agent networks
Agent networks are the main service touch points for most digital finance customers, and they’re probably the most challenging and costly element of the value chain. The authors of a new paper, Designing Successful Distribution Strategies for Digital Money, discuss how digital finance service providers in various regions have assembled and managed their agent networks.
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President Obama a Fan of M-PESA, Kenyan Innovation
US President Barack Obama has endorsed Kenya's innovation powerhouse status and regional economic might during the opening of the 6th Global Entrepreneurship summit.
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The battle between Africa’s mobile phone companies and banks is a boon for financial inclusion
Now banks are not only trying to compete in this space but also offer new products that promise access to banking services to those who up until this point were excluded.
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