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How Google is changing mobile for the next billion users
Faced with a large population with slow, little or no mobile broadband, Google is tweaking its core apps to spread the mobile revolution around the world.
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Recognizing a Neglected Opportunity: The multiple benefits of electronic wage payments
Consumer goods companies rely on massive supply chains with millions of workers in developing countries. Many of these workers are women, and many are still paid in cash – and herein lies an opportunity for change. Digitizing these wage payments could help workers and employers, while boosting financial inclusion.
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PRESS RELEASE: In India, MobiKwik partners with ICICI Bank to let customers add cash to their mobile wallet at branches
ICICI Bank will collect cash payments from MobiKwik customers across more than 4000 branches in the country.
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Mobile money agents ‘making it big’ in Kenya’s rural areas
According to a new report by Helix Institute of Digital Finance, in non-Nairobi urban areas, profitability has increased by 26 percent while in rural areas profits for the agents have gone up by 45 percent.
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Report: Simple mobile services can boost Indian farmers’ income
The introduction of a number of simple mobile services in India has the potential to boost the income of two-thirds of the country’s small-scale farmers by up to $9 billion a year by 2020, according to a report by Vodafone.
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What The U.S. Can Learn About Financial Inclusion From The Developing World
While every country context is unique, there is much that the U.S. and developing countries can learn from each other.
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Will the ‘F-Word’ Damage Mobile Money?: The industry deals with a spate of high-profile fraud cases
Trust is one of the key factors that will ultimately determine the success or failure of mobile payments. That’s why recent headlines about fraud in prominent mobile money platforms, from Apple Pay to MTN Money in Uganda, have raised eyebrows in the industry. Mondato’s Chris Connolly discusses these cases, and finds that the headlines don’t tell the whole story.
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How Do You Know You’re Really Reaching the Poor?: Tips for microfinance providers considering digital services
Though many microfinance institutions operate in impoverished areas, they often have little or no objective poverty data on the clients they’ve reached. Pride Microfinance wanted to avoid this problem when it rolled out its digital financial services programs this year, so it worked with Grameen Foundation to measure its social impact. The lessons it learned can be valuable to other MFIs considering going digital.
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