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Take that, Telecoms: Helix’s Bangladesh study shows that banks and other players can also scale mobile money agent networks
Bangladesh has a burgeoning competitive landscape in mobile money, and due to regulations, none of the major players are telecoms. In other markets, telecoms have used their marketing budgets, national retailer networks and other advantages to scale digital financial services. But Bangladesh has shown that banks and third party providers can also succeed in the space. The Helix Institute discusses this and other findings from their recent study.
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Free the Cash Networks!: How one small regulatory change could have a huge positive impact on mobile money’s development
Mobile money is booming around the developing world - but would-be entrepreneurs and even established companies are dealing with a major impediment to their success: the challenge of running a cash-in/cash-out agent network. These struggles are impeding the supply of competitive digital financial services, says Ignacio Mas - but
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Financial Inclusion Under the Microscope: Which countries scored highest in Accion’s “Global Microscope 2014”?
Accion’s Global Microscope evaluates the environment for financial inclusion in 55 different countries, on indicators that include government support, the supervision of microfinance and other financial products, the status of credit reporting, regulations governing mobile banking, and consumer protection. Sonja Kelly runs through some winners and losers.
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Mahindra Comviva builds interoperability between Tanzanian telcos for mobile money exchange
Mahindra Comviva has announced that it has enabled the world’s first domestic interoperable mobile financial service between Airtel Money and Tigo Pesa in Tanzania.
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3 tech phenomena you only encounter in the emerging markets
There’s a stage when, after travelling too much, or meeting too many people from the emerging markets, your perception of the world shifts.
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Three Regions, Three Perspectives on Regulating Digital Financial Services: AFI shares regulatory trends from Africa, Latin America and the Pacific islands
The Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s recent Global Policy Forum and Digital Financial Services Working Group meeting gave policymakers the opportunity to share regulatory trends in digital financial inclusion from several regions around the globe. John Owens focuses on perspectives from Africa, Latin America and the Pacific islands.
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Gates and World Bank Back Tech-Aided Access for the Underbanked
A partnership between the World Bank and the Gates Foundation is encouraging the creation of a digital payment system.
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Econet Wireless partners with Western Union in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE’S largest mobile telecoms company by earnings and subscribers Econet Wireless and Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, have teamed up to offer consumers fast and reliable international money transfers.
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