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Can M-Pesa Succeed in India?
This case study looks at how M-Pesa, a service that originated in Kenya, was tweaked for India and whether it can succeed.
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PRESS RELEASE: GSMA Introduces Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers
The GSMA today launched a Code of Conduct for Mobile Money Providers, outlining a series of common business principles to enable the development of safe and responsible digital financial services.
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Safaricom of Kenya Braces for Competition on Key Cash Earner
Safaricom Ltd., East Africa’s biggest cellular-network operator, is bracing for competition in its key mobile-money business that helped boost first-half profit by 30 percent, CEO Bob Collymore said.
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Equity says 200,000 have signed up for its mobile money platform in Kenya
EQUITY Bank yesterday said it has “quietly” registered over 200,000 customers on its mobile money transfer platform, Equitel, in the ongoing rollout.
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Dusty Tanzania Market Shows Next Step in Mobile Banking
Like millions of Africans, Sebastian Adam uses M-Pesa, a service that lets him pay bills with his mobile phone. With his wife pregnant, Adam decided it was time to start saving -- and to earn interest on the money he saves -- so he switched to a newer offering called M-Pawa.
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Zimbabwe’s OneWallet posts massive loss as EcoCash thrives
Government-ownded mobile phone operator NetOne generated a paltry US$1 194 in revenue from its mobile money transfer platform OneWallet for the year-ending December 31 2012 after investing close to a quarter of a million dollars in the product.
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Airtel, Kenya Revenue Authority partnership enables subscribers to pay taxes via mobiles
Airtel subscribers can now pay their taxes through their mobile money platform following a partnership with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), which will also see the telco grow its revenues.
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PRESS RELEASE: Mobile Money for the Poor Expanded to Enable Millions in Africa to Access Financial Services
UNCDF, the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs),has partnered with The MasterCard Foundation to expand a flagship program that will enable three million low-income clients in Africa to access mobile financial services for the first time.
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