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PRESS RELEASE: First Access and Vodacom Tanzania Ink Financial Inclusion Deal
Partnership offers financial institutions the ability to purchase instant risk scores from First Access based on prepaid mobile phone records.
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Kopo Kopo Goes International, Ready to Integrate Mobile Money Payments from Merchants Around the World
In an exclusive interview with TechMoran, Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo said that 2014 is the year of partnering with payment providers to build and manage merchant networks.
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FinScope reveals significant increase in financial services inclusion in South Africa
FinMark Trust annual FinScope South Africa 2013 survey results reveals a significant increase in financial inclusion compared to last year from 28.9 million people in 2012, to 30.7 million in 2013.
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Mobile payment solution from First Bank of Nigeria Ltd secures U.S. $12 Million from Gates Foundation
In apparent move to boost the nation's financial inclusion drive, the mobile payment solution from First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, Firstmonie has secured a grant of $12million US dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to execute the project.
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United Bank for Africa Strengthens E-banking Channels to Boost Financial Inclusion
The Division head said that UBA’s innovative e-Channels have accorded the customers triple gains of financial control, convenience and security.
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Digital financial inclusion is vital to India’s poor citizens, says Gates
India is poised to lead the world in connecting the poor to bank accounts through mobile phones. This is an ambitious goal. According to the World Bank, only 35% of Indians use formal financial services right now. But India can get to 100%, and if it does hundreds of millions of Indians will be able to create better opportunities for themselves and their families.
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Mobile banking flourishing in Pakistan
The recent years have witnessed a revolutionary concept of social and economic services among them financial services landscape that are fast changing with introduction of innovative mobile payments (m-payment) systems.
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Kenya’s Mobile Money Competition to Heat Up
Traditional mobile money transfer companies in Kenya could be headed for tight competition if other large volume traders are given licences to enter the field.
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