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Practical Insight: Studies support mobile money decision making
Contextual, demand-side research can make all the difference when mobile money providers make decisions about what products and services to offer and how to attract and keep customers. In many developing countries, however, such research is often in short supply. Recent studies conducted by InterMedia shed light on the mobile money markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, providing insight that is not always intuitive.
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A Financial Inclusion Revolution?: How last mile delivery and payment systems innovations could help transform India’s economy
India has been fertile ground for many emerging market innovations, in sectors ranging from health care to sustainable energy. Now the country is on the cusp of a financial inclusion revolution shaped by payment system innovations and doorstep delivery models. If it succeeds, it may provide a model of how innovation and forward-thinking public policy can help transform BoP economies.
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India’s Banks not Inclusive Enough
Are commercial banking (as it is currently practiced in India) and attainment of financial inclusion mutually exclusive?
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The Next Great Innovation in Finance: Lee Babcock of ACDI/VOCA on the disruptive potential of mobile money
As part of NextBillion Financial Innovation’s launch, we invited a number of leaders to contribute their views on where innovation is heading, and what obstacles remain. Today Lee Babcock, Managing Director of Mobile Strategy at ACDI/VOCA, describes how different stakeholders can help mobile money become the next innovation to transform finance at the BoP.
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Poor are more trustworthy and bankable, says India’s Finance Minister
Seeking to promote financial inclusion, India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram today called upon banks to focus on poor customers who are more trustworthy and "bankable" as compared to large borrowers.
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Airtel Money and Ecobank in mobile money partnership
Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with Ecobank to deliver Airtel Money to nine countries across Africa with Airtel operations. The partnership will make it possible for Airtel customers in the countries with businesses with Ecobank to access secure, convenient and instant mobile financial services on the go.
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Indian micro-lenders look beyond Andhra Pradesh for survival
Micro-lenders claim that new rules have turned their businesses unviable and encouraged borrowers to not repay money.
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Telcos’ exclusion slows uptake in Nigerian mobile money business
Analysts have identified the exclusion of telecommunications operators from playing critical roles in the implementation of mobile money as a significant drawback to the uptake of the service two years after its launch by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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