This paper examines how banks can translate the potential of mobile phones into greater financial access for poor people. Although mobile phone operators have been able to use the mobile phone for mobile remittance and bill payment services in several countries, banks have had little success in using mobile phones as part of a growth or outreach strategy. This paper focuses on smaller banks or microfinance institutions (MFIs) that face a much higher...
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2008/06/01
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Banking on mobiles : why, how, for whom?
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mobile banking
Citation
Mas Ribo,Ignacio; Kumar,Kabir Chandra.
Banking on mobiles : why, how, for whom? (English). CGAP focus note ; no. 48 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736451468137101799