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Banking on Mobiles: Why, How, for Whom?


Ignacio Mas


Independent

Kabir Kumar


affiliation not provided to SSRN
2008

CGAP Focus Note, No. 48, June 2008

Abstract:     
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.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 28

Keywords: Mobile Banking, Branchless Banking, Electronic Payments, Microfinance

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Date posted: August 9, 2010 ; Last revised: August 22, 2010

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Mas, Ignacio and Kumar, Kabir, Banking on Mobiles: Why, How, for Whom? (2008). CGAP Focus Note, No. 48, June 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1655282

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