Why M-PESA may be a one hit wonder: the regulatory angle
Picture credit: SodaHead This post is written by Shital Shah, SBI Associate Consultant. The advent of M-PESA, a successful mobile money deployment in Kenya, raises the question of why such efforts have...
View ArticleThe Indian switch: will it change the financial inclusion scene in India?
This post is written by Santhosh Kumar, SBI Head, South Asia. With a 1.2 billion strong population, of which about 300 million live less than a dollar a day, India has a long way to go to bring...
View ArticleIt’s just data! Why “mobile money” will become “internet banking”
This post is written by Ryan Falvey, an SBI Consultant We’ve all read the stories about how telecom-based mobile money services – such as M-PESA – are allowing new Photo credit: WhyGo Business players...
View ArticleCharging the channel: How are we keeping the wallets on?
This post is written by Sam Grant, an SBI consultant based in Brisbane, Australia Original Drawing by Sam Grant Low Battery, beep beep beep, power down. It has happened to all of us, out and about...
View ArticleAlternative channels for exploitation of the poor and unbanked?
Photo credit: Bangkok Post This post is written by Jesse Fripp, SBI Vice President. After initial skepticism, a lot of confusion, and countless false starts, the foundations for the e-money ecosystem –...
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