12 March 2010
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ABI: mobile person-to-person payments better in new markets (perhaps)

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

01 March 2010

 ABI Research has conducted a survey on using mobile phones for person-to-person payments. Interest was low in the seven countries surveyed. Interest in the developing markets was greater - but ABI did not ask anyone in those countries. Michael Schwartz reproaches...

Asiacell Partners with AMWAL to Provide Advanced Mobile Financial Services for Iraq

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

01 March 2010

In an important first for the Iraqi market, Asiacell – the largest private Iraqi company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide coverage for all of Iraq – has announced a major strategic partnership with AMWAL, a consortium of Iraqi banks...

Leading Pakistani Bank Celebrates US$10 Million Mobile Money Milestone

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

26 February 2010

MCB, one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has passed an important milestone. In less than eight months the bank’s MCB Mobile service has processed more than US$10 million worth of transactions...

Zain expands Zap mobile commerce service to Malawi, Niger and Sierra Leone

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

03 February 2010

Zain’s customers in Malawi, Niger and Sierra Leone are set to enjoy Zap, the company’s mobile commerce service. While Zap in Malawi is only at the pilot stage, the service has been up and running for nearly a year in East Africa...

GSMA announces first four Mobile Money for the Unbanked grants

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

07 October 2009

Bill and Melinda GatesThe GSMA is one step closer to achieving its goal of financial security for 20 million unbanked by 2012: four operators have received grants under the Mobile Money for the Unbanked scheme...

“How a luxury item became a tool of global development”

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

05 October 2009

The EconomistStrolling through his local convenience store, editor Michael Schwartz saw the headline on the latest issue of the Economist: The power of mobile money. He is glad the Economist is summarising what Developing Telecoms has been saying for the last four years...

Nokia brings mobile financial services to millions

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

02 September 2009

Nokia's new mobile financial service Nokia Money will consumers with mobile device access to basic financial services. For many consumers, this will be the first time they have had any access to such financial services...

City University London wins funds for mobile banking security

Development Agenda - Mobile Money

01 September 2009

A team of informatics and engineering specialists at City University London has received US$200,000 in funding from the UK Government’s UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) for a three-year project to develop new security measures for mobile banking...

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