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Javelin finds mobile banking down. Why?
A recent Javelin Strategy and Research study of over 5,000 respondents in the US found mobile banking usage down. The study has caused a lot .more
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The CGAP Technology Blog will be hosting a virtual conference on Microfinance and Mobile Banking next week on September 8 and 9.  Kabir Kumar, Sarah Rotman .more
Will Mobile Money Bring Microinsurance to the Poor?
Matu Onyango is a farmer in the region of Nanyuki, 250 km north of Nairobi.  His family’s welfare depends solely on the income derived from .more
Are banks the bad guys in the mobile money innovation debate?
Bill Maurer and Olga Morawczynski’s blog post from a few weeks ago discussed a topic that seems to be on everyone’s mind: innovation in mobile .more
How can regulators protect funds held by mobile money providers?
The success of mobile money services such as M-PESA has raised the question of how to regulate nonbanks—most notably mobile network operators, which are often .more
Will Mobile Apps Win The Day? It’s Looking That Way
Google is working hard on the Chrome Web Store where, if promises are kept, will be an app store filled with amazing web/mobile applications – .more
Can Pakistan’s flood victims find hope in mobile money?
Pakistan is facing an enormous humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the country’s worst flooding in its history—indeed, a crisis in terms of victims that .more
Is RIM the next acquisition for Oracle?
Stephen Janisse at The Software Advice Blog has done some interesting analysis speculating what company Oracle will acquire next. He also polled readers on the .more

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South Africa: M-Pesa to Open New Frontier for the Unbanked

Johannesburg — THE days when South Africans will pay for a taxi ride by simply transferring the fare to the driver's cellphone are not far away, the head of SA's largest cellphone company said yesterday.

Speaking at the launch of the M- Pesa mobile money transfer service that will be jointly more

Australia: ANZ goMoney iPhone app offers free funds transfers
The free app allows quick access to account balances and a 30-day transaction history.

Afterlaunching the app, a four-digit PIN is required. ANZ has done away withthe traditional user name and password as PINs are less clunky but equally secure.

Customers will be able to send up to more
Global Payments, Inc. Certifies ROAM Data Mobile Payments Solution

According to Will Graylin, ROAM's CEO,"We are very pleased to have this relationship with Global to deliver the lowest-cost and most scalable mobile commerce solution for mobile and micro merchants to accept credit card payments on their own mobile phones."  The ROAMpay Swipe is the world's first encrypted swiper attached more

Mi-Pay appoints new CEO, Allan Jakobsen
Having held executive positions within a number of Telcos across Europe, including leading Danish operator TDC, Jakobsen also has extensive payment industry experience as the former President and CEO of the largest Telco data and clearing house Dannet/MACH. His appointment will further strengthen Mi-Pay's ability todrive competitive service and more
IBM to Ship World's Fastest Microprocessor

This world record-breaking speed is necessary for businesses managinghuge workloads, such as banks and retailers, especially as the world becomes increasingly more inter-connected, data has grown beyond the world's storage capacity, and business transactions continue to skyrocket.

For example, according to a study by Berg Insight, the number of active more

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