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  • State of Play - Insights on the Evolution of Pakistan’s Mobile Money Agent Network
    02 Oct 2017

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Sidra Butt Mughal

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidra-butt-mughal-a7608815/
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Imran Khan

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      Faculty Title: 
      Independent Research Consultant
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-khan-a7039511/
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    The success of a branchless banking network is entirely dependent on the ability of its agents to deliver high-quality services to the target market, that are in

  • Interoperability – A Regulatory Perspective
    01 Sep 2017

    • David Cracknell

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      Faculty Title: 
      Global Technical Director at MicroSave
      Link: 
      http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/david-cracknell/0/328/207
      Order: 
      3
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Venkata N. Atluri

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant – Digital Financial Services
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkata-n-atluri-34b9784/
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      6
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Basis great inputs and discussions from Amrik Heyer, FSD Kenya, Stephen Mwaura former Head of Payments, Central Bank of Kenya, Uma Shankar Paliwal, Former Executive Director, RBI, Dennis Njau, Head of Channels, Kenya Commercial Bank, Gang Chai, Payment Policy Manager, Central

  • Getting It Right: Why Counting Mobile Money Agents Accurately Matters
    06 Mar 2017

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Financial access is the foundation of financial inclusion.  A person cannot decide to use a financial service until it has been extended within their reach.  Central to measuring access to finance is the

  • Defining Terms and Options for Measuring Access to Digital Finance
    03 Mar 2017

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    The first blog in this series explained that currently,

  • Zambia’s Comeback in Digital Financial Services (DFS)
    27 Jan 2016

    • Akhand Tiwari

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://in.linkedin.com/in/akhand-tiwari-10607a5
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Irene Wagaki

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      Faculty Title: 
      Assistant Manager- Digital Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/irene-wagaki-b19baa24
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Nandini Harihareswara

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      Faculty Title: 
      Digital Finance Country Technical Specialist at UNCDF
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandini
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Zambia introduced Digital Financial Services (DFS) to the world with the launch of Celpay in 2002. Celpay’s offering to Zambians was somewhat similar to Safaricom’s ‘microfinance credit re-payment’ product,

  • Competition in the Kenyan Digital Finance Market: Digital Credit (Part 2 of 3)
    16 Dec 2015

    • Joyce Murithi

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Banking and Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/joyce-murithi-72298844
      Order: 
      8
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    This is the second blog in a three part series, which compares digital financial service offerings in Kenya.  The first blog focused on mobile money

  • Agent Networks In India---How Mandates Have Influenced the Landscape
    21 Sep 2015

    • Denny George

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/pub/denny-george/5/3b2/b31
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Maha Khan

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Research Manager, Digital Financial Insights at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/maha-khan-a32b9911
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    There is a key difference in how the Digital Financial Services (DFS) market in India has evolved when compared to other countries. While in most countries the expansion of DFS along with agent networks has been driven by profit, the growth of DFS in India has essentially been the result of

  • Indonesia: The Quiet before the Storm
    25 Feb 2015

    • Maha Khan

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=41758598
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Ghiyazuddin Mohammed

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      Faculty Title: 
      Manager at MicroSave - Financial Inclusion Consulting
      Link: 
      https://id.linkedin.com/in/ghiyazuddin-mohammad-0301396
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Lessons from our Agent Network Accelerator Survey - Indonesia Country Report - Launched February 2015

  • Building Big Backbones for Innovation
    26 Jan 2015

    • Annabel Schiff

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Digital Finance at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelroselee
      Order: 
      7
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Financial inclusion has evolved significantly since the days of microfinance. Today, instead of building small financial institutions to offer services to marginalized populations, partnerships are being built with huge banks and telecom providers that leverage their infrastructure, human

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