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10 Jan 2017
The Helix Institute of Digital Finance recently concluded the second wave of the Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) study in Bangladesh, which, along with a number of other key findings, highlights the
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11 Oct 2016
Discussions around Master Agents are often confusing. This confusion usually stems from the varying terms used to describe them. While to some providers they are ‘Aggregators’, to
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30 Aug 2016
Patrick, Deputy Manager of Operations of a digital financial service provider in Zambia, was on his quarterly monitoring visit in Kafue, 60 kilometres from Lusaka, when he, yet
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20 Jun 2016
Walking through the markets of Senegal and Pakistan, you will easily hear ‘Warimako!’, and ‘Easypaisa kara lo!’ These phrases have morphed into a catch-all for mobile money transfers—
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17 Jun 2016
In India,
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31 May 2016
Warimako ! – a Wolof expression translating to “Send me money”– is embedded in Senegalese vernacular, demonstrating the widespread adoption of Over-the-Counter (OTC) money transfers in this market.
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24 May 2016
Warimako ! – expression wolof qui signifie « Envoie-moi de l’argent » en français – fait désormais partie du vocabulaire courant au Sénégal, symbolique d’un marché où dominent les transferts d’argent
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12 May 2016
It’s a common belief that agents in rural regions need more cash than e-float to meet the demand of their customers, while in urban areas cash-in and cash-out transactions balance themselves out. The
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06 Apr 2016
Typhoons are great engines of destruction. When a typhoon makes landfall it often produces a devastating storm surge that destroys everything in its path without mercy. The best defence against a typhoon is an accurate forecast
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27 Jan 2016
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,