The FII Digest of Financial Inclusion News
Asia
Bangladesh
Agent Network Accelerator Survey – Bangladesh Country Report 2014.
- The Helix Institute: Nov. 11, 2014
Most Mobile Payment Agents Profitable: Study.
- The Daily Star: Nov. 11, 2014
Bangladesh Bank Makes Financial Inclusion for Street Kids Child’s Play.
- The Guardian: Nov. 12, 2014
Bangladesh Pioneering Unique Models & Innovations for Agent Networks.
- Mobile Money Asia: Nov. 16, 2014
India
Reaching Half of the Market: Women and Mobile Money - the Example of Beam in India.
- GSMA: Oct. 27, 2014
Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFC.
- Reserve Bank of India: Nov. 10, 2014
- The Economic Times: Nov. 26, 2014
Indonesia
Bank Indonesia Advances Public and MSME Access to Shari’a Financial Service Facility.
- Bank Indonesia: Nov. 7, 2014
Analysis: How non-Cash Govt Support Programs Benefit RI Financial Inclusion.
- The Jakarta Post: Nov. 12, 2014
Indonesia Revises Islamic Banking Rules as Industry Growth Slides.
- Reuters: Nov. 20, 2014
Pakistan
Digital Channels Can Lead to Enhanced Financial Inclusion.
- Daily Times: Nov. 18, 2014
EasyPaisa Pakistan: A 5-Year Journey from OTC to Digital Money.
- Shift Thought: Nov. 24, 2014
State Bank Quells Rumors, Banking System of Pakistan is Stable.
- Business Recorder: Nov. 24, 2014
Other
Benefits and Costs of Mobile in Myanmar.
- LIRNE Asia: Nov. 24, 2014
Stay Tuned for Mobile Banking Services from Yoma and Telenor, say CEOs.
- Myanmar Times: Nov. 24, 2014
Mobile Money in Nepal - A Private Sector Leader Explains Potential and Impact
- USAID: Dec. 4, 2014
Africa
Kenya
New Kenyan ‘Thin SIMs’ Poised to Transform African Mobile Money.
- VOA: Oct. 30, 2014
Kenya Post Expands Banking Services.
- Post & Parcel: Nov. 18, 2014
Safaricom Launches M-Ledger Service.
- IT Web Africa: Nov. 19, 2014
What is Behind Kenya’s Financial Revolution?
- IT Web Africa: Nov. 24, 2014
Nigeria
Moghalu Exits Central Bank of Nigeria.
- This Day Live: Nov. 8, 2014
CBN’s Baseline Survey on Nigeria’s Financial Literacy, Inclusion Out Q1 2015.
- Business Day: Nov. 14, 2014
Access Bank, Airtel Collaborate on Financial Inclusion.
- Nigerian Tribune: Nov. 20, 2014
NIMC to Harness Technology and Data Gathering for Financial Inclusion.
- Business Day: Nov. 23, 2014
FG Committed to Job Creation, Financial Inclusion for Women, Says CBN Governor.
- Business Day: Nov. 24, 2014
Tanzania
Trade Union Unveils Mobile Money Transfer Platform.
- IT News Africa: Nov. 6, 2014
Mahindra Comviva Links Two Tanzanian MNOs through Mobile Money.
- Mobile Payments Today: Nov. 12, 2014
Tanzania Bank to Reduce Banking Costs with Use of National ID Cards.
- Tanzania Invest: Nov. 15, 2014
BoT: Expanding Financial Services to Fight Poverty.
- The Citizen: Nov. 21, 2014
Uganda
Centili Now Offers MTN Mobile Money Service in Uganda.
- Centili: Nov. 5 2014
BoU Mulls Agency Banking as it Moves Services Closer to Public.
- Daily Monitor: Nov. 26, 2014
Uganda too Small for Seven Mobile Firms: Airtel.
- The Economic Times: Nov. 26, 2014
Other
Banks Urged to Align Products with Clientele Needs.
- The New Times: Oct. 30, 2014
MTN Rwanda Ties Up with More Banks on Access to Mobile Money.
- Telecompaper: Nov. 9, 2014
- Open Society Foundations: Nov. 10, 2014