Window on the Unbanked : Mobile Money in the Philippines

Window on the Unbanked : Mobile Money in the Philippines

Earlier this year, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) teamed up with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Association (GSMA) (a global trade association for the mobile communications industry) and McKinsey (a global manage...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickens, Mark
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CASH TRANSFERS
CONSUMERS
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
GLOBAL MARKET
IMPLEMENTATIONS
INCOME
LIQUIDITY
MARKETING
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
MOBILE NETWORK
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE USERS
MONEY TRANSFERS
TELECOM
TRANSACTION
USER
USERS
USES
WEB
WEB SITE
WWW
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/12821132/window-unbanked-mobile-money-philippines
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9488
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Summary:Earlier this year, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) teamed up with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Association (GSMA) (a global trade association for the mobile communications industry) and McKinsey (a global management consulting firm) to measure the global market for financial services delivered via mobile phones (mobile money) in 147 developing countries. This is the first study of mobile money and the unbanked-those without access to formal financial services-estimated to be almost four billion worldwide.

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