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Mobile banking, access to finance, and the attendant challenges and opportunities are all on the agenda at the Mobile Money Summit, which takes place May 14 – 15 in Cairo. This is an opportunity to hear from innovators, meet new partners, and engage with leaders from finance, telecom and the development community. CGAP is proud to co-organize this event with DFID, IFC, and the GSM Association, which represents more than 700 mobile network operators.

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Mobile operators find navigating financial regulation isn’t quite so easy as sailing through the telco world.

If they want to convince central bankers that hold the keys to the payments space, mobile operators will make persuasive arguments about how mobile financial services meet traditional thinking about deposits, the new domain of payment system regulation, and the hot button issue of anti-money laundering, especially when sending money across borders.

No operator better illustrates this than Vodafone and its M-PESA money transfer service. Read the rest of this page »

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M-Pesa’s bid to enter UK runs into legal hurdles

Ericsson and UNDP Join Forces on Mobile Solutions for Development in Rural China

Good Morning Vietnam! Mobile Marketing Has Arrived.

Kenya: M-Pesa’s Bid to Enter UK Runs Into Legal Hurdles

Fear of Fraud Stops Majority of Consumers from Using Mobile Banking

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Barclays Bank launches Hello Money Banking Service in India
Making the Most Of Mesopotamia
New Report: How to Make Mobile Phone Banking Secure
Visa picks up kudos ahead of debut

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New Report from Aite Group Considers Mobile Banking Models from Africa for the United States
Uganda: Barclays Starts Mobile Banking
Alternative Data and Its Use in Credit Scoring
Right Regulation Will Help Mobile Financial Services
Over 2 Trillion Text Messages Will Be Sent Worldwide and This Number Continues To Grow

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