Comments on: In Afghanistan, going where no bank has gone before

By: mMoney | Blog | Mobile Money in Afghanistan: m-Paisa

mMoney | Blog | Mobile Money in Afghanistan: m-Paisa — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:59:06 +0000

[...] central to the service’s overall adoption in Afghanistan. With a population of 30 million people, 36% of who live below the government defined poverty line and 74% of who are illiterate; Afghanistan is the poorest country in the world outside [...]

By: Innovations for Development | Blog | Mobile Money in Afghanistan: m-Paisa

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:11:05 +0000

By: Banking on Mobile Banking «

Banking on Mobile Banking « — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:09:25 +0000

[...] the entire country has only 17 banks and 34 ATMs. Promoting mobile banking in Afghanistan has been noted to help decrease official corruption in addition to the broad benefits of cheaper delivery and [...]

By: Ed Resor

Ed Resor — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:43:03 +0000

Has the program to pay Afghan police officers by cell phone been expanded?

Now that the NATO forces are focused on reducing corruption, it would seem that scaling up this program would be a big help to the “hold and build” part of “clear, build, and hold.”

By: In Afghanistan, going where no bank has gone before « Ismaili Mail

In Afghanistan, going where no bank has gone before « Ismaili Mail — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:19:33 +0000

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By: lee Kironget

lee Kironget — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:16:52 +0000

I did some work with the Ministry of Interior and BRAC Bank Afghanistan , when we proposed a new Core Banking system for BRAC Bank a lot of thought was given to Mobile banking, unfortunately that was before the recent election when the Taliban had started bombing and destroying GSM towers for both Roshan and AWCC in the southern provinces.

However , it was general consensus that Mobile banking as main media for access to finance was the most viable , especially in the remote provinces given enormous cost of securing conventional banks and transporting cash.

By: Raman Taneja

Raman Taneja — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:22:01 +0000

Nice to see that mobile making further inroads for providing access to financial services. As mentioned in this article, that 74% of people are illiterate. How comfortable they are using PIN as authentication mode and what are the chances of abuse given the literacy level present. I certainly believe that over a period of time, usage of mobile phone brings more comfort at number literacy level. Please share your experience.

By: Paul Cadario

Paul Cadario — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:45:26 +0000

Janice Stein at the University of Toronto has long been an advocate of innovative banking services like this CGAP pilot. It reduces the dangers of moving cash, but more importantly it could help civil servants’ wives lay hands on the paycheck, and small businesses accept and make payments.