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Articles tagged with: Mobile Money and School
Gates Foundation and USAID Fund to Boost Mobile Money Services in Haiti
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced a $10 million incentive fund to jumpstart financial services by mobile phone in Haiti and expedite the delivery of cash assistance to victims of the country's devastating earthquake by humanitarian agencies. more
Related Tags: m-paisa, usaid, option, gates-foundation, Haiti
City University London Develops Easier Security for Mobile Banking
A team of informatics and engineering specialists at City University London has received £135,000 in funding from the Government's UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) for a three year project to develop new security measures for mobile banking. The UKIERI aims to encourage research links between the UK and India, one of the fastest growing mobile markets, with 80 million internet-enabled handset users predicted by the end of 2009. more
Related Tags: mobile-banking, three, security, university-of-leeds, congestion, dual-sim, UK
Mobile Money Democratizes Uganda's Banking Sector
A growing number of Ugandans are starting to utilize a service called "Mobile Money" to transfer millions of dollars via text message on their mobile phones. The phenomenon is democratizing banking in Uganda and changing the country's socioeconomic landscape. more
Related Tags: mobile-banking, text-message, africa, Uganda
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