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Volume: 4 Issue: 10
(October 2010)
Keywords:
mobile phone
developing market
mobile payments
migrants
western union
moneygram
prepaid
Authors:
simon cavill
Organisations:
mi-pay
Jurisdictions:
africa
Frameworks: The mobile phone: it is not just about voice
Mobile payments have taken off in the developing world. The use of the mobile phone as an alternative payment method is increasing. Simon Cavill, Director of Strategy at Mi-Pay Ltd, discusses the impact mobile phones have on the developing world as well as migrants far away from home, and how new services change the traditional payment landscape.
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