Ann Platt

Ann is an Independent consultant who focuses on the needs of the user in digital finance. She is currently working as a Consultant at Bridge Research.

Ann is an Independent consultant who focuses on the needs of the user in digital finance. She is an expert in market analysis and research, project management, editing and writing, teaching, and training. Her specialties include mobile banking and payments, blockchain technologies, agent networks, telecom and banking regulation, and microinsurance. Ann worked as a Senior Advisor at MSC from August, 2010 to August, 2014.

Posts by Ann Platt

NextGen Mobile Wallets: The Slim Billfolds May Prove More Lucrative

This note discussed that mobile wallets are no different from any other aspect of financial inclusion. The dominant player is still usually the bank.

Branchless Banking Update: Should We Bank on Phones or the Post?

In this note, for the past five-six years, most efforts to move money via mobile phones or point-of-sale (POS) terminals have required full bank participation, or at least bank partnership.

The Business Case for Branchless Banking: What’s Missing?

This note examines the process of reinventing, how these people send and receive money in remote locations, how they pay bills and loans.