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Whose cash is it anyway? Several agent solutions to cash security
Cash security is a concern that agents are grappling with in India. This blog presents how agents are coping with the loss even though the RBI acknowledges the responsibility of cash insurance should rest with banks.
Jun 3, 2014
Beware the OTC trap: Is there a way out?
Our earlier blogs focused on how OTC was growing rapidly but the key stakeholders were not satisfied. The question we have been asked often – is there a way out?
May 26, 2014
Expanding access to finance for small businesses in India: A critique of the Mor Committee’s approach part 2. Why are the banks not financing small businesses?
The second part of the blog looks at the role of the banks, development finance institutions and NBFCs to examine why they haven’t come forward to meet this gap.
May 26, 2014
Beware the OTC trap: Are stakeholders satisfied?
Preceding the sentiments presented in the previous blog on over the counter (OTC), our interactions with various stakeholders indicate that not all are actually happy.
May 18, 2014
Beware The OTC Trap
We are seeing that MNOs and banks are increasingly trying to go the OTC route in the developing world – look at Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ghana and India. The burning question is, why? There could possibly be several reasons, the needs of the MNOs, the needs of the banks, and the needs of the customers.
May 9, 2014
Highlights from The Helix’s Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) Survey of Tanzania
The Helix Institute of Digital Finance’s second Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) report based on a nationally representative survey of 2,052 agent networks in Tanzania, coupled with extensive qualitative interviews across the country, provides extraordinary insights into agent networks in Tanzania. The survey includes all providers offering agent banking or mobile money services, taking special interest in the country’s three […]
Apr 29, 2014