Tag: Post Office
Savings perceptions and preferences in India – The relative risk to the savings of the poor
MicroSave conducted a study in three different Indian states – Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu this past year to seeks answers to the following questions: How do poor people save and what works best for them among the formal, semi-formal, and informal choices available? Why do they choose one investment or savings versus another, […]
Feb 1, 2012
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.
Jul 8, 2011
Mobile Banking: Efforts by Banks Part 2
In this video series-2, Tamara Cook, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the case of Opportunity International Bank of Malawi (OIBM) that uses mobile banking solutions to reduce cost and reach more customers.
Nov 8, 2010
Kenya Experience Beyond M-PESA
In this video Amolo Ng’weno, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talks about the operations of M-Pesa in Kenya, that is reaching over 12 million people at 19,000 outlets. She also explains the methodology of M-Pesa and its implementation by Equity Bank, Kenya.
Nov 8, 2010
Mobile Banking: Efforts by Banks Part 1
In this video series-1 Tamara Cook, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discusses the need for technology intervention in banking. She explains how mobile banking can solve two major problems of bankers, namely, the cost of serving clients down and reaching people who live far from the branch.
Nov 1, 2010
Institutionalising Risk Management for MFIs – Framework and Challenges
This note is based on MicroSave’s experience in developing risk management policies within its Action Research Partners (ARPs). It underlines a number of aspects that institutions seeking to adopt.
Jun 15, 2007