Recent Blogs
Why Distributing Mobile Money Is Harder than Airtime for MNOs
It’s often said mobile network operators (MNOs) have the advantage over banks in creating agent networks from their dense carpet of prepaid airtime sellers. But is this true?
Does Branchless Banking Reach Poor People? The Evidence from Pakistan
In this mini-series we explore new evidence from three countries on whether branchless banking is reaching poor people starting today with Pakistan.
Islamic Microfinance in Tanzania
Tanzania eco-Volunteerism’s (TeV) honey project is a community development program providing rural poor communities of Tanzania with an innovative microfinance model that is in complete compliance with Islamic guidelines for business and finance.
Branchless Banking Has a Volume Problem
CGAP’s Branchless Banking Database synthesizes a mass of data into a short 12-image “story” about what branchless banking is and the key hurdles we face in 2011. We’ve converted that into a three-part series, which we continue today.
How Agent Network Managers Have Fueled M-PESA’s Success
As CGAP’s new Agent Management Toolkit emphasizes, managing an agent network is complicated. There are a lot of different pieces of the puzzle to get right.
Highlights from the CGAP Technology Blog – October 2010
The launch of TigoPesa in Tanzania was the headline on our blog starting in October.
Branchless Banking 2010: Is the Hype Justified?
After several years of very high profile attention on mobile money and other branchless banking schemes, we think it’s time to test the hype. Or more accurately, we’ve wanted to for awhile.