by the Bank of Tanzania (BOT). The main objective is to increase financial services outreach and to promote financial inclusion to the un-banked and under-banked population without risking the safety and soundness of the banking system. The concept is also geared towards encouraging financial institutions to use agents in the provision of banking services so as to reduce the cost of financial services and to foster financial inclusion, reach and depth. Commercial Banks worldwide offer similar kinds
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EFInA: EVALUATION OF AGENT BANKING MODELS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES Oxford Policy Management Ltd October 2011 Evaluation of Agent Banking Models in different countries ii Oxford Policy Management Evaluation of Agent Banking Models in different countries Table of contents Table of contents Abbreviations Executive summary Agent banking regulation and impact Permissible agent activities Volume and value of different types of activities Introduction 1 1.1 Analysis of agent banking regulations Colombia
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2007-08 (Acharya, 2008). 2 The insights from the studies on service sector growth in India reveal that the spurt in the service growth is driven by the rapid growth of business services (which include Information Technology), communication services, financial services, hotels and restaurants, and trade (distribution) services, which is facilitated by the advent and rapid diffusion of information technology (Gordon and Gupta, 2004; Banga, 2005; Verma, 2006; Eichengreen and Gupta, 2010).3 Further, it has
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBISCHOOL OF BUSINESSTHE IMPACT OF MOBILE MONEY SYSTEM INNOVATION ON THE SAVINGS LEVEL OF LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS IN KENYABY MASILA JOSHUA MULI D33/32510/2010 VIRGINIA NYAKIO WAIRIMU D33/20134/2009 DECIMA AKOTH OYUKE D33/32014/2010| MUTINDA ELIZABETH MUMBUA D33/32196/2010| | | | | A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION PAGE 4- 6 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PAGE -7 3. RESEARCH DESIGN PAGE -7 4. LITERATURE REVIEW PAGE -8-9 5. DATA ANALYSIS PAGE-10- 13 6. DISCUSSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE-13-14 7. CONCLUSIONS PAGE-15 8. REFERENCES PAGE-16-17 INTRODUCTION : Themobilebanking isdefinedas“theprovisionofbanking servicestocustomersontheir mobile devices”: specificallytheoperation
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Excerpt from FS Series #11 – innovations in financial services delivery: branchless banking C3. Case 3: Eko India Financial Services Private, Ltd. C3a. Background & Environment India has 80,000 bank branches, 110,000 cooperatives (one in every five villages), and 150,000 post offices. It is estimated that each branch serves about 15,000 people in urban areas and 32,000 people in rural areas (World Bank, 2009). Consequently, less than 60 percent of the adult population has a bank account
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Kenya by the Central Bank (CBK). The main objective is to increase financial services outreach and to promote financial inclusion to the un-banked and under-banked population without risking the safety and soundness of the banking system. The concept is also geared towards encouraging financial institutions to use agents in the provision of banking services so as to reduce the cost of financial services and to foster financial inclusion, reach and depth. Commercial Banks worldwide offer similar kinds
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March 2010 Microfinance Industry in India 2 March 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The microfinance sector in India has developed a successful and sustainable business model which has been able to overcome challenges traditionally faced by the financial services sector in servicing the low income population by catering to its specific needs, capacities and leveraging preexisting community support networks. As of March 2009, microfinance institutions (“MFIs”) in India reached over 22 million borrowers
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Next –Gen Financial Services-Automation in commerce PURSUING A WORLD OF MOBILE WALLETS * With India embracing internet banking, the dreams of financial inclusion has gone bolder .Mobile banking is set to become the new face of Indian commerce. * It is hoped that very soon a cell phone will allow you to show proof of identity and act as a store of money. * At some point, every cell phone user has received a message while withdrawing money from ATM or used the phone to book movie tickets
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Final Course project Clawous Ruchdy Okemba Meboukou MGMT591 October-16, 2015 Prof. Nader Daee Table of content Introduction to the organization1 Problem statement 2 Literature review 3 ANALYSIS 4 SOLUTION....................................................................................................................................5 REFLECTION ………………………………………………………………………………….6 References ……………………………………………………………………………………….7 Introduction to organization
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