Last July CGAP issued a new report about the main building blocks for any bank that is thinking about offering mobile phone financial services to its customers. (Shame on me for doing this post so late).

Banking on Mobiles: Why, How, for Whom? is, not surprisingly, very good report. After all, these are the people currently in the forefront of research efforts to understand and develop mobile phone banking and the place to go for anyone interested in this market. An additional point in their favor is that their reports are “waffle-free” and go straight to the point.

The report takes the perspective of a small/middle sized bank or microfinance institution in a developing country that wants to start offering mobile phone financial services, but does not really know how or where to start.

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