Mobile money is a recent innovation that provides financial transaction services via mobile
phone, including to the unbanked global poor. The technology has spread rapidly in the …

This review provides an overview of the operations and impacts of mobile money in the
develo** world. Over the past decade, mobile money has become a ubiquitous tool in …

Access to financial services is crucial for development as it enhances resource mobilization
needed for productive investment and facilitates consumption smoothing. With a vast …

Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in develo** countries; Internet and broadband
access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) …

Rapid urbanization is resha** economies and intensifying spatial inequalities. In
Bangladesh, we experimentally introduced mobile banking to very poor rural households …

We report on an experiment examining why default options impact behavior. By randomly
assigning employees to different varieties of a salary-linked savings account, we find that …

This article assesses the opportunities and challenges for different categories of FinTechs in
the SAARC and ASEAN regions. We consider the global financial inclusion data released by …

I examine whether changing the form of disbursement of a microfinance loan enables
female microfinance borrowers to overcome intra-household sharing pressure and grow …

ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature shows that in addition to increased convenience,
mobile payments may result in greater efficiency and contribute to digital and financial …

The growing use of ICTs around the world, particularly cellular phone technology, provides a
significant development opportunity. Under certain situations, ICTs can improve rural …