Providing basic financial services to rural people can enhance their security by eliminating the need for them to hold cash and can offer them alternative venues for borrowing. Placing a branch in rural villages is not however cost effective. In recent years, the concept of branchless banking has emerged in which a person who has a phone and sufficient liquidity (called a shopkeeper hereafter) ...

With developing countries now gaining access to modern banking services for their customers, research is needed to understand how developing countries will adapt to these changes. Since the 1980s, in the Arabic region, technological expansion has occurred with a focus on trade and services offered by industries – recently the banking sector has started to develop banking services through mobile...

The paper by Manmohan Singh covers a lot of ground, and lays out a number of very interesting issues about the nature of the shadow banking sector, and the extent to which the activities of banks and non-banks are interrelated. In particular, it points out that, in addition to deposits, a significant share of bank lending is ultimately funded by non-banks. This funding can be described as ‘indi...

Fast advances in the wireless technology and the intensive penetration of cell phones have motivated banks to spend large budget on building mobile banking systems, but the adoption rate of mobile banking is still underused than expected. Therefore, research to enrich current knowledge about what affects individuals to use mobile banking is required. Consequently, this study employs the Unified...

This paper focuses on the triumph march of mobile phones that currently are annexing music players, navigation devices, and cameras as separate physical objects. The next target is set on payment. Through synthesizing available literature, we construct a framework for studying digital payment platforms that combines platform, technology and business design aspects. The framework is applied to c...

The efforts for financial inclusion need to be designed with a vision beyond just the percentage of the country population with access to a bank account or a no frills account; to focus more on how this can enhance the capability and convenience for the un-banked and under-banked, specifically the small and marginal farmers in this case, to enable greater transparency, accountability, efficienc...

We develop a simple general equilibrium framework to study the effects of global competition on banking industry dynamics and welfare. We apply the framework to the Mexican banking industry, which underwent a major structural change in the 1990s as a consequence of both government policy and external shocks. Given high concentration in the Mexican banking industry, domestic and foreign banks ac...

I IJOAN LOSSES ASSOCIAFED WITH declines in energy and agricultural prices) and the collapse of commercial real estate markets were the proximate cause of the high number of bank and savings and loan (S&L) failures of the past 12 years. Many researchers also blame government policies, howevei~such as restrictions on branch banking and limitations on the services that banks and S&,Ls may offer. S...

During a pandemic like today, new habits have emerged in society, one of which is conducting financial transactions. The presence Bank Syariah Indonesia expected to the and technological capabilities meet customer needs following sharia principles reach currently unspoiled market by creating an Islamic ecosystem becoming centers economy finance world. BSI Mobile application right solution with ...

573 Abstract— In this paper is given one method of constructing payment via commonly used mobile phone, SIM-card and plastic card based on USSD-commands. NOWADAYS we can't imagine business and commerce without ICT. Government adopted many legislative acts, resolutions and decrees based on law and creating favorable conditions for online conducting of bargains. All these were done for the develo...