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Mifos Version 2.0 to be soon released by Grameen Foundation

Posted on December 17th, 2010 in Amazon Web Services, best microfinance software, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, Ford Foundation, free mfi software, India Shares, innovative technology solutions, Leila E, M-PESA, management information software, MFIs in Tunisia, Microfinance Industry India, microfinance mobile transactions, Microfinance Risk Management, Microfinance Software, Mifos Cloud, Mifos Software, mifos source code, opensource software, Progress out of Poverty Index, Technology for Microfinance Initiative

mifos microfinance softwareMifos reaches Next Level in Social Transparency, Client Connection and Mobile Transactions Grameen Foundation today announced the release of Mifos® 2.0, an innovative new version of its award-winning management information software (MIS) for microfinance.  It will be available to microfinance institutions (MFIs) as a cloud service or on-premise system starting December 21, 2010. Mifos 2.0 [...]
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Mobile Money – It’s all about marketing, branding and distribution

Posted on October 03rd, 2010 in Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Business Correspondents, Financial Services for the Poor, Ignacio Mas-Ribo, India Shares, M-PESA, Mobile Microfinance

mobile money transfer indiaBy Ignacio Mas-Ribo , Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Think about how hard it must be for a poor, undereducated person to get her head around mobile money. She is likely to be new to banking, and may never have used her mobile phone for anything other than talking into. [...]

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Mobile Money Transfer Video:M-Pesa

Posted on August 13th, 2010 in Department for International Development, India Shares, M-PESA, Mobile Banking, Mobile Microfinance, Mobile Money, Safaricom

Only 4 million Kenyans have bank accounts. But 10 million people in the country now use the M-PESA money transfer service. This short video by CGAP shows how mobile money is changing the face of banking in Kenya and it’s implications world wide. About M-PESA M-PESA (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is [...]

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The power of mobile money – Economist Special Issue

Posted on October 20th, 2009 in Economist Mobile Money, India Shares, M-PESA, Mobile Microfinance, Mobile Money Microfinance, Mobile Money Transfer, Mobile Technology, Money transfer India

The economist had a special issue on mobile money in the developing countries -Dated September 24th,2009
Given below are some excerpts and links to the articles.
The power of mobile money
Mobile phones have transformed lives in the poor world. Mobile money could have just as big an impact
Once the toys of rich yuppies, mobile phones have [...]

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