Tag Archives: Mobile Money

Promoting the Use of Mobile Money to Strengthen Health Systems

Digital Finance, Publications

Resource Type: Activity Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 5/1/2013 Resource Description: Through the HFG Project, USAID seeks to increase financial access for the poor and strengthen health systems by supporting the use of mobile phone-based payment mechanisms (mobile money) in health programming. Mobile phones are one of the fastest-spreading technologies, with over 3.2 billion individual […]

Mobile Money Defined

Digital Finance, Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 7/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile money describes financial transactions that are conducted using a mobile phone, where value is stored virtually (e-money) in an account associated with a SIM card. Such transactions are compatible with basic phones and do not require internet access. Mobile money systems have the potential […]

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