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* Many thanks to Anupam Varghese (EKO India Financial Services Ltd.). Thanks also to
Aishwarya Ratan, Indrani Medhi, Prasad Naldurg, Raghav Bhaskar (Microsoft Research)
Mobile Banking
• Over 1 billion people in the world with mobile
phones but no bank accounts
• Banks say, “Let’s use phones to serve these people!”
• Several mobile banking services exist today
– M-PESA (Kenya), Wizzit (S.A.), GCash (Philippines)
– > 100 million dollars transacted per day
How does it work?
• A network of human agents mediate transactions
– Run small businesses: mobile recharge, pharmacy etc
– Commissioned by m-banking provider
Courtesy: CKS
Courtesy: CKS
M-banking outlet in Delhi An m-banking agent sends an SMS to
the bank for a deposit transaction
How does it work?
Bank
Hari deposits 100/-
Agent Hari
How does it work?
Bank
Hari withdraws 100/-
Agent Hari
Benefits
• Benefit to customers:
– Low-cost, low-effort savings (often, there’s interest)
– A new remittance channel
– Others that evolve contextually (m-payments)
• Benefit to agents:
– A second source of income
Bank
Hari
Challenges
• How do we authenticate via a phone like this?
• No GPRS,
• Can’t install software
• Typical m-banking user’s
phone
Courtesy: EKO
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