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Assessing the benefits of innovative payment facility in microfinance: the M-Banking Value Proposition using mobile phone technology

This case study aims to assess the benefits of mobile banking applications in microfinance banking in the Philippines, with a focus on how mobile telecommunications solutions impact the lives of Filipinos, particularly small and medium enterprises and micro borrowers.

It explores the strategy of using information and communication technology (ICT) - in the form of mobile telephony - to foster economic development by facilitating banking service delivery in isolated areas of the Philippines.

 

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