Essays about: "mobile phone money transfers"

Found 3 essays containing the words mobile phone money transfers.

1. 1. Mobile Technology and Access to Financial Services in Karamoja, Uganda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Tom Albin Tveitan Käppi; [2016-10-26]
   Keywords : Financial inclusion; mobile financial services; urban; rural;

   Abstract : Access to financial services for the rural poor around the world has become a large development issue, recognized by institutions such as the UN and the World Bank. Having access to financial services such as savings accounts and cheap money transfers has proven to improve the economy of households as well as their ability to cope with emergencies and different kinds of shocks. READ MORE

3. 2. Mobile Payments : Comparison of Mobile Wallet Concepts

   University essay from KTH/Kommunikationssystem, CoS

   Author : Srikant Narayan; [2013]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Mobile payments are an emerging trend and an alternative to traditional payment methods. Mobile payments involve the usage of the mobile phone to handle credit transfers during purchase of goods and peer to peer money transfers referred to as mobile wallet service, instead of depending on bank cards and cash. READ MORE

4. 3. Reciprocity, Nepotism or Costly Signaling – Evidence from Mobile Phone Money Transfers in Nairobi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Martin Eriksson; [2010]
   Keywords : costly signaling; nepotism; reciprocal altruism; mobile phone money transfers; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to test whether the theories of reciprocal altruism, nepotism due to kin selection and costly signaling can explain patterns of human altruism. A new way of investigating this has surfaced since the introduction of mobile phone money transfers in areas where social sharing is frequently exercised. READ MORE