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Regulation of Branchless Banking in South Africa

This update of CGAP’s 2008 “Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in South Africa” incorporates research conducted by CGAP in January 2010.

Regulation of Branchless Banking in Kenya

This update of CGAP’s 2007 “Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in Kenya” incorporates research conducted by CGAP in January 2010.

Regulation of Branchless Banking in Argentina

This update of CGAP’s 2009 “Diagnostic Report on the Legal and Regulatory Environment for Branchless Banking in Argentina” incorporates research conducted by CGAP in January 2010.

Regulation of Branchless Banking in the Philippines

This update of CGAP's 2008 "Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in the Philippines" incorporates research conducted by CGAP in January 2010.

Regulation of Branchless Banking in India

This update of CGAP’s 2008 “Notes on Regulation of Branchless Banking in India” incorporates research conducted by CGAP in January 2010.

Window on the Unbanked: Mobile Money in the Philippines

This Brief, a joint effort of CGAP and the GSM Association, discusses the results of the first study on mobile money and the unbanked—those without access to formal financial services—estimated to be almost 4 billion worldwide.

Banking the Poor via G2P Payments

In this Focus Note, we look at government-to-person (G2P) payments, which include social transfers as well as wage and pension payments. With appropriate experimentation, these payments have the potential to become a vehicle for extending financial inclusion and improving the welfare of poor people.

Poor People Using Mobile Financial Services

Insights into how poor people use M-PESA, its impact on their lives, and some unexpected consequences.

Microfinance Banana Skins 2009

Microfinance Banana Skins 2009 describes the risks facing the microfinance industry as seen by an international sample of practitioners, investors, regulators and observers of the microfinance sector.

Stability of Small Balance Deposits

Small balance demand deposits from poor clients are viewed as a particularly volatile class of funding. This is one reason some MFIs are concerned about using deposits to fund their lending operations.