The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) Program shared its pioneering expertise on mobile phone banking in a series of forums and conferences in Colombia and Washington in January 2009.
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Colombia and Washington forums feature MABS Mobile Phone Banking initiative
January 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A downpour of blessings from dry goods retailing
January 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
MEET OUR CLIENT: Anunciacion Santillan
In 1999, Anunciacion Santillan used a mere folding bed along the sidewalk as display area for the dry goods she sold. Back then, life was not easy – she and her husband worked hard but still earned barely enough for their family. Less than a decade later, she now owns six merchandize stalls in the Bantayan public market in Bantayan Island, Cebu.
The change for the better was not entirely miraculous but was borne of more hard work, perseverance, financial discipline, and a little outside help.
From Rags to Reaching New Heights through Mobile Payments – Hazel the Seamstress
January 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hazel is a seamstress at Bibota Industries, a garments shop that began many years ago making rags that sold at 2 US cents per piece. [Read more...]
Mobile Money Expands Pizza Business
January 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mrs. Sheila Milan owns W’s Pizza, a pizza parlor with branches in three Mindanao towns (Cantilan, Madrid, and Tandag). In March 2007, Sheila, a borrower and depositor of Cantilan Bank since 2005, agreed to become a bank partner-merchant and started accepting GCASH from her customers. Since then, Sheila has seen her sales expand because of mobile payments. [Read more...]
Mobile Phone Banking Services Expand Business Opportunities in Surigao del Sur
January 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Loida Llamas owns and operates Pawnshop de Madrid – Madrid, Surigao del Sur’s “homegrown” pawnshop. On the side, she makes and sells trinkets and fashion accessories. Loida, a depositor of Cantilan Bank, decided to accept GCASH from her customers in March 2007; she now uses the mobile phone banking services of the bank for practically all of her business transactions. [Read more...]
