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.
From Rags to Reaching New Heights through Mobile Payments – Hazel the Seamstress
January 27, 2009 By
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.
Mobile Money Expands Pizza Business
January 27, 2009 By
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 [...]
