The United States Agency for International Development-supported Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) – Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) Program conducted two separate GCASH accreditation trainings for rural banks from the Bicol Federation and National Capital Region (NCR)…
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The Future of Mobile Phone Banking in the Philippines: Global Trends for Rural Bankers to Consider (Part 3 of 3)
During my presentation, I shared with the audience some of the latest relevant updates and trends that we are seeing from around the world in terms of the uses of mobile money and mobile banking services. Viral Marketing & Use…
Visions on Mobile Banking & Mobile Money: A President’s View
Four rural bank presidents share their views and visions on mobile banking and mobile money using the Globe GCASH platform in the Philippines. Click the following links to watch the videos:
USAID Officers Get Hands-on Briefing on Mobile Phone Banking Services
Officers of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were given a firsthand briefing on the mobile phone banking initiative of the USAID-supported Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines-Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (RBAP-MABS) Program during a visit with…
Mobile Phone Banking and New Technologies: Providing New Channels to Serve Clients Better, Faster, and 24/7
Alternative ways of delivering banking services are changing the way rural banks are servicing their clients. Not only that, these innovations are also helping the Philippine Government reach families at the bottom of the economic pyramid. During the 2011 RBAP-MABS…
Conditional Cash Transfer, Rural Banks, and Mobile Money Transfer: Observations and Reflections
In a scene being played out in various places in the country, some of them more remote, over 400 households from four barangays in the municipality of Sogod, Cebu received financial support from the government through the Department of Social…
The Power of Savings – Rural Miners Open their First Savings Accounts
From Butuan City going north towards Surigao Norte is the town of Tubod, where mining has become a major source of employment to local residents and those in the outlying towns. Hired by labor sub-contractors of the mining company there,…
Mobile money wallets help microentrepreneurs in the Philippines
Microentrepreneurs in a Filipino market are saving time and money by accepting payments using their mobile phones. Turning sideways to squeeze between the tightly packed stalls, customers stop to admire strings of white, pink, and green pearls displayed by Jamera…
Text-A-Withdrawal Makes Access to Mobile Money Easier
Mr. Archiebald “Archie” Beldad owns a pharmacy located in the town center of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur located in rural northeastern Mindanao. As a registered client of Cantilan Bank, a participating bank under the Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS)…
Bangko Mabuhay and GCASH serve the mobile money community of Cavite
Bangko Mabuhay together with G-Xchange Inc. (GXI), a wholly-owned mobile commerce subsidiary of Globe Telecom, brings the benefits of mobile money and convenient remittance pay-out options in Cavite. Using the GCASH platform, its branches serve as cash-in and cash-out facilities…