Debbie Watkins, Project Manager at ShoreBank International talks about their approach to promote m-banking in Bangladesh in terms of endorsing a client led model instead of the traditional bank-led or telco-led model. The current environment for m-banking in Bangladesh is very different from some of the other deployments like M-PESA in Kenya:
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A number of mobile network operators with good coverage across the country
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Small country with high density of population and penetration of mobile phones
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A number of alternatives available for money transfer, both formal and informal