Banking by phone for the poor

**MIG-31** · Aug 6, 2008, 07:34 PM

NEW DELHI - It can scale mountains in a single bound and wend its way down the most wretched roads. It is the mighty cell phone signal — and the latest hope for bringing financial services to the world's masses who don't have access to banks.

Grameen Solutions, an affiliate of Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank, this week teamed with Obopay Inc., a for-profit mobile payment company based in California, to bring banking to a billion poor people using cell phones.
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Source: Yahoo

Aug 6, 2008, 07:34 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,768 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Banking by phone for the poor NEW DELHI - It can scale mountains in a single bound and wend its way down the most wretched roads. It is the mighty cell phone signal — and the latest hope for bringing financial services to the world's masses who don't have access to banks. Grameen Solutions, an affiliate of Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank, this week teamed with Obopay Inc., a for-profit mobile payment company based in California, to bring banking to a billion poor people using cell phones. ____________ Source: Yahoo __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here