(Updated 5/9/2023) Like other podcast interviews and articles in this series, GCash Mobile money services, similar to others in African countries, the Mideast, Bangladesh, and India, are popular and
Obopay India Fights for 904 Million Mobile Customers
Obopay India sits at a crossroads. Someone wrote that if mobile money players didn't face the shackles of government banking regulations, the mobile money industry in India could generate $250 BILLION
Mastercard Financial Inclusion Africa-Mideast
As I spoke with Sanjiv Purushotham of MasterCard, I sensed his personal satisfaction working on MasterCard financial inclusion projects in Africa and the Mideast. He grew up in India, married, then
Rural Solar Energy Lights India’s Future
In a northern village of India, rural solar energy panels quietly produce clean energy, eliminating kerosene lamps that once polluted air and harmed health. Light bulbs shed their glow in the darkness
Activehours CEO Says Employees Owed $2T
Are you an hourly worker paid 2-4 times a month? Then your employer is holding on to your wages waiting to give you your paycheck. Until payday, however, your company creates a "cash float" to pay its
Wing Mobile Money Sizzles on Cambodia Cell Phones
People in Cambodia hear Wing mobile money vibrating on phones and cell towers everywhere. Anthony Perkins, Wing's CEO and an ex-British guy, ponders and dreams about domestic and international money