This document summarizes the state of mobile banking in Tanzania. It discusses the key players in the mobile banking ecosystem including mobile network operators, banks, agents, merchants, and regulatory bodies. The four main mobile banking services in Tanzania are discussed: M-Pesa, Ezy-Pesa, AirtelMoney, and Tigo Pesa. M-Pesa has the largest market share at 53%. Security challenges with mobile banking are also covered, such as malware threats from downloads, messaging, and Bluetooth. Collaboration between players is important but also presents challenges around revenue sharing and strategic decision making.
This document summarizes a research study on the reality of achieving a cashless society in Rwanda. The study used data from the National Bank of Rwanda from 2012-2013 to analyze trends in electronic payment methods like ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, mobile and internet banking. The analysis showed growth in the numbers of electronic transactions and devices during this period. A correlation analysis also showed a strong relationship between increased numbers of ATMs/POS terminals and higher transaction numbers and values. However, the values of ATM/POS transactions were still relatively low. The study concludes that while Rwanda is making progress towards a cashless society through expanded electronic infrastructure and services, increased investment is still needed along with laws and awareness to
Mobile banking has great potential to promote financial inclusion in Africa. By reducing geographic and cost barriers, mobile banking allows commercial banks to expand into new areas at low cost. Kenya and South Africa have been leaders in mobile banking, with services like M-Pesa in Kenya growing exponentially and bringing millions of unbanked individuals into the formal financial system. Partnerships between mobile operators, banks, and microfinance institutions can further expand access to affordable financial services across Africa through mobile phones.
This document provides an overview of mobile money services in India. It defines mobile money and describes its key characteristics, including using agents outside bank branches to deposit and withdraw funds and initiating transactions via mobile phones. Globally, there are 411 million mobile money accounts across 93 countries. The document outlines reasons for mobile money's potential success in India, including high mobile penetration, financial inclusion needs, and government initiatives. It lists some prominent Indian mobile wallet providers and payments banks. Finally, it discusses factors important for mobile money to succeed in India, such as digital and financial inclusion, awareness/education, regulatory reforms, and customer confidence.
Mobile payment has grown rapidly in West Africa in recent years, enabled by increasing mobile phone adoption. However, several challenges remain:
1. Territorial coverage of mobile networks and agent networks remains inadequate, especially in rural areas.
2. Agent networks provide an important mode of distribution but remain limited in scale and sustainability.
3. Lack of interoperability between mobile operators limits the scope of mobile payment services.
4. The cost of implementing innovative solutions like online bill payment and government services is prohibitive for many West African governments.
5. Regulation of mobile financial services remains imprecise, which could limit further growth and innovation in the sector. Overcoming these challenges will be important to realize
Journal Publication on ROLE OF MOBILE BANKING IN ENHANCING FINANCIAL PERFORMA...Muiruri Kariri
This document summarizes a study on the role of mobile banking in enhancing the financial performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Nakuru town, Kenya. The study found that there is a strong, significant, and positive correlation between the timeliness and reliability of mobile banking and the financial performance of MSEs. Adopting mobile banking was found to likely improve MSEs' financial performance due to mobile banking's timeliness and reliability. The study recommends that MSEs fully adopt mobile banking services.
Mobile money service as an opportunity for the growth of commercial banks in ...Alexander Decker
This document discusses mobile money services in Tanzania and their potential to promote financial inclusion and commercial bank growth. It finds that mobile money services have significantly expanded access to financial services for the previously unbanked in Tanzania by leveraging the widespread adoption of mobile phones. Studies cited show mobile money reduces transaction costs and improves access to payments, remittances, and other services. As most Tanzanians, including the unbanked, now have mobile phones, mobile money provides a platform to incorporate them into the formal financial system. This represents an opportunity for commercial banks to partner with mobile money providers to bank the unbanked and further their own growth.
The majority of the world population is not covered by the mainstream financial sector. As such, mobile money services are seen as a cost effective and efficient way of increasing financial inclusion. However, there remains some factors that impede the development of mobile money services. Therefore, this study sought to analyse these factors with a view to identifying strategies that can be used to accelerate the development of mobile money services.
Mobile payments via SMS and digital wallets have the potential to revolutionize commerce and banking globally. SMS payments can provide banking access to the billions of "unbanked" individuals in developing regions by allowing basic money transfers via text. Digital wallets integrate payment options and purchase history tracking to enable personalized shopping experiences through targeted discounts and recommendations. While technologies like NFC and BLE enable mobile payments at retailers, digital wallets provide the means to capture complete consumer profiles across multiple retailers, generating valuable data and opportunities for smarter payments.
This document summarizes a research study on the reality of achieving a cashless society in Rwanda. The study used data from the National Bank of Rwanda from 2012-2013 to analyze trends in electronic payment methods like ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, mobile and internet banking. The analysis showed growth in the numbers of electronic transactions and devices during this period. A correlation analysis also showed a strong relationship between increased numbers of ATMs/POS terminals and higher transaction numbers and values. However, the values of ATM/POS transactions were still relatively low. The study concludes that while Rwanda is making progress towards a cashless society through expanded electronic infrastructure and services, increased investment is still needed along with laws and awareness to
Mobile banking has great potential to promote financial inclusion in Africa. By reducing geographic and cost barriers, mobile banking allows commercial banks to expand into new areas at low cost. Kenya and South Africa have been leaders in mobile banking, with services like M-Pesa in Kenya growing exponentially and bringing millions of unbanked individuals into the formal financial system. Partnerships between mobile operators, banks, and microfinance institutions can further expand access to affordable financial services across Africa through mobile phones.
This document provides an overview of mobile money services in India. It defines mobile money and describes its key characteristics, including using agents outside bank branches to deposit and withdraw funds and initiating transactions via mobile phones. Globally, there are 411 million mobile money accounts across 93 countries. The document outlines reasons for mobile money's potential success in India, including high mobile penetration, financial inclusion needs, and government initiatives. It lists some prominent Indian mobile wallet providers and payments banks. Finally, it discusses factors important for mobile money to succeed in India, such as digital and financial inclusion, awareness/education, regulatory reforms, and customer confidence.
Mobile payment has grown rapidly in West Africa in recent years, enabled by increasing mobile phone adoption. However, several challenges remain:
1. Territorial coverage of mobile networks and agent networks remains inadequate, especially in rural areas.
2. Agent networks provide an important mode of distribution but remain limited in scale and sustainability.
3. Lack of interoperability between mobile operators limits the scope of mobile payment services.
4. The cost of implementing innovative solutions like online bill payment and government services is prohibitive for many West African governments.
5. Regulation of mobile financial services remains imprecise, which could limit further growth and innovation in the sector. Overcoming these challenges will be important to realize
Journal Publication on ROLE OF MOBILE BANKING IN ENHANCING FINANCIAL PERFORMA...Muiruri Kariri
This document summarizes a study on the role of mobile banking in enhancing the financial performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Nakuru town, Kenya. The study found that there is a strong, significant, and positive correlation between the timeliness and reliability of mobile banking and the financial performance of MSEs. Adopting mobile banking was found to likely improve MSEs' financial performance due to mobile banking's timeliness and reliability. The study recommends that MSEs fully adopt mobile banking services.
Mobile money service as an opportunity for the growth of commercial banks in ...Alexander Decker
This document discusses mobile money services in Tanzania and their potential to promote financial inclusion and commercial bank growth. It finds that mobile money services have significantly expanded access to financial services for the previously unbanked in Tanzania by leveraging the widespread adoption of mobile phones. Studies cited show mobile money reduces transaction costs and improves access to payments, remittances, and other services. As most Tanzanians, including the unbanked, now have mobile phones, mobile money provides a platform to incorporate them into the formal financial system. This represents an opportunity for commercial banks to partner with mobile money providers to bank the unbanked and further their own growth.
The majority of the world population is not covered by the mainstream financial sector. As such, mobile money services are seen as a cost effective and efficient way of increasing financial inclusion. However, there remains some factors that impede the development of mobile money services. Therefore, this study sought to analyse these factors with a view to identifying strategies that can be used to accelerate the development of mobile money services.
Mobile payments via SMS and digital wallets have the potential to revolutionize commerce and banking globally. SMS payments can provide banking access to the billions of "unbanked" individuals in developing regions by allowing basic money transfers via text. Digital wallets integrate payment options and purchase history tracking to enable personalized shopping experiences through targeted discounts and recommendations. While technologies like NFC and BLE enable mobile payments at retailers, digital wallets provide the means to capture complete consumer profiles across multiple retailers, generating valuable data and opportunities for smarter payments.
MTN Uganda partnered with Ericsson to migrate its mobile money platform to Ericsson's Wallet Platform in order to address scalability issues, frequent outages, and fraud concerns that were inhibiting growth. This migration enabled MTN Uganda to rapidly expand its mobile money services, growing active accounts from 3.1 million to 4.7 million between 2014-2015 and processing over 44 million transactions per month. In Peru, 32 financial institutions collaborated via a new company called PDP to create an interoperable mobile wallet platform called Bim, bringing financial services to the large unbanked population. In Pakistan, Easypaisa is one of the largest mobile money services worldwide, serving over 21 million active users through 75,000
M-PESA is a mobile based transfer of money between customers, facilitated by network of retail agents. Kenya is the first country to have adopted M-PESA where the model witnessed huge success and is contributing big way in enabling financial inclusion in the country. Deployment of M-PESA in India can bring similar benefits as experienced in Kenya. Growing mobile penetration in rural areas would ensure that people are able to benefit from mobile based money transfer concept. Indian regulatory system has also been gearing up to allow technology benefits in enabling financial inclusion, developments are only at introductory stage.
Selected Macroeconomic Factors versus Bond Market Development in Nigeriainventionjournals
This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of bond market development in Nigeria to address the persistent research question of whether bond market development is driven by macroeconomic factors or institutional factors in emerging markets. Time series data generated over the period of 32 years was analyzed using ordinary least square regression techniques involving multiple regressions. The aggregate bond market capitalization comprising both government bonds and corporate bonds were exploited. The major findings of the study reveals that exchange rate, interest rate, inflation rate and banking sector development have negative and significant influence on the Nigerian bond market capitalization and as such, they demonstrated strong evidence as robust macroeconomic determinants of bond market development in Nigeria. Bond market, development, determinants, economy, Nigeria
The document discusses the potential for a cashless society in Nigeria and examines its drivers and challenges. It notes that Nigeria proposed adopting a cashless economy starting in Lagos in 2012 but was unable to realize this goal due to infrastructure deficits. The study found that most Nigerians are aware of the cashless policy and believe it could help reduce corruption, money laundering, and crime. However, major challenges include cyber fraud, limited payment options, and financial illiteracy among the population. The document recommends educating citizens, especially non-literate Nigerians, about the cashless economy and establishing laws around cybercrime.
Implementation of Mobile Banking in Bangladesh: Opportunities and ChallengesIOSR Journals
ABSTRACT:Mobile banking is a newly added service in the banking sector that facilitates banking via mobile devices. With the tremendous growth in mobile phone usage, banks in the developed world have moved to utilize mobile banking, which makes banking easier, faster, and very cost-effective. Mobile phones have quickly emerged as a successful and popular means of communication in recent years and the researchers believe that growth of mobile banking in Bangladesh is inevitable, especially when banks do not have sufficient number of branches in the rural areas of Bangladesh. The purpose of this research is to assess the Opportunities and Challenges of mobile banking in this country. To accomplish this empirical study, multiple banks have been surveyed which either currently have an operational mobile banking in place or planning to introduce one in the near future. The research shows tremendous potential for mobile banking in Bangladesh and reveals some of the key barriers of progress as well. KEYWORDS:Banking Sector, Mobile banking, Mobile Phone, Rural Areas, Telecommunication.
Mobile phone adoption in Africa has grown rapidly, with over 735 million mobile phones now in use on the continent. This growth is transforming lives and businesses in Africa by enabling mobile banking, commerce, agriculture, education, health services, employment opportunities and more. Mobile phones are increasingly providing the backbone for Africa's continued economic growth and development over the next 15 years.
This document provides a summary of how three major mobile network operators in Indonesia - Telkomsel, Indosat, and XL - implemented mobile money interoperability between their platforms in just six months. The operators recognized that an interconnected mobile money system would allow customers to transfer funds across networks, strengthening the value proposition and increasing competitiveness in Indonesia's growing payments market. With support from new regulations enabling broader agent networks, the CEOs of the three operators began discussions in late 2012 and agreed to prioritize real-time account-to-account transfers across platforms. Each operator maintained technical independence while collaborating at high levels and through cross-functional teams to launch interoperability in May 2013.
Analysis on Challenges Small Business Face in using the MBanking/Payment Serv...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Mobile banking services are at the present
increasingly used to accomplish economic transactions by the
business people who would have followed long processes to
complete their transaction deals. Despite the importance of
mobile banking, several studies indicate that the industry still
faces challenges including lack of awareness among the
business parties and customers. Though large populations of
Kenyans have embraced the new technology in most of their
transactions, the contribution of the new technology on small
scale enterprises has received very little attention from the
scholars. The main purpose of this study was to identifying
and rank the challenges faced by the residents as they try to
embrace the mobile banking services. The study adopted a
survey design where data was collected from selected
respondents. The population of the study comprises of 730
small business enterprises. Simple random sampling technique
was used to select 88 small business enterprises based on 95%
confidence level and accepting 5% margin of error as
recommended for most business and social researches.
Primary data was collected from the respondents. Data was
analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)
and it was presented in the form of graphs, tables and charts.
Analysis of the data revealed that the highest challenge faced
by the business owners was the cost of transaction with a
cumulative percentage of 51.3 as compared with other
challenges.
A need for peer to-peer strong local authentication protocol (p2 pslap) in mo...IJNSA Journal
Mobile phones are considered to be the most common devices in history of humankind. They have involved
in financial transaction such as mobile banking and mobile payment, which include sensitive information.
Public key cryptography is the proven solution that can provide secure transaction at every point of
interaction in mobile banking value chain. This paper proposes a need for peer-to-peer Strong Local
Authentication Protocol (p2pSLAP) for Mobile Banking Transaction that implements a peer-to-peer
architecture to provide local authentication mechanism between the customer and the agent. It employs
public key infrastructure (PKI).
In order to reduce cash handling cost of banks amongst other objectives, the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the ‘cashless policy’. The success of this policy hinges on the adoption of alternative payment systems one of which is mobile banking. Thus it is imperative for policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to anticipate and deal with inhibitions surrounding the adoption of mobile banking by bank customers in the country. This study investigates the determinants of mobile banking adoption in Nigeria using a modified version of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This incorporates Perceived Risk, Facilitating Conditions and Demographic Characteristics (Age, Gender, Educational Qualification and Income) to Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease-of-Use as determinants of Mobile Banking Adoption. We also propose that this relationship is mediated by attitude towards mobile banking adoption. A total of 250 bank customers from the Lagos area were selected and a structured questionnaire was designed and copies distributed to them. Data was analysed using multiple regression and computed using SPSS 20.0 computer application. Results show that Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease-of-Use, perceived Risk, Facilitating Conditions, Age, Educational Qualifications and Income significantly determine Mobile Banking Adoption. However, the relationship between gender and Mobile Banking Adoption is not significant. The outcome of this study has some implications to m-banking policy formulation and implementation. It also throws more light into what should be done to improve mbanking adoption rate in Nigeria
Мобильные технологии в странах мира (обзор 2012 года)Victor Gridnev
This document is the 2012 report by the World Bank titled "Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile". It focuses on how mobile technologies are being used to promote development, especially in agriculture, health, financial services, and government. Some key findings include:
- Mobile phones are transforming livelihoods by helping create new businesses and changing communication. Their potential is a challenge for governments, the private sector, and development community.
- Mobile applications are improving access to information for farmers and traders, enhancing market access, and increasing efficiency in agricultural value chains.
- mHealth via mobile phones shows promise in improving healthcare, though challenges around implementation and sustainability remain.
- Mobile money has expanded financial inclusion, but issues around
Marketing strategy for launching mobile money services in MexicoAshish Tandon
Demographic, economic, technological, social, legal and political factors were analyzed for Mexico. Key points include a population of 114 million, GDP growth of 3.8%, telecom penetration of 18%, Roman Catholic majority, Spanish language, civil law system, and a federal republic government. Remittances and mobile usage are increasing. The banking sector is dominated by large commercial banks yet penetration is only 54%. Opportunities exist for mobile money due to lower costs, convenience and financial inclusion.
- Mobile payments are a top priority for banks due to growing mobile phone adoption and use of mobile phones for payments.
- There is significant competition from non-banks like mobile operators, e-commerce companies, and payment providers investing in mobile payments.
- Banks can use mobile payments to strengthen customer relationships by focusing on three strategic opportunities: mobile banking, mobile commerce, and mobile money transfers, particularly developing an international money transfer service collaboratively.
This document summarizes research on the use of mobile money in Bangladesh. A survey was conducted in a non-urban area of Bangladesh to understand how residents use mobile money for personal and professional transactions. The survey found that mobile money is used for a variety of monetary transactions. However, the results cannot be generalized to all of Bangladesh as the survey was limited to one area. There is an opportunity to replicate the survey in other parts of the country to gain a more complete picture of mobile money usage. Major mobile network operators in Bangladesh have partnered with banks to offer mobile banking services to more of the population.
IS THE WORLD READY FOR CASHLESS CURRENCYMadhavGupta75
A cashless economy is one in which the majority of monetary transactions occur electronically through debit cards, credit cards, net banking, etc. And the physical cash circulation is minimum. The cashless economy has benefits of prevention of money laundering, deter shadow economy, increase the tax base and compliance and convenience for customers.
This document outlines the key points about moving towards a cashless economy in India. It defines a cashless economy, lists methods of cashless transactions like mobile banking and debit/credit cards, and discusses the advantages like reducing black money and ease of transactions and disadvantages like security risks and surcharges. It then analyzes reasons why India is not fully ready to go cashless, like cybersecurity issues and lack of infrastructure. The document also covers government initiatives to promote cashless transactions through programs like RuPay, PMJDY, and Aadhaar and believes these can help India transition towards a digital economy by 2020.
Effect of Mobile Banking on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisi...paperpublications3
Abstract: Around half of the world’s population is out of formal banking and financial services. For this reason, several mobile payment trend studies have revealed the potential of mobile network technologies for payment purposes. The main objective of the study was to assess the effect of mobile banking to financial performance of commercial banks in Kisii Town, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to evaluate the effect of perceived security of mobile payments technology on financial performance of commercial banks in Kisii Town, to determine the effect of perceived ease of accessibility of mobile payments technology on financial performance of commercial banks in Kisii Town and to determine the effect of transaction cost of mobile payment technology on financial performance of commercial banks in Kisii Town. The study used a sample of 255 respondents which was drawn from Operation Managers, clients, cashiers and 7 M-Pesa paying agents. The data collected were analyzed by use of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with the help of Social Sciences version 21 software. The study found out that, perceived cost, perceived access and perceived security of mobile payments technology have a significant influence on the financial performance of commercial banks. The study concluded that the transaction cost of mobile payment is cheap, mobile banking money can be sent any time of day; it saves time of travelling and that mobile banking transactions are processed in accordance with clients’ expectations besides providing evident of payment to another person.
Keywords: Craft, External equity, Financing, Growth, Microenterprise, Tabaka.
Title: Effect of Mobile Banking on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisii Town, Kenya
Author: Isabellah Mageto, Dr. Willy Mwangi Muturi, Dr. Vitalis Mogwambo Abuga
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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Over the last decade, Africa has become a global leader in mobile money with the rate of smartphone adoption at twice the global scale. But what challenges is the industry facing and how can these be overcome? Our new article, sponsored by Mazars, explores.
The document discusses how financial technology (Fintech) has benefited various sectors like healthcare, agriculture, transportation, e-commerce, education, and retail in East African countries. It highlights how Kenya is recognized as the home of mobile money in East Africa, with many companies digitizing operations to enable digital payments. Fintech has grown significantly in Kenya and Rwanda, contributing to increased financial access, while countries like Somalia have opportunities to collaborate more with banks to gain broader market access. The growth and collaboration between banks and Fintech companies in providing digital financial services has boosted financial inclusion across East Africa.
Mobile Money Adoption In a Fragile Economy: The Case of a Seven Year Failed E...inventionjournals
A seven year flounder and failed experience of mobile money ignition in Nigeria is worrisome. Ipso-facto, this paper explores the factors that influence mobile money adoption in the Nigerian fragile economy. A survey data generated from 344 experience mobile phone users formed final data base used in this study. Exploratory factor analysis anchored on principle component method and correlation analysis were employed in the methodology. Results reveal that trailability, compatibility, perceived trust, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, level of awearness, and relative advantage strongly drives the adoption of mobile money in Nigeria as they exhibit significant positive relationship. No significant relationship was found between perceived financial cost and mobile money adoption in Nigeria. To attract greater adoption and growth of mobile money in achieving cashless economy in Nigeria, these factors should be integrated in the Nigerian mobile money/payment regulatory framework and be made more flexible from its apparent stiff regulation and control
MTN Uganda partnered with Ericsson to migrate its mobile money platform to Ericsson's Wallet Platform in order to address scalability issues, frequent outages, and fraud concerns that were inhibiting growth. This migration enabled MTN Uganda to rapidly expand its mobile money services, growing active accounts from 3.1 million to 4.7 million between 2014-2015 and processing over 44 million transactions per month. In Peru, 32 financial institutions collaborated via a new company called PDP to create an interoperable mobile wallet platform called Bim, bringing financial services to the large unbanked population. In Pakistan, Easypaisa is one of the largest mobile money services worldwide, serving over 21 million active users through 75,000
M-PESA is a mobile based transfer of money between customers, facilitated by network of retail agents. Kenya is the first country to have adopted M-PESA where the model witnessed huge success and is contributing big way in enabling financial inclusion in the country. Deployment of M-PESA in India can bring similar benefits as experienced in Kenya. Growing mobile penetration in rural areas would ensure that people are able to benefit from mobile based money transfer concept. Indian regulatory system has also been gearing up to allow technology benefits in enabling financial inclusion, developments are only at introductory stage.
Selected Macroeconomic Factors versus Bond Market Development in Nigeriainventionjournals
This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of bond market development in Nigeria to address the persistent research question of whether bond market development is driven by macroeconomic factors or institutional factors in emerging markets. Time series data generated over the period of 32 years was analyzed using ordinary least square regression techniques involving multiple regressions. The aggregate bond market capitalization comprising both government bonds and corporate bonds were exploited. The major findings of the study reveals that exchange rate, interest rate, inflation rate and banking sector development have negative and significant influence on the Nigerian bond market capitalization and as such, they demonstrated strong evidence as robust macroeconomic determinants of bond market development in Nigeria. Bond market, development, determinants, economy, Nigeria
The document discusses the potential for a cashless society in Nigeria and examines its drivers and challenges. It notes that Nigeria proposed adopting a cashless economy starting in Lagos in 2012 but was unable to realize this goal due to infrastructure deficits. The study found that most Nigerians are aware of the cashless policy and believe it could help reduce corruption, money laundering, and crime. However, major challenges include cyber fraud, limited payment options, and financial illiteracy among the population. The document recommends educating citizens, especially non-literate Nigerians, about the cashless economy and establishing laws around cybercrime.
Implementation of Mobile Banking in Bangladesh: Opportunities and ChallengesIOSR Journals
ABSTRACT:Mobile banking is a newly added service in the banking sector that facilitates banking via mobile devices. With the tremendous growth in mobile phone usage, banks in the developed world have moved to utilize mobile banking, which makes banking easier, faster, and very cost-effective. Mobile phones have quickly emerged as a successful and popular means of communication in recent years and the researchers believe that growth of mobile banking in Bangladesh is inevitable, especially when banks do not have sufficient number of branches in the rural areas of Bangladesh. The purpose of this research is to assess the Opportunities and Challenges of mobile banking in this country. To accomplish this empirical study, multiple banks have been surveyed which either currently have an operational mobile banking in place or planning to introduce one in the near future. The research shows tremendous potential for mobile banking in Bangladesh and reveals some of the key barriers of progress as well. KEYWORDS:Banking Sector, Mobile banking, Mobile Phone, Rural Areas, Telecommunication.
Mobile phone adoption in Africa has grown rapidly, with over 735 million mobile phones now in use on the continent. This growth is transforming lives and businesses in Africa by enabling mobile banking, commerce, agriculture, education, health services, employment opportunities and more. Mobile phones are increasingly providing the backbone for Africa's continued economic growth and development over the next 15 years.
This document provides a summary of how three major mobile network operators in Indonesia - Telkomsel, Indosat, and XL - implemented mobile money interoperability between their platforms in just six months. The operators recognized that an interconnected mobile money system would allow customers to transfer funds across networks, strengthening the value proposition and increasing competitiveness in Indonesia's growing payments market. With support from new regulations enabling broader agent networks, the CEOs of the three operators began discussions in late 2012 and agreed to prioritize real-time account-to-account transfers across platforms. Each operator maintained technical independence while collaborating at high levels and through cross-functional teams to launch interoperability in May 2013.
Analysis on Challenges Small Business Face in using the MBanking/Payment Serv...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Mobile banking services are at the present
increasingly used to accomplish economic transactions by the
business people who would have followed long processes to
complete their transaction deals. Despite the importance of
mobile banking, several studies indicate that the industry still
faces challenges including lack of awareness among the
business parties and customers. Though large populations of
Kenyans have embraced the new technology in most of their
transactions, the contribution of the new technology on small
scale enterprises has received very little attention from the
scholars. The main purpose of this study was to identifying
and rank the challenges faced by the residents as they try to
embrace the mobile banking services. The study adopted a
survey design where data was collected from selected
respondents. The population of the study comprises of 730
small business enterprises. Simple random sampling technique
was used to select 88 small business enterprises based on 95%
confidence level and accepting 5% margin of error as
recommended for most business and social researches.
Primary data was collected from the respondents. Data was
analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)
and it was presented in the form of graphs, tables and charts.
Analysis of the data revealed that the highest challenge faced
by the business owners was the cost of transaction with a
cumulative percentage of 51.3 as compared with other
challenges.
A need for peer to-peer strong local authentication protocol (p2 pslap) in mo...IJNSA Journal
Mobile phones are considered to be the most common devices in history of humankind. They have involved
in financial transaction such as mobile banking and mobile payment, which include sensitive information.
Public key cryptography is the proven solution that can provide secure transaction at every point of
interaction in mobile banking value chain. This paper proposes a need for peer-to-peer Strong Local
Authentication Protocol (p2pSLAP) for Mobile Banking Transaction that implements a peer-to-peer
architecture to provide local authentication mechanism between the customer and the agent. It employs
public key infrastructure (PKI).
In order to reduce cash handling cost of banks amongst other objectives, the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the ‘cashless policy’. The success of this policy hinges on the adoption of alternative payment systems one of which is mobile banking. Thus it is imperative for policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to anticipate and deal with inhibitions surrounding the adoption of mobile banking by bank customers in the country. This study investigates the determinants of mobile banking adoption in Nigeria using a modified version of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This incorporates Perceived Risk, Facilitating Conditions and Demographic Characteristics (Age, Gender, Educational Qualification and Income) to Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease-of-Use as determinants of Mobile Banking Adoption. We also propose that this relationship is mediated by attitude towards mobile banking adoption. A total of 250 bank customers from the Lagos area were selected and a structured questionnaire was designed and copies distributed to them. Data was analysed using multiple regression and computed using SPSS 20.0 computer application. Results show that Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease-of-Use, perceived Risk, Facilitating Conditions, Age, Educational Qualifications and Income significantly determine Mobile Banking Adoption. However, the relationship between gender and Mobile Banking Adoption is not significant. The outcome of this study has some implications to m-banking policy formulation and implementation. It also throws more light into what should be done to improve mbanking adoption rate in Nigeria
Мобильные технологии в странах мира (обзор 2012 года)Victor Gridnev
This document is the 2012 report by the World Bank titled "Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile". It focuses on how mobile technologies are being used to promote development, especially in agriculture, health, financial services, and government. Some key findings include:
- Mobile phones are transforming livelihoods by helping create new businesses and changing communication. Their potential is a challenge for governments, the private sector, and development community.
- Mobile applications are improving access to information for farmers and traders, enhancing market access, and increasing efficiency in agricultural value chains.
- mHealth via mobile phones shows promise in improving healthcare, though challenges around implementation and sustainability remain.
- Mobile money has expanded financial inclusion, but issues around
Marketing strategy for launching mobile money services in MexicoAshish Tandon
Demographic, economic, technological, social, legal and political factors were analyzed for Mexico. Key points include a population of 114 million, GDP growth of 3.8%, telecom penetration of 18%, Roman Catholic majority, Spanish language, civil law system, and a federal republic government. Remittances and mobile usage are increasing. The banking sector is dominated by large commercial banks yet penetration is only 54%. Opportunities exist for mobile money due to lower costs, convenience and financial inclusion.
- Mobile payments are a top priority for banks due to growing mobile phone adoption and use of mobile phones for payments.
- There is significant competition from non-banks like mobile operators, e-commerce companies, and payment providers investing in mobile payments.
- Banks can use mobile payments to strengthen customer relationships by focusing on three strategic opportunities: mobile banking, mobile commerce, and mobile money transfers, particularly developing an international money transfer service collaboratively.
This document summarizes research on the use of mobile money in Bangladesh. A survey was conducted in a non-urban area of Bangladesh to understand how residents use mobile money for personal and professional transactions. The survey found that mobile money is used for a variety of monetary transactions. However, the results cannot be generalized to all of Bangladesh as the survey was limited to one area. There is an opportunity to replicate the survey in other parts of the country to gain a more complete picture of mobile money usage. Major mobile network operators in Bangladesh have partnered with banks to offer mobile banking services to more of the population.
IS THE WORLD READY FOR CASHLESS CURRENCYMadhavGupta75
A cashless economy is one in which the majority of monetary transactions occur electronically through debit cards, credit cards, net banking, etc. And the physical cash circulation is minimum. The cashless economy has benefits of prevention of money laundering, deter shadow economy, increase the tax base and compliance and convenience for customers.
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1. International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA), Vol.6, No.4, July 2014
DOI : 10.5121/ijnsa.2014.6405 53
STATE OF MOBILE BANKING IN TANZANIA AND
SECURITY ISSUES
Bossi Masamila
School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
ABSTRACT
Mobile technology offers an unprecedented growth opportunity for banking industry in Tanzania. As the
economy continues to prosper, increasingly affluent consumers and underbanked segments create demand
for new financial products and services. Many consumers in Tanzania have mobile phones, but not bank
accounts. Therefore, the mobile channel presents an effective way to connect them to the national financial
grid. For the local banks, going mobile may increase banks opportunities to unlock the inherent potential
of underbanked segments. This paper addresses the current state, future prospects, and security challenges
to the usage of mobile banking in Tanzania.
KEYWORDS
Security, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payment
1. INTRODUCTION
The developing world has witnessed the wide spread and use of mobile technology faster than
any other technology in human history. As the result impressive surge of message services has
been developed that can goes beyond personal communication needs. For example, information
such as agricultural data reports, healthcare reminders, e-mails, Internet, Short Message Service
(SMS), financial transactions, and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) are becoming
commonplace. Also, special personalized services such as mobile banking are becoming common
to the underbanked segments. Mobile banking is the phenomenal expansion of mobile phone
network in developing markets that provide an opportunity to operate virtual bank accounts
through a mobile phone. As [1] pointed out, mobile banking provides financial services such as
money transfer, bill payment, savings and other financial transaction services without having to
rely exclusively on cash to previously underserved segments.
In their report “State of the Industry 2013” [2], there is over 219 mobile money deployments
worldwide with 203 million subscribers in 84 countries. According to their report, Africa is
leading with over 123 mobile banking deployments (i.e. 52%). Also, they pointed out that despite
the growth of registered customers, activating customer is the challenge to many service
providers. For example, out of 203 million subscribers only 29.9% are active [2]
In Tanzania, like any developing country, building bank branches is expensive and often is seen
as unprofitable by traditional banks in part due to sheer size of transactions. On the other hand,
Internet, another channel for banking services is often not feasible to the large part of the
population. This is due to a lack of reliable distributed computer networks. As a result, many
large populations in Tanzania are considered “underbanked”, that is they do not have access to
formal banking services. Despite various initiatives, the level of Financial Inclusion in Tanzania
is still relatively low. For example, in 2013 the penetration level was 17 percent of adult
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population (about 3.7 million) that has access to bank accounts [3]. On the other end, mobile
phone usage is on the rise. According to the statistics from TCRA, the number of mobile phone
subscribers has increased up to 58% with over 27 million subscribers [4]. In this case mobile
banking is the only available feasible means to provide mass market alternative to branch banking
in Tanzania. With the current four deployments (Tigo Pesa, M-Pesa, Ezy-Pesa and AirtelMoney
[5], mobile banking presents the potential to extend beyond traditional bank coverage to include
rural area, which are characterised with low population density and poor infrastructure. Statistics
from BOT shows that there are over 30 million mobile banking subscribers. And over 700 million
transactions worth of US$12.3 billion has been conducted since mobile money was launched [6].
Figure 1 shows the comparison of mobile banking in Kenya and Tanzania in yearly transaction
value.
Financial access points as reported by [7] has increased to 10 folds as compared to brick-mortar
access points and are within reach (as shown in Figure 2 ) to the majority of the population. This
increase means more people are connected to the national financial grid, which is the sign of
economic growth.
Figure 1 Comparing Mobile banking in Kenya and Tanzania yearly Transaction value [6]
Figure 2: How close M-Pesa outlets are to other mobile banking agents and banking outlets [7]
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In this paper the following headings are discussed: Part two discusses mobile banking in Tanzania
that includes current mobile banking deployments and their corresponding market share. Part
three of this paper discusses mobile banking ecosystem in Tanzania. In this section we discuss
key player and their involvement with mobile banking services. Part four discusses security
challenges in mobile banking in Tanzania. Part five presents the discussion and the conclusion of
this paper.
2. MOBILE BANKING IN TANZANIA
In Tanzania, mobile banking was first introduced by E-fulusi Africa Limited in Partnership with
FMBE bank through Mobipawa platform. Mobipawa was operator independent platform that
allowed subscribers to transfer, receive, save and withdraw money as well as purchase goods and
services through the use of mobile phones.
Vodacom Tanzania in collaboration with Vodafone launched Vodafone M-Pesa (a version of M-
Pesa in Kenya) in April 2008. M-Pesa is a mobile money transfer platform that can be operated
by MNO in emerging markets. With M-Pesa, customers are able to send money to any other
mobile customer via a simple text-based transaction [8]. Recipients of such transfers are able to
convert the e-money back into cash at any authorised M-Pesa agent across the country.
M-Pesa uses aggregator model to manage agent network. The use of aggregators has reduced the
complexity of agent management as M-Pesa does not deal directly with thousands of outlets
spread out across the country. Also, this model has improved cash management, for example,
balancing of cash float issues between different outlets caused by regional imbalances between
deposits and withdrawals [9]. Recently, Vodacom Tanzania and Commercial Bank of Africa
(CBA) have launched a banking service named M-Pawa that will allow Tanzanians, who are M-
Pesa customer, to save and borrow money on their mobile phones. In addition, Vodacom’s M-
Pesa is integrated with 21 commercial banks in the country. It is also the preferred payment
solution for over 200 businesses in country[10].
Another provider is Zantel. Zantel launched Z-Pesa (which known as Ezy-Pesa) in 2008. Ezy-
Pesa was first introduced in Zanzibar market, but it has since extended its service to include the
mainland. Initially, it was intended to support money transfer (i.e. sending and receiving money),
but this service has expanded to include payment such as bill and merchants payments. Ezy-Pesa
uses E-Fulusi Mobile Transaction Switch (EFMTS) developed by E-fulusi.
In 2009, Airtel (previous knows as Zain) introduced AirtelMoney, a mobile banking platform
developed by Hamisco Oberthur technologies [11]. AirtelMoney was launched simultaneously in
Tanzania and Kenya with the aim to link micro-payments to merchants that would overcome the
need to convert money into cash. With AirtelMoney, customer can make a direct purchase to the
merchant and also it can be used as the channel to move cash from one location to another. Airtel
through AirtelMoney is collaborating with merchants who moves larger amounts of money, and
has inter-linked with several banks of which customers can move their virtual money into their
AirtelMoney accounts [12].
Tigo, a mobile network operator, introduced another version of mobile banking called Tigo Pesa.
Tigo Pesa was launched in September, 2010, initially with the ability help customer to send and
receive money. Its function has been expanded to include payment services such as bill,
merchants and personal-to-personal payment.
Currently, the mobile banking market share (as shown in Figure 3) is dominated by Vodacom’s
M-Pesa with 53% followed by Tigo-Pesa with 18% and AirtelMoney with 13%[6]. Fig. 1 shows
the mobile banking market share distribution taken from the article titled “Enabling Mobile
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Money Policies in Tanzania” by[6]. In the same way, M-Pesa has 17,000 agents nationwide of
which 62% are exclusively dedicated to M-Pesa [7]. Furthermore, [7] indicates that half of the
agents do more than 30 transactions per day. And mobile agents outnumber all other financial
outlets by almost 10 to 1.
Figure 3: Mobile banking market share in Tanzania [6]
Furthermore, mobile banking agents are earning more profit compared to their regional peers.
This is according to the report titled “Agent Network Accelerator Survey” that was conducted by
Helix Institute of Digital Finance last year and published in April/2014 [13]. It also pointed out
that rapid growth and non-exclusivity of agents is putting pressure on agents’ liquidity. Almost
two thirds of agents in rural Tanzania (see Figure 4) are still exclusive - M-Pesa agents. But this
will change as more providers are expanding to accommodate rural areas and the introduction of
interoperability will reduce the percentage of exclusivity.
Figure 4: Mobile Banking Agent exclusivity in Tanzania [13]
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3. MOBILE BANKING ECOSYSTEM IN TANZANIA
According to [14], mobile banking platform involves several players and stakeholders who are
involved with different roles and with diverse benefits from the whole mobile banking value
chain. Mobile banking can open the door to increased revenues, cost savings, and improved
customer experience to all participants of mobile banking ecosystem: Mobile network operators
(MNO), payment networks, merchants and retailers, Agents, Users, Banks, Businesses, device
manufacturers.
• In Mobile banking ecosystem, MNO provides the mobile infrastructure and customer
base that is already using its communication services. In Tanzania, MNO ensures
compliance with telecommunication regulations and policy as given by TCRA. Mobile
banking offer a manifold of benefits to MNOs such as increasing and maintaining the
number of customers, reducing the cost of airtime distribution and by generating new
revenue.
• A bank or other financial institution with banking license and infrastructure that enables
the exchange of money between different parties. These also provide oversight and
regulatory compliance with Bank of Tanzania (BoT) financial regulations and policy.
Banks are leverage mobile banking platforms to reach more customer previously
underserved in remote areas with reasonable costs. For example, banks such as CRDB,
NMB and NBC and other financial institutions, in collaboration with mobile network
operators, have embarked on the provision of SMS banking services.
• Regulatory institutions in Tanzania include Central bank, Bank of Tanzania (BoT) for the
financial issues and Tanzania Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
regulates issues pertaining to communications infrastructure. For example, BoT signed an
MOU with TCRA with the intention of sharing regulatory and supervisory information.
Also, Tanzania is the member of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), which recently
issued a Guideline note “Mobile Financial Service: Supervision and Oversight of Mobile
Financial Services” to its members[15].
• An agent network that facilitates cash-in (converting cash into mobile money) and cash-
out (issuing cash on demand) to afford convertibility between mobile money and cash.
MNOs in Tanzania have developed extensive agent networks to sell airtime and other
products while those of the banks tend to be limited to urban or highly populated areas.
Agents earn commission on various transactions carried out by mobile money users.
• Merchants and retailers, who accept mobile banking payments in exchange for different
products and services. They help increase demand for mobile banking by offering more
avenues through which users can spend their mobile banking. In return, they can
minimise the need to handle cash.
• Businesses that utilize mobile banking as a means to deliver their services, i.e. MFIs,
insurance providers, as well as large-scale disburse and bill issuers.
• Equipment manufacturers and platform providers include a wide array of stakeholders
like mobile phone makers, network equipment vendors as well as application providers.
These benefit from the increased sale of end-user devices like mobile phones, equipment
to handle increased network capacity and fees or subscriptions respectively.
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• Mobile banking users are normally subscribers to and MNOs other services. Users derive
benefits by getting cheaper and more efficient means of transferring or paying money to
other people or businesses within the network.
Mobile Banking
Ecosystem
MNO
Regulators
Users
Agents
Merchants/
Retailer
Financial
Institutions
Device
Manufacturer
Businesses
Figure 5: Mobile banking ecosystem in Tanzania
Within mobile banking ecosystem (as shown in Figure 4), collaboration is vital. Collaboration
entails some challenges such as member ability to negotiate revenue-sharing and investment
agreements, manage assets, integrate IT infrastructure, and make joint strategic decisions despite
possibly differing priorities and goals. At times, some of the key players have encountered some
difficulties in agreeing on a common approach because of the risks involved. On the contrary, the
potential benefits of partnerships are likely greater than the incidental obstacles-effective
cooperation (e.g. interoperability) could increase the total size of mobile banking market share,
increasing the size of each players piece.
4. SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MOBILE BANKING
Mobile devices have become both ubiquitous and indispensable for consumers and business
people alike. Although these devices are relatively small and inexpensive, they are powerful with
multiple functions [16]. The mobile devices have specialized built-in hardware, such as cameras,
accelerometers, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and removable media readers.
Furthermore, they are integrated with multiple wireless communication technologies such as
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Near Field Communications (NFC), and a cellular interfaces
(that can be reconfigured to choose between CDMA or GSM) that provide network connectivity
across the globe. These devices can be used for sending and receiving email, browsing the web,
online banking and commerce, social networking, storing and modifying documents, remotely
accessing data, recording audio and video, and as navigation aids.
According to [16] greater the number of functionality a mobile phone has, the more vulnerable
mobile phones become to the same types of threats that plague our laptops and desktops
computers. Current model of mobile devices are designed to make it easy to find, acquire, install,
and use third-party applications. This poses obvious security risks, especially for mobile device
platforms that do not place security restrictions or other limitations on third-party applications.
These applications can be easily infected with mobile malware. Mobile malware, according to
[17], are typically targeted more toward handheld devices for which an SDK is available than
those without one, since code development is easier to perform.
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With multiple communication networks, mobile viruses and other form of malware can be
delivered handheld devices from multiple channels. For instance, mobile malware may also be
received during synchronization with desktop computers and via tainted storage media. Malware
in mobile devices can be spread in a variety of ways, including the following common ones:
Internet Downloads: A user with WAP or Wi-Fi enabled mobile phone may download an
infected file via an Internet connection. The file could be disguised to trick the user. It
appear as a game, security patch, utility, or it may be posted as a free or shareware
download.
Messaging Services: Malware attachments can be appended to electronic mail and
MMS messages delivered to a device. Instant Messaging (IM) services supported on
many phones are another means of malware delivery. In this attack, the user is forced to
open the attachment, which subsequently the malware that will eventually infect the
mobile phone.
Bluetooth Communications: Bluetooth technology provides a means to link devices in
close proximity for information exchange. Bluetooth device can be configured in
discoverable or invisible mode. In discoverable mode, the device can be seen by other
Bluetooth enabled devices from which communication can be established. Mobile phone
malware can be delivered through this channel especially when the mobile phone is left in
discoverable mode.
The consequences of mobile phone malware are wide. They can potentially eavesdrop on user
activities, steal sensitive information, destroy stored information, deactivate or activate
applications or disable a device. Mobile phone malware can initiate local or close proximity
communications and propagate into other mobile devices or send via a mobile network
(GSM/CDMA) premium rates text messages to services where the user is not subscribed or
subscribed on other service rates.
Other security concerns worth discussing in mobile banking ecosystems are:
Larger network that have emerged as the result of consolidation are prone to security
implications. Applications for mobile payment solutions are complex in nature with
mismatching set of possibilities that are caused by the involvement of multiple players.
The lines differentiating these players have become blurred with the crossover of mobile
phone. The benefit of consolidation and sharing infrastructure are apparent, but the costs
of poor security are often distributed.
Proliferation of mobile banking technologies has led to lack of cohesive technology
standards that can provide a universal mode of mobile banking. This lack of common
standard creates local and fragmented version of mobile banking offered by different
stakeholders, which leads to lack of end-to-end security.
In developing markets, mobile banking service providers depend on agents for customer
acquisition and for managing liquidity. They access customer sensitive information such
as the user name, mobile number and other credentials that are used for identification and
authentication purpose. These agents are not well equipped to preserve customer sensitive
information and can easily lead to information leakage.
Any loss of control over protected or sensitive information by service providers is a
serious threat to business operations as well as, potentially, customer security.
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5. CONSUMER DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION
Privacy and data protection concerns are distinct issues that arise mobile banking transactions.
They are linked to consumer protection policies within banking services and telecommunications,
as well as certain practices in financial regulation. In mobile banking, which involves the transfer
of electronic money between different parties, privacy is of great concern. For mobile banking
scenario, data may include sender and receiver IDs, their geographic location, time of day, mobile
numbers. If the transaction is for payment it may include: purchased items and their value and
transaction value. These transactions create a data trail that could be used for various purposes
good and bad.
Issues related to data protection are many as pointed out by [18]:
• Perpetrated on Consumers: In most of the developing market, mobile money users are
less likely to be aware of the risks associate with warning signs thus making them more
susceptible to fraud schemes. As the study conducted by [19] concludes,
Vishing/Smishing scams that tricking customers into sharing personal information such
as a PIN are common. As the study conducted by [20] in Tanzania shows, few users
understands the concept of PIN and how to protect it. This is the concern to all
stakeholders involved in mobile money as any fraud may lead to the loss of trust in
mobile money services.
• Mobile Money Agent Misconduct: Agents are critical in most of mobile money business
models. They are involved in customer registration and liquidity management, activities
that expose them to customer’s transaction details. Agents are not well equipped to
preserve this sensitive information and any leakage may have negative consequence to
customers. For example, female customers in some markets are reluctance to provide
their phone numbers to agents for fear of harassment. Other issues such delayed and lost
mobile money are common especially when sending mobile money to the customer from
different service provider.
• Unclear or Inadequate Consumer Recourse: Some mobile money operators have set up
exemplary call center operations with specialized staff who deal expeditiously with
customer queries and complaints. This is not always the case, however, and we need to
explore the extent to which consumers know where to turn, how accessible those recourse
channels are, and whether their concerns are addressed in a timely and fair manner. A
related area that needs attention is whether it is clear which financial service provider is
ultimately responsible for resolving customer problems, when multiple businesses are
involved in delivering the service as is increasingly common in the digital finance space.
6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
6.1 DISCUSSION
Regulators for mobile banking in Tanzania like many others in developing countries are gradually
changing as the mobile banking services evolve. According to[6], they are adapting “Test and
Learn.” They have to familiarise themselves with evolving issues such as technologies, business
models, and commercial partnerships between banks and non-banking institutions. In other
words, they are trying to understand a regulatory approach that will balance the interest of
customers with those of market players. This approach require the regulators (i.e. TCRA and
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BOT) to develop the capacity to regulate and the authority to do so.
According to [11], financial legislation that influences the operations of Mobile Banking within
The United Republic of Tanzania are:
The Bank of Tanzania Act (BoT) (enacted 2006,165 repealing the act of 1995,166 which
in turn repealed the act of 1965) - created the Bank of Tanzania and defines its principal
functions.
The Banking and Financial Institutions Act (enacted 2006)167-provides the legal
framework for undertaking licensed banking operations within the United Republic of
Tanzania.
The Finance Act (enacted 2006)168 - through this legislation the Government regularly
makes changes to the tax regime and amends different financial or tax laws.
The Anti-Money Laundering Act, CAP 423 (2006)169 -helps address AML/CFT
issues and established the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)170 in the Ministry of
Finance and Economic Affairs as a unit mandated with enforcement.
There are a number of guidelines from BoT that are relevant to mobile money including
the National Payment Systems Guidelines for retail payments, Rules and Regulations for
Retail payments and the Guidelines for introducing electronic payments.
Equally, telecommunication regulations that influence the conduct of mobile banking operations
within The United Republic of Tanzania are:
The United Republic of Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) Act
no. 12 (2003) that established and provides the mandate of the communications
regulator.172
The Fair Competition Act (2003) is meant to foster competition in different sectors, while
at the same time protecting consumers. As part of the Act, the Tanzanian Government has
set up the Fair Competition Commission (FCC)-to administer the law and the Fair
Competition Tribunal (FCT)-to provide a judicial forum where appeals of various
commission decisions can be made.
The United Republic of Tanzania Evidence Act, CAP 6 (2002) influences the treatment
of electronic documents as evidence in Tanzanian courts.
The Electronic and Postal Communications Act, 2010 (Act No. 3/10)
Other issues that rises concerns in mobile banking industry is regulatory infrastructure that
regulates mobile money issuers with a wide range of payment services such as covering domestic
and international remittances, utilities payments, interest and amortisation on loans, insurance
premiums, school tuition, micro tax payments and business registration, airtime top-up. Also
interoperability is another issue of concern. As mobile banking services continue to expand,
interoperability will be key feature in mobile banking transactions. This feature (ability) will
likely increase the use of mobile banking services. With the current system setup, a customer who
wants to transfer money between mobile banking accounts (i.e. with different providers) must
visiting an agent to cash out the desired amount of money from one provider and then carrying
cash to an agent of another provider to cash in (i.e. to deposit) and paying any applicable
commissions or agent fees. This consumes not only money for commission, but also time.
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In their publication [21] CGAP has defined three levels of interoperability that need to be
addressed developing market such as Tanzania as:
Platform-level interconnection: If mobile money platforms are interconnected, a customer
with an account with one service provider can send or receive money to or from the account of
a customer with a different service provider. To date platform-level interconnection has not
been implemented widely.
2. Agent-level exclusivity: Agent exclusivity revolves around the ability of a customer of one
provider to use the agent of another provider for cash-in/cash-out services related to that
customer’s account. Agent interoperability is possible even when there is agent exclusivity, as
long as platforms are interconnected (such as with interoperable ATM networks).
3. Customer-level interoperability: This term is used to describe two interoperability
scenarios related to the mobile handset:
1. a customer’s ability to access his/her account using any phone with a SIM card
on the same network
2. a customer’s ability to access multiple accounts on one SIM
Figure 5 illustrates these interoperability levels in more detail.
Figure 6: Interoperability issues [21]
Though three operators (Tigo, Airtel and Zantel) have agreed on interoperability, key issues must
be addressed. For mobile banking to proliferate and scale, interoperability must be addressed to
all participants in mobile banking ecosystem in order to accelerate the level of participation.
7. CONCLUSION
The growing increase in the use of the mobile phone and Internet broadband services and the
recent introduction fiber optic network that is interconnect with sea cable are vital factors that
push toward building a unified and integrated e-payment system that will contribute to reducing
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the time and effort needed to perform financial transactions, pay for products and services, settle
civil liabilities owed to the government, or pay water, electricity, communications and other bills.
Electronic payments systems have proved to promote economic growth and contribute to a stable
trade system, helping to stimulate growth and generate jobs, besides allowing for a better
financial control for consumers, business and governments. In Tanzania market, participants of
mobile banking ecosystem are becoming increasingly aware of the efficiency, reliability and
practicality of mobile banking transactions when compared with other means of payment. Mobile
banking will help Tanzania with her underdeveloped payment systems leapfrog traditional paper-
based ways of making payments. There are multiple players in mobile banking systems that are
competing in the market. In order to increase the penetration and adoption of mobile baking
systems, alliance with other industries such as telecommunications, utility, retail, entertainment
and financial institutions is a synergistic. Each of these industries collects bills from consumers, a
process that is deemed to evolve into digital format more easily and lead to a powerful mobile
banking ecosystem.
The expansion and countrywide use of mobile banking will depend on the coverage of
communication networks. In addition, interoperable mobile banking systems will accelerate
financial inclusion by allowing customers to use the infrastructure of multiple service providers to
access their account. The introduction of sea cable for global high speed Internet connectivity and
the expansion of mobile communication networks enhanced with 4G technologies will open new
windows of business transactions. With well know payment networks such as MasterCard,
consumers will make purchases from merchants of different countries. This will require all
emerging electronic payment systems to provide international currency exchange for customers to
trade globally. For example, Tigo Pesa has introduced cross-border service for their customers in
both Tanzania and Rwanda. Furthermore due to the growing pervasiveness of mobile money
platforms globally, standardization is vital. Recently, Airtel, Tigo and Zantel announced an
agreement that will allow customers to send mobile money freely across their networks. It is the
first true “interoperability” mobile money service. It allows their customers to send and receive
money across networks and the mobile money goes directly to the respective customer's mobile
money account[22].
Recently, the government launched the National Financial Inclusion Framework (NFIF) that
reflects on AFIGI (Alliance for Financial Inclusion Global Initiative), known as “The Maya
Declaration”. With NFIF aiming to enable 50% adult to have financial access by 2016, the future
of mobile banking is bright.
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