Innovations in rural and agricultural finance: M-PESA: Finding new ways to serve the unbanked in Kenya
| dc.creator | Lonie, Susie | |
| dc.date | 2010 | |
| dc.date | 2024-10-01T14:02:21Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-10-01T14:02:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:16:59Z | |
| dc.description | Over the past three years, payment strategies for emerging markets have been revolutionized by the advent of a simple cell-phone-based payment service in Kenya called M-PESA (“M” for “mobile” and “pesa” for “money”). From a small-scale pilot program in 2006, M-PESA has become an outstanding success in Kenya; customer response has been unprecedented. Currently, more than 9 million Kenyans use M-PESA to perform tens of millions of transactions every month throughout the country. Although this success has led to new opportunities, it has also brought about many unforeseen challenges. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154572 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/99867 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Lonie, Susie. 2010. Innovations in rural and agricultural finance: M-PESA: Finding new ways to serve the unbanked in Kenya. 2020 Vision Focus Brief 18(8). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154572 | |
| dc.subject | microfinance | |
| dc.subject | agriculture | |
| dc.subject | smallholders | |
| dc.subject | rural finance | |
| dc.subject | risk management | |
| dc.title | Innovations in rural and agricultural finance: M-PESA: Finding new ways to serve the unbanked in Kenya | |
| dc.type | Brief |