SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 Better Than Cash Alliance: Empowering People One Transaction at a Time New report says electronic payments can lift millions out of poverty; Peru, Kenya, Colombia, and Republic of Philippines are first governments to make commitments
JULY 10, 2012 Million Transaction Milestone and Awards Final Prize in Incentive Program Award shared by Voilà’s T-Cash and Digicel’s TchoTcho Mobile recognizes the dynamic progress in the usage of mobile money.
NOVEMBER 09, 2011 UCI Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations
JANUARY 10, 2011 Foundation and U.S. Government Give $2.5 Million Prize for Transforming Banking Sector in Haiti | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Mobile operator Digicel becomes first recipient of mobile money fund in Haiti
NOVEMBER 16, 2010 CGAP Drives Expansion of Mobile Banking to Reach the World’s Poorest People | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation WASHINGTON--Ground-breaking mobile and agent banking programs have enabled poor people from Kenya to the Philippines to access financial services for the first time. CGAP today announced a further 3 year commitment to take this innovative approach to millions more around the world.
NOVEMBER 16, 2010 Create Savings Accounts and Bring Financial Security to the World’s Poorest | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Heads of government, banking, technology, and international development gather for first-ever Global Savings Forum; foundation pledges $500 million and announces new grants to increase access to savings
NOVEMBER 16, 2010 ShoreBank International Announces New Mobile Money Initiative | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To build a highly scalable mobile money platform, allowing low income people in Bangladesh to store, transfer, and receive money safely thereby extending the reach of the financial system to unbanked individuals, households and entrepreneurs.
NOVEMBER 16, 2010 Vodacom gets US $4.8 Million to Expand M-Pesa Services | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania--Vodacom Tanzania is to receive a 4.8 million US dollars grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to augment financial inclusion in Tanzania through increased usage of its mobile money service, Vodafone M-PESA.