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13:45. </div> <div class="content"><p>Vodafone and Western Union announced a partnership that will allow cross-border remittances between the UK and Kenya through mobile phones, according to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122869576629386747.html">Wall Street Journal</a> (the pilot project is initially for residents of Reading in the UK but will be expanded in future). Safaricom subscribers in Kenya can choose to either withdraw the cash at any of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=20081208KGP0TH4X">4,000 M-Pesa agents</a>, store upto 50,000 Kenyan Shilling (about $640) in their "mobile wallet", or even send it on to another mobile user. The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d8dfa00a-c557-11dd-b516-000077b07658.html">FT</a> adds that the maximum amount that can be transferred internationally is GBP 200 (about $300).</p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/will-international-money-transfers-through-mobile-phones-reduce-remittance-costs" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">READ MORE >></a></div> </div> <div id="linx"> <div id="linksbox"> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/blogs/sanket" title="Read Sanket's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Sanket's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/comment/reply/112#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new 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href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/category/topics/technology" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_125 active">Technology</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/money-transfers-conference">Money transfers conference in London on November 17-18: New innovations in money transfers amidst crisis</a></h2> <div class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/users/sanket" title="View user profile.">Sanket</a> on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 11:33. </div> <div class="content"><p>I recently made a presentation on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1110315015165/MD_Brief8.pdf">our outlook for remittances</a> at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://mtl2008.iamtn.org/">Money Transfers London</a> conference. The discussions were lively and interesting and the topics included the impact of the EU payment services directive (PSD) and other regulatory changes for the money transfer industry, innovations in smart cards and mobile money transfers, and the impact of the current economic crisis, among others (see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://mtl2008.iamtn.org/agenda">full conference agenda</a>).</p> <p>One development I found interesting was efforts to standardize training for Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) in the money transfer firms. To remain relevant in times of changing rules and regulations, these officials will need to be tuned to the messages coming from regulators not only through directives and websites, but also from speeches and interviews in the media.   </p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/money-transfers-conference" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">READ MORE >></a></div> </div> <div id="linx"> <div id="linksbox"> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/blogs/sanket" title="Read Sanket's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Sanket's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_comments"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/money-transfers-conference#comments" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting." class="comment_comments">1 comment</a></li> 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Amid the technocratic, technical, and tactical treatise on payment systems, a high point for me was the launch of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org/">Remittance Prices Worldwide</a>, a new World Bank remittance price database.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org/"><img class="" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057im_/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Images/334933-1173798973801/3552714-1218142105099/remittance-price-logo.jpg"/></a></p> <p>For the first time there is one database, painstakingly gathered and meticulously organized with the lay user in mind, dedicated to the cost of sending remittances in over 120 important remittance corridors. Transparency is expected to help educate consumers and generate competition among remittance service providers. Indeed a few stats are eye openers: it costs less than $8 to send $200 from Spain to Brazil (less than 4%). By contrast, sending the same amount from Germany to China can cost nearly $50 (or 25%)!</p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/a-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">READ MORE >></a></div> </div> <div id="linx"> <div id="linksbox"> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/blogs/dilip" title="Read Dilip's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dilip's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/comment/reply/100#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more"></li> <li class="service_links_delicious"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency&title=A+new+remittance+price+database+brings+much-needed+transparency" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_delicious"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/delicious.png" alt="Delicious"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_digg"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency&title=A+new+remittance+price+database+brings+much-needed+transparency" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_digg"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/digg.png" alt="Digg"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_reddit"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency&title=A+new+remittance+price+database+brings+much-needed+transparency" title="Submit this post on reddit.com." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_reddit"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/reddit.png" alt="Reddit"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_facebook"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency&t=A+new+remittance+price+database+brings+much-needed+transparency" title="Share on Facebook." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_facebook"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/></a></li> <li class="service_links_google"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency&title=A+new+remittance+price+database+brings+much-needed+transparency" title="Bookmark this post on Google." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_google"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/google.png" alt="Google"/></a></li> <li class="last service_links_technorati"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206155057/http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeoplemove.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Fcontent%2Fa-new-remittance-price-database-brings-much-needed-transparency" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow" class="service_links_technorati"><img src="/web/20090206155057im_/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/technorati.png" alt="Technorati"/></a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="taxonomy"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_119"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/category/topics/remittance" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_119">Remittance</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_125"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/category/topics/technology" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_125 active">Technology</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/making-mobile-banking-affordable">Making mobile banking affordable</a></h2> <div class="submitted">Submitted by <a href="/web/20090206155057/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/users/sanket" title="View user profile.">Sanket</a> on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 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