by Saulius Ramanauskas -

MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Banking in Layers: Five Cases to Illustrate How the Market Structure for Financial Services is Evolving;” by Aiaze Mitha, Faith Biegon, Peter Zetterli; Published by CGAP

This paper cites several financial service providers (FSPs) in emerging markets in exploring how recent advancements in digital technology have enabled new business models, transforming the market for financial services. The authors argue that these FSPs have deconstructed the financial services market into separate modules, allowing these modules to be reassembled in innovative ways. These modules include:

by Tiannah Steele -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Safaricom of Kenya Adds “Fuliza” Overdraft Feature to M-Pesa Mobile Money Service

Safaricom, a Kenya-based telecommunications company, recently debuted an overdraft feature called “Fuliza,” which allows customers of the firm’s M-Pesa mobile banking service to withdraw money from their accounts even when they have a zero balance. The overdrawn amount must