MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: World Council of Credit Unions, Boom Financial to Offer Mobile Banking to Credit Unions Worldwide

The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), a US-based trade association and support organization for credit unions, and Boom Financial, a US-based mobile banking, payments and money transfer provider, have partnered in an effort to assist credit unions worldwide in offering mobile banking services to their customers.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Opportunities (MFO), MasterCard Foundation Announce Branchless Banking Partnership with MTN Ghana, Mobile Transactions of Zambia

Recently, Microfinance Opportunities (MFO), a microenterprise resource center based in Washington, DC, and the MasterCard Foundation, a Canadian foundation with approximately USD 2.9 billion in assets, announced that they have chosen MTN Ghana Mobile Money and Mobile Transactions of Zambia to participate in their Consumer Education for Branchless Banking (CEBB) program.