Innovative Technologies in Microfinance for Latin America: Building Effective Delivery Channels: Summary of the Microfinance Workshop on the Use of Information Technology to Deliver Financial Services

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Author
Castello, Sergio A.
Date issued
April 2004
Subject
Telecommunication;
Financial Service;
Financial Sector
Category
Technical Notes
Success of MFIs in Latin America depends on: adopting technologies in delivery channels like ATMs and PDAs; successfully implementing virtual delivery channels like mobile finance and remote transaction systems; and cooperation among MFIs to reduce IT investment cost and increase standardization.