August 18, 2008
Fighting Poverty with Mobile Credit
Mobile banking is going to be huge, huge! (I think.) It, at least, holds a lot of promise for the poorer among us, many of whom end up handing over extortionist slices of their cash to money handlers. Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank is launching a cell phone-based cash system called Bank a Billion.
banking, cell phones, Grameen, microcredit, Muhammed Yunus, poverty
June 2, 2008
The Weekend Web
In the U.S., the weekend web is mobile.
cell phones, Internet access, personal technologies
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