Examining trust in mobile banking transactions: The case of M-PESA in Kenya

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 282, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-298

  Morawczynski, Olga ^a   Miscione, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kibera; M PESA; Mobile banking; Trust

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; INSTITUTIONAL TRUST; KIBERA; M-PESA; MOBILE BANKINGS; MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS; MOBILE TRANSACTION; TRUST;

SALES;

EID: 51149120413     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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