Banking the poor: The role of mobiles

Journal of Financial Services Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-333

  Hinson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

banking; developing economies; mobile technology; poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951797983     PISSN: 13630539     EISSN: 14791846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fsm.2010.29     Document Type: Article

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