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gsmworld.com - 2/17/2009
GSMA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Availability of Financial Services through Mobile Phones
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GSMA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Availability of Financial Services through Mobile Phones 17 February 2009, Barcelona, Spain The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today ...
gatesfoundation.org - 2/17/2009
GSMA to Expand Availability of Financial Services through Mobile Phones
— gatesfoundation.org — BARCELONA, Spain -- The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and the... Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced an innovative program that will expand the availability of financial services to ... (more) GSMA to Expand Availability of Financial Services ...

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Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone banking
crunchgear.com - 2/17/2009
Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone banking
— crunchgear.com — The GSMA, a worldwide consortium of mobile industries, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (owned by... the guy who used to run Microsoft and his lady wife) have teamed up to found the the Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) initiative, ... (more) Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone ...

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blogs.barrons.com - 2/18/2009
Bill Gates Takes 5.2% EK Stake; A Look At His Holdings
— blogs.barrons.com — Is there still hope for Eastman Kodak (EK) ? The company continues to struggle with the rapid... transition of the photography market to digital images from film. Kodak’s Q4 sales were down 24% from a year ago, and ongoing losses have the ... (more) Bill Gates Takes 5.2% EK Stake; A Look At His Holdings

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TG Daily - All News:  BMGF offers financial services to unbanked through mobile phones

Celularis:  La GSMA y Bill Gates promoverán la banca móvil en países pobres

mocoNews:  Foundations Announce Mobile Health, Banking Initiatives At MWC

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BMGF offers financial services to unbanked through mobile phones
TG Daily - All News — ... services are often too costly and inconvenient for people who earn less than $2 a day to obtain, and too expensive for banks to provide," said Bob Christen, director of the Financial Services for the Poor initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Technology like mobile phones is making it possible to bring low-cost, high-quality financial services to millions of people in the developing world so they can manage life's risks and build financial security." See the GSMA press release , or The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ...

La GSMA y Bill Gates promoverán la banca móvil en países pobres
Celularis — ... anunció un acuerdo con la fundación Melinda y Bill Gates que permitirá promover la banca móvil en países en desarrollo de Asia, África y América del Sur. ...

Foundations Announce Mobile Health, Banking Initiatives At MWC
mocoNews — ... to the unbanked. The main target is the billlion or so people in emerging markets who have a mobile phone but not a bank account. The programme includes $5 million to "catalyse a new wave of mobile money innovation, encouraging mobile network operators to create new services for previously unbanked people in emerging markets". About 20 projects will be supported, focusing on Africa, Asia and Latin America with the goal of reaching 20 million previously unbanked people by 2012. (release) ...

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