Leveraging mobile banking channels for client education
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Leveraging Mobile Banking Channels for Client Education Cheryl Lualhati B. Balingit Citi-FT Financial Education Summit November 27, 2011
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The USAID-supported RBAP-MABS Program presented its Financial Education for Branchless Banking Project, an initiative implemented in partnership with MasterCard Foundation and Microfinance Opportunities. The presentation highlighted how the initiative is supporting rural banks’ mobile phone banking services rollout and how it facilitates the expansion of services to clients in areas that are hard-to-reach.
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Leveraging Mobile Banking Channels for Client Education
Cheryl Lualhati B. Balingit
Citi-FT Financial Education SummitNovember 27, 2011
What is the MABS Program? The Microenterprise Access to Banking Services
(MABS) Program is an RBAP program supported by USAID that provides technical assistance and training to rural banks in microfinance best practices.
The program is designed to develop the capability of rural banks to profitably provide financial services (loans, deposits, insurance, and money transfers) for microenterprise clients.
GCASH& SMART Padala Launched
Rural Bank M-Banking & M-Commerce Ecosystem via GCASH
RURAL BANKS
Text-a-Payment / Int’l & Domestic Remco’s P
Text-A-Sweldo(Salary
Disbursement)
Text-A-RemittanceCash-in/Cash-out
(Face-to-Face Wallet Funding)
Text-A-Withdrawal(Withdrawal from Bank
Account to GCash Wallet)
Text-A-Credit(Loan / CreditDisbursement)
P2P(Domestic Remittance)
GCash2Load(Airtime Credit Purchase)
P2P(Purchase of Goods/Services)
Text-a-BillPay(Bills Payment)
Text-A-Deposit (Deposit to Bank Account)
Rural Bank
MasterCard Financial Education for Branchless Banking Project
Increase the up-take and use of mobilebanking services through the use of
financial education tools
Market Research FindingsWhat if I send the money to the wrong recipient? Will my GCASH expire, just like airtime load?
My account is protected by my MPIN so it is safe.
If I lose my cell phone or if my SIM is blocked, I will lose access to my e-money as well.
Money can be sent and received fast! No need to carry large amounts of cash around!
I can save time and save on transportation cost.
Market Research Findings• Savings Practices
• Majority of the respondents said they do not have a savings plan but save whatever is “extra”
• Savings are still mostly kept at home or as added capital for the business
• Microfinance borrowers have compulsory savings but very few have a separate voluntary account
• “I don’t think it is worthwhile to come to the bank to deposit small amounts”
A new service that rural banks are offering that can help clients Save Time and Money, because now they can do banking transactions using cell phones from wherever they are without having to go to the bank.
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Market Research Findings: Current
Behavior
FE for Branchless Banking Project: Action
Outcomes
Majority of the respondents said they do not have a savings plan but save whatever is “extra”
Starter kit has section with step-by-step guide on making a savings plan
Habit of settings savings goal and making plan for reaching goal cultivated
Savings are still mostly kept at home or as added capital for the business
Encourage clients to open deposit accounts
Savings habit cultivated
Microfinance borrowers have compulsory savings but very few have a separate voluntary account
Encourage microborrowers to have a separate voluntary account
Savings habit cultivated
“I don’t think it is worthwhile to come to the bank to deposit small amounts”
“You can now make deposits without leaving your house or your business, in small amounts and as frequently as you want”
Savings habit cultivated
Thank You!
E-mail:[email protected]
Websites:http://www.rbapmabs.org
http://www.mobilephonebanking.rbap.org/http://blog.mobilephonebanking.rbap.org/
