Beyond Payments or Just Different Payments?
Everyone is always talking about trying to move the branchless banking industry beyond just payments. Those of us concerned with accelerating “real financial inclusion” long to see credit, savings and insurance products pushed over new delivery channels. But is it possible that there’s still work to be done within the payments space itself, just diversifying a bit beyond simple P2P transfers?
For example, I’ve been hearing a lot of talk recently about really trying to crack the nut on merchant payments. (...)