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  • More Than Hygiene – Improving Agent Network Performance to Maximise Profitability
    29 Aug 2017

    • Graham A.N Wright

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      Group Managing Director at MicroSave
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      http://uk.linkedin.com/in/grahamanwright
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      4
      External Contributor: 
      No

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Quantitative Research Manager
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      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Over the last four years, as part of the Agent Network Accelerator (ANA

  • Benchmarking Customer to Agent Ratios
    29 Mar 2017

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
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      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    DFS providers struggle with a variant on the chicken and egg problem: whether to recruit more agents or more customers? How to provide adequate access for customers while ensuring agents face sufficient

  • Targeting Agent Activity to Increase Returns
    06 Mar 2017

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

     

    The dormancy scourge

    Every year the

  • Getting It Right: Why Counting Mobile Money Agents Accurately Matters
    06 Mar 2017

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Financial access is the foundation of financial inclusion.  A person cannot decide to use a financial service until it has been extended within their reach.  Central to measuring access to finance is the

  • Defining Terms and Options for Measuring Access to Digital Finance
    03 Mar 2017

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
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      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Vera Bersudskaya

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      Faculty Title: 
      Quantitative Research Manager
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/verabersudskaya
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    The first blog in this series explained that currently,

  • What does training actually do to agents?
    10 Jan 2017

    • Akhand Tiwari

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://in.linkedin.com/in/akhand-tiwari-10607a5
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Bhavana Srivastava

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      Faculty Title: 
      Associate Director - Business Development & Project Management
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      https://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavana-srivastava-aa8a698
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Pragya Jain

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      Quant Expert (M&E) at MicroSave
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      https://in.linkedin.com/in/pragya-jain-45a68912
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    The Helix Institute of Digital Finance recently concluded the second wave of the Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) study in Bangladesh, which, along with a number of other key findings, highlights the

  • What lies ahead for Bangladesh’s DFS market?
    21 Nov 2016

    • Akhand Tiwari

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://in.linkedin.com/in/akhand-tiwari-10607a5
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Bhavana Srivastava

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      Faculty Title: 
      Associate Director - Business Development & Project Management
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      https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavana-srivastava-aa8a698
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    The Helix Institute of Digital Finance recently concluded the

  • Managing Master Agents: 101
    11 Oct 2016

    • Annabel Schiff

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Digital Finance at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelroselee
      Order: 
      7
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Discussions around Master Agents are often confusing.  This confusion usually stems from the varying terms used to describe them. While to some providers they are ‘Aggregators’, to

  • Demystifying The Role of Master Agents
    05 Oct 2016

    • Annabel Schiff

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Digital Finance at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelroselee
      Order: 
      7
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Jacqueline Jumah

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      Faculty Title: 
      Manager - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jacqueline-jumah/3b/23a/b82
      Order: 
      7
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Agents are deemed the lynchpin of any

  • Building Big Backbones for Innovation
    26 Jan 2015

    • Annabel Schiff

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Digital Finance at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelroselee
      Order: 
      7
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
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      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Financial inclusion has evolved significantly since the days of microfinance. Today, instead of building small financial institutions to offer services to marginalized populations, partnerships are being built with huge banks and telecom providers that leverage their infrastructure, human

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