TY - CHAP
T1 - Mobile Money Systems as Avant-Garde in the Digital Transition of Financial Relations
AU - Reppas, Dimitrios
AU - Muschert, Glenn Walter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, corrected publication 2021.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Mobile money is an electronic form of currency, which has become popular, particularly in developing countries over the last decade. This chapter summarizes the main findings from the empirical literature of the positive impacts (economic and social) of deploying mobile money platforms. They are reconfiguring and transforming pre-existing financial practices, including the unbanked segments of the population into formal economic relations, and providing self-reliance and security to local communities. This chapter also clarifies the types of data required to conduct more reliable empirical research and enhance cooperation among the parties involved in deploying and studying the effects of mobile money (MM) systems (i.e., among the academic community, policymakers/regulators, central banks, telecommunication companies, and entrepreneurs). Overall, this chapter presents a road map to establish a unified field of MM research by putting forward some lessons of improved inquiry and practice.
AB - Mobile money is an electronic form of currency, which has become popular, particularly in developing countries over the last decade. This chapter summarizes the main findings from the empirical literature of the positive impacts (economic and social) of deploying mobile money platforms. They are reconfiguring and transforming pre-existing financial practices, including the unbanked segments of the population into formal economic relations, and providing self-reliance and security to local communities. This chapter also clarifies the types of data required to conduct more reliable empirical research and enhance cooperation among the parties involved in deploying and studying the effects of mobile money (MM) systems (i.e., among the academic community, policymakers/regulators, central banks, telecommunication companies, and entrepreneurs). Overall, this chapter presents a road map to establish a unified field of MM research by putting forward some lessons of improved inquiry and practice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149585906&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-42412-1_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-42412-1_8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85149585906
SN - 9783030424114
SP - 157
EP - 168
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Sustainability in the Digital Era
ER -
