Key focus areas
Key focus areas
As one of our key focus areas, the GSMA Mobile Money programme will work closely with regulators, payments industry players and other key stakeholders to create an enabling environment for international remittances via mobile money to flourish and scale. In turn, this is supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Below you’ll find key resources related to our initiative.
Cross-border mobile money initiatives
Related resources
Sending and receiving remittances with mobile money: Customer benefits and the potential to drive down cost
Date published: June 16, 2016
GSMA Mobile Money Infographic: International Remittances via Mobile Money – Changing Lives and Livelihoods
Date published: June 2016
Join us at the Mobile Money Leadership Forum on Thursday, 28 July 2016
Date published: June 7, 2016
2015 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
Date published: February 2016
Mobile money crosses borders: New remittance models in West Africa
Date published: March 2015
The evolution of cross-border transfers: new infrastructure for MNO’s to increase remittance volume
Date published: September 4, 2014
The rise of mobile wallet-to-wallet cross-border remittance services: what’s the opportunity?
Date published: May 22, 2014
Mobile money and virtual currencies for cross border remittances: opportunity or risk?
Date published: December 12, 2013
Innovations and new business models for international remittances – From MMU Seminar at GSMA 2013 NFC & Mobile Money Summit
Date published: November 7, 2013
External resources
Migration and Remittances Data
World Bank
Remittances, Migration, and Diaspora Issues
World Bank
The hidden force in global economics: sending money home
TED Talks