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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Update on Colombia´s corresponsales bancarios
As promised in the last post, here some detailed information on Colombia’s banking agents. Banca de las Oportunidades (BdO), the government entity managing the national financial sector policy, published a presentation in May 2008 on the results of banking agent … Continue reading
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My publication on banking through retail agents
Banking agents, i.e., retail and postal outlets processing financial transactions on behalf of banks, seem to be the theoretic solution to reach new geographies and new client segments with banking services. Low population density with low transaction volumes, and low-income … Continue reading
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