This video produced in late 2006, provides highlights of the early efforts to use mobile phones to facilitate banking services for rural bank clients in the Philippines. This effort has been led by the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) Program (a USAID-assist program with Chemonics International as the main contractor) with the support of Globe Telecom’s G-Xchange subsidiary. Thisvideo was made possible with support provided by the US Agency for International Development under the terms of contract number 492-C-00-98-008-00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Agency for International Development.

Tags: Banking, MABS, Microfinance, Mobile, Phone