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Mobile Banking Impacting the Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Case Study from Rwanda

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  • Marthe Uwamariya

    (Department of Media and Technology Management, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

  • Claudia Loebbecke

    (Department of Media and Technology Management, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

  • Stefan Cremer

    (Department of Media and Technology Management, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

Abstract

Globally, high costs and loan defaults are the biggest threats to microfinance profitability and sustainability. This explorative study investigates how and to what extent mobile banking can foster the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It expands the traditional dimensions of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) by adding a loan default aspect. The study offers an explorative case study on “Urwego Opportunity Bank” (UOB) — Rwanda’s first commercial mobile service. Based on qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews from the bank’s staff and its customers, the case shows how mobile banking allows for reducing transaction costs and loan defaults and thereby increases efficiency of MFIs. Further, it identifies high agent visibility, and sufficient savings to drive the usage of mobile banking — which, in turn, promotes the deployment of financial services to still unbanked parts of the population in emerging economies.

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  • Marthe Uwamariya & Claudia Loebbecke & Stefan Cremer, 2020. "Mobile Banking Impacting the Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Case Study from Rwanda," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(01), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:17:y:2020:i:01:n:s0219877020500017
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877020500017
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    1. Liu, Aiping & Urquía-Grande, Elena & López-Sánchez, Pilar & Rodríguez-López, Ángel, 2023. "Research into microfinance and ICTs: A bibliometric analysis," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).

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