State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2019 Copyright © 2020 GSM Association 2019 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money Mobile Money The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators The GSMA’s Mobile Money programme works to worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with almost accelerate the development of the mobile money 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including ecosystem for the underserved. handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations For more information, please contact us: in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the Web: industry-leading MWC events held annually in Barcelona, www.gsma.com/mobilemoney Twitter: Los Angeles and Shanghai, as well as the Mobile 360 Series @GSMAMobileMoney of regional conferences. Email:
[email protected] For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA Lead author: Nika Naghavi Data & Insights Director, GSMA Mobile Money This report was written with the support of the wider Mobile Money and Mobile for Development team. The quantitative assessment of this report was carried out by a team under the supervision of Simon K. Andersson Manjang that comprised of Julian Hoffmann, Kavita Tailor and Tapiwa Jakachira. For more content, visit gsma.com/sotir. THE MOBILE MONEY PROGRAMME IS SUPPORTED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION AND FLOURISH VENTURES. Foreword Foreword 2019 was a momentous year for the mobile harnessing digital finance for sustainable money industry. With over a billion registered development. Mobile money is accelerating accounts and close to $2 billion in daily progress towards the Sustainable transactions, mobile money is evolving like Development Goals and is contributing to the never before.