[governance] Web payments

[Ian Peter]

are we seeing any sort of distribution of monetary power away from banks? 
that would be interesting....

-----Original Message----- 
From: Carlos Vera Quintana
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 6:50 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Ian Peter
Cc: Norbert Bollow ; IGC
Subject: Re: [governance] Web payments

I give you an idea: in ecuador we are 14 million people. More than 18 
millions cell phones and no more than 7 millions of bank accounts.

Carlos Vera
0988141143

El 16/04/2013, a las 14:54, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> escribió:

> question - how many of the 2.5 billion people who can't afford bank 
> accounts can afford mobile phones and internet access?
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> -----Original Message----- From: Norbert Bollow
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:19 AM
> To: IGC
> Subject: [governance] Web payments
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> Web Payments with PaySwarm: Identity (part 1 of 3)
> by Manu Sporny and Robert Nyman [Editor]
> https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/web-payments-with-payswarm-identity-part-1-of-3/
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> From the article:
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> “Whilst bringing new or powerful tools to the general public will breed
> competition and innovation, open Web payments can also bring about much
> more basic and societal changes. 2.5 billion people around the world
> don’t have bank accounts and thus have no ability to save money due to
> banking corruption and/or high fees. When a family has no way of saving
> for the future, it greatly limits their chances of pulling themselves
> out of poverty. The promise of Web payments is about more than just an
> exciting future, it is about a more egalitarian one.
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> So, how do we get from where we are today, to a future where sending and
> receiving funds on the Web is as easy as clicking a button?”
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