[governance] Web payments

Ian Peter ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Tue Apr 16 17:41:47 EDT 2013


and to expand on Nnenna's point, you have to have the money in the first 
place.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Carlos Vera Quintana
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:14 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Ian Peter
Cc: McTim ; <governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ; Norbert Bollow
Subject: Re: [governance] Web payments

Well no matter what, to pay through web, your money must be in some place to 
be transferable. Where and at what cost is the issue

Carlos Vera
0988141143

El 16/04/2013, a las 15:19, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> escribió:

> interesting, I didn't know that.  In my country a bank account is a lot 
> cheaper than a mobile phone or internet access.
>
> So where does bitcoin fit into this sort of equation? And is the mobile 
> money bank related or non bank related? (not all paypal I hope...)
>
> Some interesting questions and issues here..
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message----- From: McTim
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 6:10 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Ian Peter
> Cc: Norbert Bollow
> Subject: Re: [governance] Web payments
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>> question - how many of the 2.5 billion people who can't afford bank 
>> accounts
>> can afford mobile phones and internet access?
>
>
> lots...many if not most perhaps.
>
> mobile money is an enormous success in Africa.  All done via cheap 
> mobiles.
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
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