Help for poor to access banking
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 21 February 2009
Bill Gates' charitable foundation has pledged $12.5m to help the world's poor access banking services.
The foundation, set up by the founder of Microsoft, has earmarked money for 20 projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Vodafone is in the process of rolling out its M-Pesa system in other countries, including Tanzania and Afghanistan.
Does that mean we'll see even more scams from those contries and not just the funny ones from former nigerian presidents?