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Contact: matthew.jones@jbs.cam.ac.uk (Matthew is an affiliate of JBS, but also Chairman of the Board for Fair Finance)
Potential client: 'Faisel Rahman' <faisel@fairfinance.org.uk>
 
Original contact: matthew.jones@jbs.cam.ac.uk (Matthew is an affiliate of JBS, but also Chairman of the Board for Fair Finance)


Project could look at development of a mobile platform for community-based risk management of loans to people who do not have access to low-cost financial services.
Project could look at development of a mobile platform for community-based risk management of loans to people who do not have access to low-cost financial services.

Revision as of 17:24, 10 July 2019

Potential client: 'Faisel Rahman' <faisel@fairfinance.org.uk>

Original contact: matthew.jones@jbs.cam.ac.uk (Matthew is an affiliate of JBS, but also Chairman of the Board for Fair Finance)

Project could look at development of a mobile platform for community-based risk management of loans to people who do not have access to low-cost financial services.

Some similarity to the Distributed Microcontracts project from last year


Issues to consider: lenders need something that replaces face-to-face risk assessment; costs must be low to serve low-income market; a mutual society might be able to establish new social trust mechanisms employing mobile phone features.

https://www.fairfinance.org.uk/