Over millennia, mankind has used hard cash in various forms ranging from shells to gold coins and paper. More recently, cash has become unpopular in political circles, as it effectively restricts states’ power to tax (explicitly or via negative interest rates) or to survey and potentially...

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures implemented to stop its spread will leave its mark on people, industries, and government policies long after the disease's health risk recede. One of the industries that has been transformed is financial services. As the pandemic...

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; PART I Mobile financial services; 1 Mobile financial services: introduction, definition, and conceptualization; 2 Engaging non-active consumers to use mobile financial...