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Author Kim, Yonho, author.

Title North Korean phone money : airtime transfers as a precursor to mobile payment system / by Yonho Kim
Published Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2020
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs
Series Special report / United States Institute of Peace ; no. 481
Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 481.
Summary More than one in five North Koreans have cell phones, and increasingly rely on them to conduct financial transactions. Many of these transactions involve trading cell phone airtime, or "phone money," for goods and services, and even for offering bribes. This report examines the potential for airtime trading to evolve into a formal mobile money system, which could enhance market activity and stability while providing opportunities for the country to engage with the international community
Notes "September 2020."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18)
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed January 9, 2021)
Subject Cell phones -- Economic aspects -- Korea (North)
Mobile commerce -- Korea (North)
Digital currency -- Korea (North)
Electronic funds transfers.
Barter -- Korea (North)
Barter.
Digital currency.
Electronic funds transfers.
Mobile commerce.
Korea (North)
Form Electronic book
Author United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.
ISBN 9781601278272
1601278276
Other Titles Airtime transfers as a precursor to mobile payment system