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Article: PDAs In Remote Areas; WOCCU Project Takes CUs To The Hard To Reach.(Technology)
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- Credit Union Journal
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Byline: Joyce Moed
MADISON, Wis.-A pilot between the World Council of Credit Unions and one of Mexico's largest credit unions-Caja Morelia Valladolid-has successfully used PDAs to perform financial transactions with members in the field.
The project has been so successful that it expanded to include Caja Yanga, in Veracruz, Mexico.
"In Mexico, our objective is working with the credit unions and helping them with their outreach in rural areas," said Tiffany Litscher, program manager for WOCCU.
In rural areas of Mexico, there is not sufficient population density or infrastructure to support branch offices or ATMs, but cellular phone ...