1、State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2019 Copyright 2020 GSM Association Lead author: Nika Naghavi Data Facebook: 8.7 years N N 1 33 56 711 15 35 67 111 170 221 246 259 281280 287 290 +46 +62 +54 +35 +29 +30 +22 +19 +13 -2 -3 -3 -10 -16 -8 -23 -12 -10 Beyond one
2、 billion mobile money accounts: a step towards a digital future for all 11 Figure 2. Distribution of registered mobile money accounts in Sub-Saharan Africa (December 2019) In 2019, the number of registered mobile money accounts reached 1.04 billion. Sub-Saharan Africa is the enduring epi
3、centre of mobile money, adding over 50 million registered accounts in 2019. This was driven by strong growth in Western Africa (21 million new accounts) and Central Africa (six million new accounts), as well as steady growth in Eastern Africa (22 million new accounts). The GSMA forecasts that
4、account adoption across Sub-Saharan Africa will remain strong and that the region will surpass the half billion mark by the end of 2020. Sub-Saharan Africa was not the only region to register strong growth in 2019. As in 2018, mobile money adoption in Asia made a significant contribution to gl
5、obal growth. East Asia and Pacific alone added 30 million accounts in 2019, driven primarily by growth in Southeast Asia where new entrants and innovation continue to push boundaries. Overall growth in Asia was hampered by the Indian market where several players closed operations due to an inc
6、reasingly burdensome regulatory and operating environment.6 Despite this, South Asia added 14.1 million accounts in 2019. 53%35% 10%2% 2 Eastern AfricaWestern AfricaSouthern AfricaCentral Africa 6. Aditya Birla Payments Bank decided to wind up its operations in March 2019, 17 months after launch. Ad