New online money transfer in Nicaragua
By Guy José Bendaña-Guerrero & Asociados

The application is downloaded to customers' smartphones, which can associate one or more credit, debit or prepaid cards digitally and make payments at affiliated businesses by reading a unique QR code that will identify each trade. It enables users to make online transactions without providing personal data, requirement of an ID and in a simple, fact and secure manners that confirms payment through SMS alerts. For businesses, SmartMoney allows unlimited bill amounts, follow-up through an administrative website and no additional charges.
The platform is slowly developing financial inclusion across the country, specially in small and medium-sized enterprises. Such possibility means that individuals and businesses have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs – transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance – delivered in a responsible and sustainable way.
Being able to have access to a transaction account is a first step toward broader financial inclusion since a transaction account allows people to store money, and send and receive payments. A transaction account serves as a gateway to other financial services, which is why ensuring that people worldwide can have access to a transaction account is the focus of the World Bank.
