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Why mobile phone is the next frontier for lending

After the release of financial results by all commercial banks, one thing is brutally clear: The going is tough for lenders.

Figures from all lenders painted a grim picture of a financial sector struggling with its core business of lending. Income on interest and loan advances shrunk as banks' hitherto gush of profits slowed down into a trickle in the first quarter of 2017.

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