[Openid-specs-fapi] Issue #94: Consider solutions to developing economies using stored value (openid/fapi)

Tom Jones thomasclinganjones at gmail.com
Fri May 12 04:21:23 UTC 2017


btw, the doc they published was based on json.
Is there some particular reason why fapi chose odata over json?
..tom

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones at gmail.com>
wrote:

> i guess the real question is whether either of them are interested in
> creating a standard. I can ask the program manager from Gates to see if he
> has any interest. I did not get much response when i raised the question of
> their direct participation in fapi.    ..tom
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Nat Sakimura via Openid-specs-fapi <
> openid-specs-fapi at lists.openid.net> wrote:
>
>> Another spec to cater those cases is not inconceivable.
>> AFIK, Orange, who is one of the main participants of the Modrna WG is big
>> in Sub-Saharan financial transactions and so is Vodafone. We might be
>> leverage on their experience. Please let me know if you have concrete steps
>> that we can take.
>>
>> ---
>> Nat Sakimura
>> Research Fellow, Nomura Research Institute
>> Chairman of the Board, OpenID Foundation
>>
>> On 2017-05-11 02:09, Tom Jones via Openid-specs-fapi wrote:
>>
>>> The level one project is funded at a high level by the Gates
>>> Foundation. It is currently focused on 8 countries in South Asia and
>>> sub-Saharan Africa. I have spoken to the project manager about FAPI,
>>> but there seemed to be little overlap at this point. I would like to
>>> see that change.
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Nat Sakimura via Openid-specs-fapi
>>> <openid-specs-fapi at lists.openid.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> New issue 94: Consider solutions to developing economies using
>>>> stored value
>>>>
>>>> https://bitbucket.org/openid/fapi/issues/94/consider-solutio
>>> ns-to-developing-economies
>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>> Nat Sakimura:
>>>>
>>>> * Tom raised an issue with FAPI solely concentrating on G20 economy
>>>> on a April call that we need to start looking at developing
>>>> economies. e.g., countries with stored value on the phone like
>>>> m-pesa.
>>>> * https://leveloneproject.org/ [2] has some API for such countries.
>>>> * Nat pointed out that although our priority is on EU right now, we
>>>> should get there eventually and plan that out.
>>>>   He has much sympathy with those countries as he grew up in
>>>> Kenya. Nat also has a connection with the CEO of Taqanu
>>>> (https://www.taqanu.com/ [3]), a bank dealing with those market, so
>>>> we could try to coordinate.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ..tom
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1]
>>> https://bitbucket.org/openid/fapi/issues/94/consider-solutio
>>> ns-to-developing-economies
>>> [2] https://leveloneproject.org/
>>> [3] https://www.taqanu.com/
>>> [4] http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-fapi
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