Therefore, I wish to emphasise here that the selection of agents by the mobile phone companies will have to be done thoroughly and properly to ensure that consumers’ interests are protected In order to facilitate rural people to participate in the mobile money, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) reduced the requirements for opening of accounts.
It means that, apart from birth certificates and passport, a letter from the village elder or church Pastor could be used in the remote areas to ID customers. The Reserve Bank is currently working on a best practice Payment Systems Legislation, to licence and regulate all providers of the E-Money services in Fiji.