
Solution = aKos Mobile
Remittance Gateway
The Mobile to Merchant
to Cash Connection
At the intersection of the wireless and financial services industries
that bridge international borders, aKos Technology Corporation
has created a mobile money transfer service that targets
the unbanked with mobile remittances. An emerging global market
opportunity, “mobile remittances” refers to the convergence
of wireless services and money-transfer technologies. Driven by
this innovation, the global remittance industry is forecast to
grow from $350B in 2007 to $1,000B in 2012.
In order to capitalize on this opportunity, aKos has created the
aKos Mobile Remittance Gateway that allows seamless yet cost-effective,
convenient and secure mobile remittance services via its unique
methodology. aKos is the solution to monetize this untapped segment.
The aKos patent-pending Mobile to Merchant to Cash solution:
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Allows a wireless subscriber the ability to send funds internationally
from his mobile device where the recipient receives those funds
in cash at merchants they already frequent
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Requires no infrastructure changes
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Is delivered as a turn-key solution
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Does not require the recipient to have a mobile phone
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Requires no bank account, credit/debit card, or financial
instrument
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Provides complete money-transfer regulatory compliance
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Provides robust transactional security and physical safety
aKos has integrated this functionality with wireless
carriers, financial institutions, merchants/retailers/POS and various
strategic partners into a comprehensive ecosystem.

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