- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:57:45 -0500
- To: Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
- CC: Joseph Potvin <jpotvin@opman.ca>, John Waugh <jwaugh@integrallc.com>
Hi all, USAID[1] had put out a request for questions and comments on their E-PESO initiative a while ago: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7cc0a1f79044ef46a711b28929d2be4e&tab=core&_cview=1 The goal of this particular initiative is to upgrade the Phillipines current payment infrastructure, where 98% of all transactions are still cash, to an electronic payment infrastructure. John Waugh (who works closely with USAID), and Joseph Potvin (of this group), have been taking the lead on this. They've taken the document we submitted to the US Federal Reserve and modified it to fit the USAID RFC. The purpose of our submission to USAID is to make them aware of the work that this group is doing, and to invite them to come to the Web Payments Workshop in March. A draft has been prepared and is being collaboratively edited here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pbMPprMm2mfjXC-MzY66hcWzkaz7A_s75NKHUVgChBo/edit?usp=sharing Apologies for the short notice, but we just found out about this opportunity. If anyone on the list objects to submitting this document to US AID, please let us know. We're going to try to submit it by next Tuesday (Jan 21st). The deadline is January 23rd, 2014 Manila/1800hrs (Philippines time). -- manu [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: The Worlds First Web Payments Workshop http://www.w3.org/2013/10/payments/
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