Although fast-growing, the regional e-commerce market is hampered by low credit-card use and poor postal services.

ECONOMIST: The Internet

Cash could be put into the service using a credit card, bank wire, postal money order or other money transfer service.

BBC: Liberty Reserve

Mobile commerce is driving the requirement for mobile remote payments, creating new revenue potential for businesses involved in the value chain including Communications Service Providers, banks and credit card companies, transport operators and merchants and also postal operators who have diversified by offering banking services and mobile services through their vast networks.

FORBES: Never Go to the Post Office Again