CNN television says many ways of life have been changed because of mobile phones. They include political activism, education, entertainment, disaster management, agriculture and health.
Another area is banking. Reports say half or more of the adults use mobile money. Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets. But he never had enough money to open a bank account. Now he uses a mobile phone banking service called Orange Money. With his telephone, he can add or take out as little as one dollar. He can make payments and send money to family members who live far away.
Orange Money says it serves four million customers in ten countries. The World Bank's Samia Melham says, “The mobile banking is a huge trend. And people in the West don't understand it, because most people have bank accounts and credit cards. It provides cash at a much lower cost. The cost is the cost of sending an SMS, which is almost nothing compared to what traditional transfer(转账) agents, like Western Union, would charge 10 dollars or more for a particular money transfer.”
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Mobile phones users are increasing in Africa.
B. Mobile phones are changing lives in Africa.
C. A mobile phone banking service appears recently.
D. The mobile banking is a huge trend in the world.
2. According to the passage, we know Orange Money________.
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