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A customer receives US notes from a teller at the Dahabshill money transfer office in Mogadishu, Somalia, Feb. 16, 2015.

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Bills? Groceries? School fees? Many Somalis have gone cashless, opting to use their mobile phones to send and receive money instead. But one study shows that the system lacks regulations and accountability.

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