American Samoa is a small archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean and is comprised of five volcanic islands (Tutuila, Ta'u, Ofu, Olosega, Aunu'u, Nu'utele) and two coral atolls (Swain's and Rose Islands). Link to external site : Website for American Samoa |  |
| Wallets | |
| Development | Developing |
| Send or Receive |
Receive Register/Log In |
| GDP ($m) |
462.20 Register/Log In |
| HDI classification | Medium |
| Mobile Connections (m) |
0.047 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Currency | USD |
| Class | |
| CountryISO | AS |
| Sovereignity | Other terrirory |
| Territory of | USA |
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| Channel Analysis |
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| COT Analysis |
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| Persona Analysis |
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| Products |
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| PI Analysis |
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| Central Bank | |
| Key Regulations | |
| Type of law |
Common Upgrade to Bronze |
| Legal System |
Mixed legal system of US common law and customary law Upgrade to Bronze |
| Law is based on |
Generally subject to US law Upgrade to Bronze |
| Approach |
Allowed Upgrade to Bronze |
| Sectors active in Digital Money | |
| Exclusivity | |
| Certainty | |
| Openness | |
| Proportionate? | |
| Allowed Models |
NB Led Upgrade to Bronze |
| DominantModel |
| E-Money | |
| Payment | |
| Agent | |
| Money Transfer | |
| Taxation |
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| Population m | 0.06 |
| Adult % | 67.00 |
| Migrants % |
40.00 Register/Log In |
| Stock Immigrants ('000) | |
| Emigration Rate % |
37.20 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Internal Migrants ('000) | |
| Internal Migration Rate % | |
| Intl Movement Rate % |
39.40 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Urban % | 92.00 |
| Female % | 44.90 |
| Literate % | 97.00 |
| Annual Growth % |
| Mobile Penetration % | 34.68 |
| Banked % | 20.00 |
| Access to FS % | 39.38 |
| Internet % | 4.50 |
| Branches per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| ATMs per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| POS per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| Prepaid % | 92.50 |
| Prepaid SIM Registration | |
| MobileUnbanked (m) | 0.02 |
| Monthly ARPU |
20.62 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Cards 2010 ('000) | |
| Propensity % |
| Overall | |
| Population | |
| On Remittance Sent | |
| On Remittance Received | |
| Mobile Unbanked | |
| Migrant % | |
| MP % | |
| Banked % | |
| Development |
| Can Provide Payments? | |
| Can Market under Brand? | |
| Can issue E-Money? | |
| Can Open Customer Account? | |
| Can Own Customer? | |
| Can do Cash In/Cash Out? | |
| Can offer Domestic Money Transfer? | |
| Can offer International Money Transfer? |
| Importance for Digital Money | |
| Digital Money Adoption |
Other Upgrade to Bronze |
| Registered Wallet Users | |
| Top Wallets | |
| Informal Market | |
| Cost To Remit | |
| Key Players |