aKash is a CLI based demo Mobile Financial Service(MFS) application. This is my first project when I was in my 1st semester in my university. At that time, I just started learning programming and how it works. The objective of making this application is to experiment and play with my programming knowledge.
This project is inspired by an USSD based mobile financial service(MFS) bKash. bKash (Bengali: বিকাশ) is a mobile financial service in Bangladesh operating under the authority of Bangladesh Bank as a subsidiary of BRAC Bank Limited. bKash users can deposit money into their mobile accounts and then access a range of services, in particular transferring and receiving money domestically, making payments and can recharge prepaid mobiles easily. Also, They can pay mobile postpaid bills. In April 2013, International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, became an equity partner, in March 2014, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation became an investor in the company, and in April 2018 Ant Financial, the operators of Alipay (a concern of Chinese giant Alibaba Group), became an equity partner.
2 versions of aKash application is available.
- aKash v1.0 (Release: November 2014)
- aKash 2.0 (Release: April 2015)
aKash v1.0 is a CLI(command line interface) based application for aKash administrator only where administrator can maintain information and transaction of users. This version provides limited features and no data storage. Only data stored and usable in runtime. To run aKash v1.0, please go to directory "aKash v1.0" and follow README.md on that directory.
aKash 2.0 is a CLI(command line interface) based application has 2 different user role based interface: administrator and user. This version has storage feature and all information are saved in a file. Administrator can open account, approve user account, deposit, withdraw, suspend/activate user accounts and etc. On the other hand, User can register himself/herself, send money to other users, change PIN code, check balance, generate statements and etc. To run aKash 2.0, please go to directory "aKash 2.0" and follow README.md on that directory.
if you have any query about this project, feel free to contact asif.cse14 [at] gmail [dot] com