Mondato selected the bustling urban jungle of Jakarta, Indonesia as the location for the fifth annual digital finance & commerce (DFC) executive Summit this week. In partnership with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and its

“Usually at a financial conference, the line for the women’s room is the shorter one.” - Overheard at Fearless in Fintech Indeed, a jest made in good-fun to pass the time in the long

Generally speaking, financial literacy has belonged in the wheelhouse of public entities. With even the citizenry of wealthy countries lagging by many indicators, national governments have slapped together agencies, boards and commissions in a bid

Whether you believe in Bitcoin or not, the blockchain technology it’s premised on is generating buzz across virtually all industries (digital finance very much included). That isn’t the case because Bitcoin is particularly

Earlier this year, Mondato explored the insights emerging from the Global Findex data-set on financial inclusion, highlighting the ascendance of West Africa on the mobile money scene, as well as the troubling gender gap dynamics

Despite disruptive business models building momentum towards increased digitization in financial services, it is likely just a matter of time until diminishing returns set in as the lowest hanging fruit is plucked first. While not

It's been nearly five years since SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, popped the hood and let us sneak a peek at the engine behind Africa's cross-border flows. A sequel

As the figurative curtains began to close on Money20/20 in Las Vegas this past Wednesday, and exhibitors were busy packing their displays and wares for the long trip home, conference attendees still plying the