April 07, 2013 Beyond NFC: The Next Generation of M-Payment Technology From Google Wallet to the recently-launched Isis, Near Field Communications (NFC) has emerged as a choice technology to
April 05, 2013 M-Payment Tech Drives Remittance Innovation The existing international money transfer realm is often expensive and inefficient for migrant workers, particularly those sending money
March 06, 2013 Beyond Square: The Evolving Mobile POS Driven by the runaway success of Square in the US, the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) has recently experienced a
March 06, 2013 Mobile Financial Services Round-Up from MWC 2013 Influencers from across the mobile ecosystem descended upon Barcelona last week for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2013,
March 05, 2013 Can mPOS Platforms Succeed In Emerging Markets? The success of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) offerings in the US and Europe has inspired the emergence of similar
March 05, 2013 What Is The Role of Mobile Money In The OTT Debate? With an influx of OTT providers pinching mobile operators’ revenues, how can telcos leverage mobile money to stay
February 20, 2013 Remittance Titans Target The Financially Excluded While Western Union and other remittance giants have made strides to build allegiance among immigrant populations, a legion
February 18, 2013 Mobile Money For America's Unbanked Underbanked is usually associated with underdeveloped. But limited access to traditional banking services has also proven a challenge
February 06, 2013 Mobile Gaming & MFS Providers Join Forces Though mobile gaming has been around for years, it has recently experienced a spike in popularity with the
February 05, 2013 Betting On M-Payments: From Football To The Races Super Bowl weekend has become a de facto “national holiday” in the United States, celebrated by attending parties,
January 23, 2013 MFS: Transforming Healthcare In Emerging Markets Mobile health (mHealth) deployments have grown dramatically in recent years, particularly in emerging markets, where base-of-the pyramid populations
January 22, 2013 Using M-Pesa “Rails” To Enhance Healthcare Access Of the three billion people who live on less than the equivalent of $2 per day, one billion
January 09, 2013 FinTech Start-Ups: Can They Compete? Maintaining the status quo is no longer enough in the financial services sector. With aging incumbents often failing
January 08, 2013 Accelerators: The Key To Start-Up Success There has never been a better time to be a start-up in the financial services world. While barriers
December 20, 2012 Top Five Mobile Payments Trends of 2012 ‘Tis the season for top-trends-of-the-year lists, and we are joining in on the action with our very own
December 20, 2012 Innovators Leading The Rural Revolution An array of mobile financial service providers – from start-ups to established financial institutions – have recently focused their attention
December 19, 2012 The Year of the Tech Giants Tech giants Google, Facebook and Apple already control a majority of our digital lives – from curating the content
November 22, 2012 Tour De France: NFC Payments Style It must be very frustrating being a French consumer these days. Every other day, a new supermarket chain
November 21, 2012 Has The Time Come for NFC Mobile Payments? For fast-paced urban dwellers, even shopping for groceries can be burdensome task. Keen to appeal to this demographic,
November 08, 2012 Digitizing Democracy: Can Mobile Impact Elections? A rise in digital donations has far-reaching implications beyond election season – influencing the electoral process and the inner-workings
November 07, 2012 And The Winner Is...Mobile Donations The votes are in and Barack Obama will be the President of the United States for the next
October 25, 2012 "M" Is For Micro-Entrepreneurs As the mobile gender divide gradually closes and women increasingly gain access to mobile phones, mobile money platforms
October 24, 2012 MFS For Women: An Untapped Opportunity? From school fees to groceries, women in emerging markets are often responsible for managing household expenses. However, a
October 11, 2012 Facebook Makes M-Commerce Splash The past month has seen a flurry of m-commerce developments from Facebook, as the social networking trailblazer aims