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Mondato is a boutique management consulting firm specializing in strategic, commercial and operational support for the Digital Finance & Commerce (DFC) industry.

October 25, 2017

Money20/20: What Woz, and What Shall Be

If there is a monetary equivalent to the ever-elusive physics “Theory of Everything,” whereby one could conjure a

October 18, 2017

Cash Is King, But Are Checks His Queen?

The prevalence of checks in the U.S. economy often surprises visitors. It may come as a shock

October 10, 2017

The Remittance Matrix: Price, Channel And Corridor

For many, international remittances are a financial life-preserver. Transfers initiated by diaspora or migrant communities buoy up and

October 03, 2017

Is Your Country Ready To Go Cashless?

As Mondato Insight has often discussed in a variety of contexts, there are two fundamental requirements for any

September 26, 2017

The GSMA Innovation Funds: Kick-Starting Scale

Somewhere along the way, the mobile phone came to represent the hinterlands of capacity-building in emerging economies. While

September 19, 2017

Finovate Fall: Fintech = Financial Inclusion?

The discourse around fintech has a habit of wrapping it in an angelic-like glow. On the surface level,

September 12, 2017

What To Do When A Credit Agency Equifax Up?

If you led a major American company in an industry that believed itself to be largely immune from

September 05, 2017

When Telcos and FSPs Intersect

These days, and with very few exceptions, if you aren’t doing mobile then you aren’t doing

August 22, 2017

What Do We Want? Instant Payments!

When do we want them...? Instantly! What do we want? Instant payments! Why do we want them? Because

August 15, 2017

M&A Mayhem: Telling Up From Down

Even though Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are a fact of life in any competitive or mature

August 08, 2017

Does Demonetisation Work?

While the Indian government's dramatic and surprise demonetisation campaign garnered most of the headlines, India is

August 01, 2017

The Data Debacle: Insights Falling Through The Cracks?

Even as DFC products - like mobile money - become a more important commercial component of the margins

Keep Calm And Carry On (Using Contactless)

As Mondato Insight discussed previously, fraud is a fact of life that is never going to disappear until

The Acronym Overload

'Technology-speak' has long existed outside the vernacular of the average Joe. As technology continues to wiggle

ICOs: A Shortcut To Boom Or Bust?

It was probably only a matter of time before the world of altcoins and cryptocurrencies produced its own

Alternative Delivery Channels: KPIs Unknown?

A few short weeks ago, Mondato debated the fate of the bank branch, an institution some in the

The Winners And Losers in Mobile Money

When the GSMA released the 2016 mobile money 'State of the Industry Report' at Mobile World

Bank Branches: Is The Writing On The Wall?

In a counter to sluggish interest rates, ever more complicated and taxing compliance regulation, and a weakened consumer

Is Paytm The New DFC Poster Child?

If you follow developments in the Digital Finance and Commerce (DFC) space, you get no prize for knowing

Death And Taxes

Nothing in life is certain, so the saying goes, except death and taxes. It should come as no

Can Digital Finance 'Irrigate' The Water Industry?

In what can only be described as a twist of irony, while water may be a source of

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