January 28, 2015 La Construcción de un Ecosistema Digital en Colombia Durante gran parte de su historia reciente, Colombia a menudo ha estado en los titulares, pero raramente por
January 28, 2015 Colombia: Building a Digital Ecosystem Through Public Private Partnership Haga clic aquí para leer en español. For much of its recent history, Colombia often has made the
January 14, 2015 The Rise of the Cheap Smartphone Moore’s Law observes that over the history of computing, processing speeds have doubled every two years. Whether
January 07, 2015 Is MFS in Africa Reaching Maturity? In a Mondato Insight last summer, we discussed the problems associated with encouraging recycling of funds within a
December 30, 2014 What Lies in Store in 2015? In Mondato Insight’s recent Year in Review edition, we took a look back at our predictions from
December 17, 2014 2014: The year in Review As the year draws to a close, and we begin to think forward to our New Year’s
December 10, 2014 Holidays 2014: Good News for Apps, Bad News for Apple? It’s the time of the year when cash registers ring out holiday cheer for merchants and retailers,
December 03, 2014 Mobile, Data, and the Virtuous Circle Policy-makers and innovators the world over have been turning their attention to the potential of data and “big
November 26, 2014 Is Interoperability Inevitable in Mobile Money? One of the lessons taken from the massive shake-up that Apple brought to the payments world in developed
November 19, 2014 The Opportunity for Africa to Move Beyond P2P in MFS Mobile financial services (MFS) consists of a wide range of offerings, from current and savings accounts and other
November 12, 2014 Mondato Summit Asia: The Highlights Find out what were the quotable quotes and the insights you missed at Mondato Summit Asia 2014. (Scroll
November 05, 2014 There was something in the air at CARTES 2014 For the best part of three decades, CARTES has been a staple of the payments industry calendar, and
October 29, 2014 Telcos and the Connected Consumer When two of Europe’s largest telcos, Orange and T-Mobile, combined their services in the UK, they decided
October 22, 2014 Under The Hood of Apple Pay This Monday past saw the deployment in the US of Apple’s much-hyped mobile payment product, Apple Pay,
October 15, 2014 eBay Minus PayPal Equals PayPal Squared? The world of payments and e-commerce is getting exciting. Back in May, Mondato Insight had a look at
October 08, 2014 What FinTech Buyers Want Whether it is a major financial institution deciding on a multi-million dollar IT upgrade, a Mobile Network Operator
September 30, 2014 The Risks and Rewards of Airtime as Currency Last week’s Mondato Insight looked at carrier billing and its re-emergence as a mobile payments solution. In
September 24, 2014 The Re-Emergence of Carrier Billing Carrier billing is an aspect of the mobile payments ecosystem most commonly associated with emerging markets. In these
September 16, 2014 Apple's Challenge The launch of the iPhone 6 has set the payments world abuzz. For a while now, many in
September 11, 2014 Cutting Through the Red Tape in Java There are few markets around the world that hold as much potential for MFS as Indonesia. Home to
September 03, 2014 Using HCD to Make Mobile Money Relevant Earlier in 2014, two Mondato Insights examined the role of Human Centered Design (HCD) in enhancing the user
August 27, 2014 Mobile Money In Myanmar Mobile money is coming to Myanmar – but can it overcome challenges? At first glance, Myanmar appears to offer
August 20, 2014 Taking the Mobile Out of Mobile Money In developed economies the mobile money ecosystem looks rather different from that of emerging markets, where MNOs are
August 13, 2014 WhatsApp Versus Viber: The Payments Battle of the Future? When earlier this year Facebook purchased the messaging service app WhatsApp for USD $19 billion, some questioned the