August 06, 2014 Card Still Present? The delivery of financial services via the mobile channel has opened the doors of financial inclusion to those
July 30, 2014 Finding the recipe for success in MFS At the recent Mondato Summit Africa in Johannesburg, the former Safaricom CEO and current Director of Mobile Money
July 22, 2014 Is G2P The Key? Aside from creating the regulatory environment in which MFS offerings will have to operate, in many markets governments
July 14, 2014 Amazon Is Indeed Relentless: What Does It Mean For Payments? When the largest online retailer in North America, Europe and Japan makes a move into any new area,
July 07, 2014 Southeast Asia: A Region of Extremes And Opportunities Urbanization, digitization and globalization are the three forces whose convergence will shape the 21st-century economy. Consequently, Southeast Asia
July 02, 2014 The Missing Link For Merchants In Mobile Money In MFS, moving mobile money beyond P2P transfers remains both the Holy Grail and the “chicken-and-egg” conundrum. P2P
June 24, 2014 Mondato Summit Africa: Day 2 Round-up See here [http://mondato.com/blog/mondato-summit-africa/] for the full Storify of both days of the Mondato Summit
June 24, 2014 Mondato Summit Africa: Day 1 Round-up See here for the full Storify of both days of the Mondato Summit Africa 2014. Mondato Summit Africa
June 24, 2014 Paym: Why UK customers are unlikely to be "Venmo-ing" any time soon Unlike in the United States, where despite considerable consolidation over the past 25 years there still remain over
June 18, 2014 Mondato Summit Africa: the highlights Over the past two days, over 100 representatives from more than 50 stakeholders right across the MFS spectrum,
June 16, 2014 Mondato Twitter Chat on #BitcoinsFuture [[View the story “Mondato Twitter Chat on #BitcoinsFuture” on Storify](//storify.com/mondatoportal/mondato-twitter-chat-on-bitcoinsfuture)] ©Mondato 2014. Mondato is
June 11, 2014 Skin SIM Technology: A Serious Challenge For Safaricom? A technological innovation that was developed in China nearly a decade ago but gained little traction elsewhere is
June 03, 2014 Does Bitcoin Have a Future As a Currency? Since the last Mondato Insight that looked at Bitcoin it has certainly been a bumpy ride for the
May 28, 2014 In the shadow of mobile money: international airtime remittances In theory, international remittances would appear to be rich and fertile territory for mobile financial services. Sending money
May 20, 2014 The New Frontiers of Digital Finance Plus Innovation looks very different depending on where you are in the world. In the United States, now when
May 13, 2014 Is Brazil the country of the future for mobile money? Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has long been seen as a market ripe for the development of
May 06, 2014 What does the Alibaba IPO mean for MFS in China? Even for those who normally pay little attention to the world of e-commerce or m-payments, it would have
April 29, 2014 Wizzit CEO: Reflections & Predictions for the Future of Mobile Money From its inception over a decade ago, the MFS industry has been through highs and lows, with some
April 22, 2014 How Can Development Organizations Shift From Cash to Mobile Money? Billions of dollars in foreign aid are disbursed by donor governments annually, funneled through intermediary organizations and ultimately
December 04, 2012 Reaching the Bottom 2.5 Billion The majority of the world’s poor live in remote areas, with rural, bottom-of-the-pyramid populations estimated to total
September 22, 2012 New Initiative Aims to Dethrone Cash Cash payments to the poor, while well-intentioned, often prove costly, inconvenient and risky for both senders and recipients