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,
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
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
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
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 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
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
December 11, 2013 3 Lessons For Retailers From Cyber Monday Thanksgiving weekend in the US is traditionally a time to indulge in multi-course feasts, spend time with friends
November 26, 2013 Two Unique Models for mPOS Success Out of the still chaotic swarm of mobile point-of-sale solutions, two distinct business models are beginning to emerge
October 30, 2013 4 Lessons for Launching E-Commerce in Emerging Markets Launching innovative services in any market can be challenging, but there are specific considerations which must be taken
October 15, 2013 The Best of Money2020: Launches & Trends to Watch They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But this time we are breaking that rule to
October 14, 2013 Three Ways to Become an mCommerce Disruptor “The most used mobile payment device is still the plastic card” -Bank of America, Aditya Bhasin Mobile is
May 02, 2013 Beyond the Bubble: Can Bitcoin Enter the Mainstream E-Commerce Space? Amid declining trust in the global banking system, peer-to-peer virtual currency Bitcoin has been thrust into the spotlight
April 17, 2013 Can Digital Wallets Save Brick-And-Mortar Retail? As shoppers increasingly migrate online, whether via their computers, smartphones or tablets, brick-and-mortar retailers must find ways to
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
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,