January 20, 2015 48 Hours with No Cash and No Plastic Day One It’s 5:10. I am exactly one alarm snooze behind schedule, but still should be
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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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 Should Coin Be On Your Holiday Wish List? Innovative mobile commerce solutions are emerging at a rapid pace, but the most buzzed-about payments innovation this holiday
September 30, 2013 Google & Apple: Final Nails in the NFC Coffin? Formerly the poster child of next generation mobile commerce, near-field communication (NFC) technology has fallen from grace. Product
September 04, 2013 Can Social Media Spur Mobile Payments Adoption? In the emergent tech-infused financial services ecosystem, social networking tools play an increasingly important role both in marketing
September 03, 2013 Facebook, Google & the Tech Takeover of Payments With tech giants such as Facebook and Google recently launching a stream of new payments offerings, it seems
July 24, 2013 From Google Glass to “Smart” Watches: Are Wearables the Future of Commerce? 2013 has been deemed the year of wearable, “smart” technology. From watches to Google Glass, can wearable technology
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
May 01, 2013 M-Payments in the Peer-to-Peer Sharing Economy In the emergent peer-to-peer “sharing” economy, new technology has made sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever, from
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