April 15, 2020 Digital Distancing: The Key To Payments Reimagined Digital payments are receiving much special attention at the moment. Firstly, officials in China and elsewhere hypothesized early
May 07, 2019 Financial Inclusion: Chutes And Ladders? Financial inclusion at the base of the economic pyramid has often been conceptualized as a sort of ladder
July 17, 2018 Digital Donations: Is Cash Still Tops For Tips? One of the fundamental purposes of money, whether it is physical cash or digital payments, is to settle
February 27, 2018 To P2P, Or Not To P2P? Is That The Question? Once upon a time, person-to-person (P2P) payments were, to all intents and purposes, mobile payments. Before there was
December 19, 2017 Is Fintech Challenging the Payday Loan Industry? If there is a sub-section of the finance industry that is less well-loved than Wall Street banks, it
October 31, 2017 Mobile Money And The Curse Of Dormant Accounts It is a curse that has rattled formal financial service providers both big and small, from players with
June 13, 2017 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
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 13, 2013 P2P Payments as a Catalyst for Mass Mobile Payment Adoption Person-to-person (P2P) payment applications have caught the media’s attention with the recent launch of Square Cash. While
September 18, 2013 M-Banking Among Friends Despite strides to adapt to technological advances, banks still move relatively slow. Saddled with regulatory constraints and complex
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