January 25, 2023 Africa’s Social Commerce Runners: Raising The Floor, But Lowering The Ceiling? Social commerce is making inroads across Africa, propelled by stronger cross-border trade corridors that are helping to plug
March 30, 2022 Will The Metaverse Transform Fintech As We Know It? Crypto enthusiasts and Mark Zuckerberg have one thing in common: they love the metaverse. Their vision for the
April 01, 2020 Staying Current In A Crisis It is too early to tell what will result from the onset of COVID-19. However, news outlets around
October 16, 2019 S-Commerce: Shopping End-to-end With Family & Friends Social media’s journey towards monetization, laborious though it has been, appears to be striking pay dirt at
August 13, 2019 Crowdfunding 2.0: The Membership Model Artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers and other creatives struggle every day to be equitably compensated for their labor. Quite
June 05, 2018 Revenue Streaming > Music Streaming When it first arrived on the scene, the idea seemed so revolutionary that it was almost too good
May 15, 2018 Will Mobile Money Drive Digital Media In Africa? Traditionally, advertising has been the driving fuel for the production of the information we consume. But in emerging
November 07, 2017 The Battle for Southeast Asia While the Asia-Pacific region is the world's largest e-commerce market, China still monopolizes digital retail and
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
August 29, 2017 Is Digital A Conduit For Hate Groups? In the aftermath of Charlottesville, renewed scrutiny has fallen upon hate groups, their digital hives and their access
November 15, 2016 The Socialization of Payments Some two years ago, Mondato Insight considered the question of whether two of the world's most
May 23, 2016 Fintech's Leftward Turn? Millennials are more connected to each other than any member of Generation X could have thought imaginable just
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
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
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
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
October 11, 2012 Facebook Makes M-Commerce Splash The past month has seen a flurry of m-commerce developments from Facebook, as the social networking trailblazer aims