AREAS OF INTEREST FOR FINTECH REGULATION
A slide showing the developments in fintech that attract regulatory interest.
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THE RISE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE
This slide shows the rise of social commerce, or payments through social media, in terms of the e-commerce value chain, games as an example, and the shoppable content value chain. This was adopted from a publicly available Linkedin post.
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THE RISE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE
This brief, adapted from a publicly available Linkedin post by Panagiotis Kriaris, discusses how social media has changed the way we communicate and interact, and has begun to change the way we shop online, on-site, and often through digital wallets.
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THE PROS AND CONS OF MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PAYMENT PLATFORMS
This brief explores how social media offer a means of sending or received money through proprietary apps or apps like Venmo or Google Wallet. The pros and cons are discussed.
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THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
In this Linkedin post, developments are examined as mobile phones are becoming banks in our hands (or banks are being embedded into our mobile phones). This convergence of telecom and financial services has competitive implications for both.
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EMBEDED FINANCE IN PAYMENTS 2023
A Linkedin post describing how embedded finance is an important part of emerging payments in 2023.
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PAYMENT OPTIONS IN THE E-WALLET ONLINE AND IN ON-SITE TRANSACTIONS
This slide shows the importance of BNPL transactions in the e-wallet.
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BUY NOW, PAY LATER USAGE BETWEEN BNPL USES ONLY AND BNPL USERS WITH CREDIT CARDS
This slide shows a comparison between shoppers using a buy now, pay later option vs buy now, pay later users who have a credit card. The purpose is to show how BNPL has empowered a greater number of consumers.
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DIGITAL WALLETS AND DEMYSTIFYING ‘BUY NOW, PAY LATER’
This article uses data froma leading Chinese provider to show that ‘buy now, pay later (BNPL)’ dominates e-wallet transactions and expands fintech credit to underserved consumers.’
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OPINION: WHY FACEBOOK’S NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY IS A THREAT TO MPESA AND SAFARICOM
A short opinion piece arguing that Facebook’s now defunct cryptocurrency, designed for P2P payments would be a threat to both mPesa and Safaricom.
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