A WORLD TOUR OF DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECTS
This article looks at central bank efforts in Asia, Europe, and North America to support digital wallets and payments, through digital currencies.
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EU WANTS BANKS TO ADOPT DIGITAL WALLETS, BUT IT’S A TOUGH SELL
This article covers the EU’s attempts to encourage the adoption of digital or mobile wallets throughout the European Union, and the inhibitors to their adooption.
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LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR AN OPEN FINANCE FUTURE
Celent/Plaid white paper on Open Finance.
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WITH BREXIT DAYS AWAY GOOGLE OFFICIALLY MOVED ONLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING TO IRELAND
Short article describing Google’s movement of online payments processing for European Economic Area’s users (with the exception of the UK) to Ireland.
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LAFFERTY BRIEFING ON ALIPAY OBTAINING AN EMONEY LICENSE IN EUROPE, AND ALIPAY AND TENCENT’S ENTRY INTO BRAZIL
A short eBrief from Lafferty’s Ronan Lynch on AliPay obtaining an eMoney liicense in Europe, and both AliPay and Tencent efforts to enter Brazil.
ALIPAY BRINGS CASHLESS PAYMENTS TO BEIJING PRISONS
This article describes the expansion of digital payments into China’s prison system, as an example of Alipay’s ubiquitous presence.
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PROJECTED GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF MOBILE PROXIMITY PAYMENTS 2019 TO 2023
A slide showing the projected growth in the volume of mobile proximity payments from 2019 to 2023. The data is global and for North America. Source: Walter Kitchenman, Lafferty Research.
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VOLUME OF ECOMMERCE PAYMENTS BY GLOBAL REGIONS 2019
A slide showing the relative volume in US$ billions of eCommerce, mobile payments, and mobile proximity payments in 20219. Information in global, with a breakout of Asia Pacific, North America, EMEA, and Latin American payments. Source: Walter Kitchenman, Lafferty Research.
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WESTERN UNION DIGITAL EXPANDS IN ASIA: MOBILE APP NOW LIVE IN SINGAPORE
In this press release, Western Union announces the launch of the Western Union mobile app in Singapore, connecting customers to families and loved ones around the world, 24/7. Activation of the app in Singapore has given Western Union a digital trifecta in Asia this year, as Singapore now joins Hong Kong and Malaysia in benefiting from Western Union’s digital acceleration of major regional economic centers across the world.
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A NEW PUSH FOR PUSH PAYMENTS
This white paper by Mastercard explains that as real-time payments increase globally, Card-based push payments (push-to-card) enable participants to send funds directly to consumers and small businesses via their payment card accounts. Receipt of funds via a payment card, typically a debit card linked to a deposit account, makes for a seamless consumer experience,
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