A short opinion piece arguing that Facebook’s now defunct cryptocurrency, designed for P2P payments would be a threat to both mPesa and Safaricom.
OPINION: WHY FACEBOOK’S NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY IS A THREAT TO MPESA AND SAFARICOM Read More »
Celent/Plaid white paper on Open Finance.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR AN OPEN FINANCE FUTURE Read More »
A Harvard Business Review study from 2019 of the strategy behind China’s mobile wallet WeChat’s success.
THE KIND OF CREATIVE THINKING THAT FUELED WECHAT’S SUCCESS Read More »
This article covers the important role of the Colombian startup RAPPI in fintech in Latin America, through its Amazon-type business model and digital wallet, Rappi Pay.
To be in the best position for realizing the benefits of Open Banking, banks at this stage need to translate the opportunities of Open Banking into clear API strategies. In this talk, six API strategy blueprints for Banks and fintechs. These strategies allow banks to leverage Open Banking while still keeping the customer interface – or innovate even further with their APIs and share more of the value chain with fintechs.
API STRATEGIES FOR BANKS AND FINTECHS IN AN OPEN BANKING WORLD Read More »
This short white paper discuses the alternative payments methods used on line by more than fifty percent of Colombians.
HALF OF COLOMBIANS PAY ONELINE WITH ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT METHODS Read More »
Short article describing Google’s movement of online payments processing for European Economic Area’s users (with the exception of the UK) to Ireland.
WITH BREXIT DAYS AWAY GOOGLE OFFICIALLY MOVED ONLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING TO IRELAND Read More »
This short article shows that a record number of users sent digital money during the Lunar New Year in China. Active WeChat users exceeded one billion by February 2019. Source: ZDNET.
OVER 800 MILLION WECHAT USERS SENT DIGITAL MONETARY GIFTS DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR Read More »
This article shows the incredible impact of MPESA and other mobile payments in Kenya.
MOBILE MONEY TRANSACTIONS EQUIVALENT OF HALF OF KENYA’S GDP Read More »
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.