APPLE FINTECH STRATEGY MAP (CBINSIGHTS)
A slide from CBInsights showing graphically Apple’s payment strategy.
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APPLE FINTECH STRATEGY MAP (CBINSIGHTS)
An article from CBInsights showing the emerging scale of APPLE in payments and the challenges it will present for incumbent players.
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JPMORGAN IS EXPLORING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DEPOSIT TOKEN FOR PAYMENTS, SETTLEMENTS
This article from Bloomberg describes how if approved by regulators,the token could speed up transactions and mark an expansion of JPMorgan?s blockchain push.
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AMAZON EXPANDS BNPL OFFERING | PAYMENTS DIVE
An article describing how Amazon is expanding buy now, pay later and the possible role of FedNow.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PUSH AND PULL PAYMENTS
In this brief adapted from a Linkedin post, Monica Jasuja describes the difference between push and pull payments.
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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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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC) – SECURE ECOSYSTEM
A brief description of the steps that might be taken to create a retail and a wholesale central bank digital currency. This was originally a Linkedin post that was shared publicly.
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MOBILE MONEY IN ETHIOPIA: ADVANCING FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND DRIVING GROWTH
This publicly available report by GSMA sows that mobile money might add US$5.3 billion to Ethiopia;s GDP through greater financial inclusion.
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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
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