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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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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THE KIND OF CREATIVE THINKING THAT FUELED WECHAT’S SUCCESS
A Harvard Business Review study from 2019 of the strategy behind China’s mobile wallet WeChat’s success.
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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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OVER 800 MILLION WECHAT USERS SENT DIGITAL MONETARY GIFTS DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR
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.
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MOBILE MONEY TRANSACTIONS EQUIVALENT OF HALF OF KENYA’S GDP
This article shows the incredible impact of MPESA and other mobile payments in Kenya.
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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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