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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Wallets
Digital or mobile wallets, wallets with P2P payments capability and virtual banking, e.g., Apple Pay. Content related to neo-banks is included in this category, as is content related to contactless payments.
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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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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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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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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