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How to Establish Clear Leadership in the US Mobile Payments Business
Mobile payment apps must be able to handle all popular payment types to increase adoption and become a true mobile wallet. Since most consumers use both cash and non-cash payments, the ability to communicate barcodes into the scanner as well as communicating credit and debit card information into the payment terminal is key. George Garrick, CEO of Mobeam, writes
The UK is embracing new payments
While the UK remains one of the largest and most mature payment markets, it still needs to keep up with innovation and new technology. Luckily, it has the contactless boom, particularly in travel, and the release of mobile payment options to keep it up to speed
It’s Wage Runner: The final cut, as Africa slices through its financial problems
Its a continent that is heavily reliant on cash, where financial institutions often struggle to get a foothold, especially amongst the poorer, more rural regions and its now trying desperately to create financial inclusivity in whatever ways it can. As a result Africa is finding more and more innovative methods to solve its own financial problems. Alexander Atkins writes
The year that fintech hit form
What a difference twelve months can make. Sirpa Nordlund, executive director at Mobey Forum, analyses the past year, looks ahead to 2016 and what the industry can look forward to. This includes contactless technology in payments, blockchain innovation and the year of the pays
Ingenico ePayments to provide payments support to iguama
Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce provider, is teaming up with cross border retailer, iguama, who connects shoppers in Latin American countries with US brands, to process iguamas payments.
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2015 – A year of trend-setting initiatives in the payment world
2015 has been the year to show us the direction that the payments world will be taking in years to come, says Jonathan Williams, director of strategic development at Experian. Here are some of the key developments that have paved the path:
2016: the year that digital takes the payments crown
Will 2016 finally be the year of the mobile? What new buzzwords and functionalities will make headlines? Will we ever actually find out what 3D Secure 2.0 is going to involve? Bethan Cowper, head of marketing and PR at Compass Plus, examines the answers
Country Survey: Egypt fostering opportunities for cards
The Egyptian economy is the second-largest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia. The economy depends largely on agriculture, tourism and cash remittances from Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries, but how is the card market faring in this climate?
Payment forecasts
The past year has seen as much innovation, disruption and fragmentation in the payments market as in any other financial sector put together. But dont just take our word for it. Industry experts, including some of our very own trusted advisory board members, put forward their reflections on 2015 and predictions for 2016
Country Survey: Malaysia starting to make its mark
Improving infrastructure, potential global expansion and a fast-growing e-commerce market are making Malaysia an increasingly attractive market in the region. Despite the growth and increasing potential, however, Malaysia is still dominated by cash with cards only slowly garnering some market share