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Mobile money: usability, growth markets and the importance of choice Payments & Commerce

Mobile money: usability, growth markets and the importance of choice

MEF held its global and regional board elections at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. After the event we caught up with some of the newly elected directors - Bango’s founder and CEO, Ray Anderson, Boku’s CEO, Jon Prideaux and Microsoft’s Director of Carrier Billing Grahame Riddell - and…
Tim Banks
June 6, 2017
MWC news round-up: Day 3 News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 3

Here's all the news announcements from Day 3 at Mobile World Congress. Today, biometric firm demo's the fallibility of smartphone fingerprint scanners using plasticine, Fiat Chrysler brings AR to its marketing, Xiomi unveils Mi5, Visa Ready programme extends to more connected devices and much more.
Tim Banks
February 25, 2016
MWC news round-up: Day 2 News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 2

Here's the news from day two (Tuesday) at Mobile World Congress that will shift the mobile agenda throughout 2016. Cisco and Ericsson partner for 5G, Visa and Mastercard announce new ways to pay (including with your connected clothes or a selfie), BMW cars become moving relay stations to improve mobile…
Tim Banks
February 24, 2016
MWC news round-up: Day 1 News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 1

This week the mobile world is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Here we bring together the news stories from Day 1 that are shaping the mobile industry. Today, Samsung launches its waterproof S7 and S7 edge, Sony puts an AI assistant in your ear, LG goes modular with its…
Tim Banks
February 23, 2016
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