Tim Banks, Author at MEF

Industry views: GDPR, are we ready?

The EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), is just under one year away and expands the rights of EU citizens around privacy and protection of personal data. Among other things, it requires that companies maintain adequate data records, disclose data breaches and increase opt-out options. Heavy fines are on the…

Tim BanksJune 22, 2017

Mobile Payments

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 BanksJune 6, 2017

Industry Views

Industry views: are businesses ready for the explosion in mobile user data?

Fuelled by the growth in personal mobile connections, M2M, mobile apps and services data traffic is expected to see an almost ten-fold increase by 2019. All of that connected activity means that businesses are swimming in mobile user data, a trend that is only set to continue as we move…

Tim BanksJune 20, 2016

News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up: 13 May

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week... Three O2 deal gets EU block, YouTube gets in to chat, Vodacom shuts down M-Pesa in SA and much more.

Tim BanksMay 13, 2016

MEF LatAm Mobile Advertising Regulation

[Infographic] Mobile advertising in Brazil

Brazil's economic growth is well documented. It is a mobile first country with 50 per cent of all households using mobile as their primary means for communicating and getting online. Today that's a mix of feature phones and smartphones but by 2018, one third of the country is predicted to…

Tim BanksMay 3, 2016

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 BanksFebruary 25, 2016

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 BanksFebruary 24, 2016

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 BanksFebruary 23, 2016

News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: 12 February 2016

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week...Google reverses Samsung ad-blockers decision, Opera gets offered out for $1.2bn, Twitter users numbers are flatlining, India says 'no' to Facebook's Free Basics and much more.

Tim BanksFebruary 12, 2016

MEF LatAm

Mobile money in Mexico [infographic]

Globally, mobile financial services are becoming the preferred way for consumers to perform an array of financial services or simply interact with their bank. This trend is particularly true of growth markets where mobile is the catalyst for financial inclusion. This infographic from Amdocs and Ovum explores how and to…

Tim BanksFebruary 8, 2016

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

Weekly mobile news round-up: 13 May

[Infographic] Mobile advertising in Brazil

MWC news round-up: Day 3

MWC news round-up: Day 2

MWC news round-up: Day 1

Global mobile news round-up: 12 February 2016

Mobile money in Mexico [infographic]

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