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2014 – MEF Year in Review MEFTV

2014 – MEF Year in Review

2014 was another landmark year for the mobile industry – a year which saw groundbreaking new handsets and form factors, more ways to pay as well as lots of hype around verticals such as mHealth and wearables. 2014, was also a pivotal year for MEF as we continued our mission…
Sam Hill
January 14, 2015
How To Take Advantage Of The Top Two Motivations For Using Apps: Loneliness And Boredom Guest blog

How To Take Advantage Of The Top Two Motivations For Using Apps: Loneliness And Boredom

According to a recent report from Nielsen, 68% of the consumers interviewed reported that they used apps while they were “bored" or “killing time” while 70% of app downloaders who own a smartphone said they used apps while alone or by themselves. In this blog post, Matt Collins, Global Director of Applications…
Sam Hill
January 6, 2015
10 things you need to know about the Barclays Accelerator Interviews

10 things you need to know about the Barclays Accelerator

The Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars, is a start-up accelerator programme designed to champion and support new innovative companies in the FinTech space. It offers companies that make it through the selection process an amazing array of benefits including seed investment from Techstars, exclusive access to Barclays APIs & data and world class…
Sam Hill
December 18, 2014
Direct Carrier Billing and Boku’s e-money: from digital to physical purchases Guest blogPayments & Commerce

Direct Carrier Billing and Boku’s e-money: from digital to physical purchases

Until recently, in Europe, direct carrier billing (AKA direct operator billing) was restricted to the purchase of digital goods and operated under an exemption to the European Union’s Payment Services Directive (PSD). This regulatory framework was largely established to deal with the purchase of ringtones and wallpapers. Now however, it’s possible for…
Sam Hill
December 10, 2014
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