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FIDA, Big Tech’s Exclusion, and the Future of Cybersecurity: What MEF Members Should Know Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

FIDA, Big Tech’s Exclusion, and the Future of Cybersecurity: What MEF Members Should Know

Stefano Nicoletti, Head of MEF’s Sender ID Registry in the UK, discusses news that the EU’s Financial Data Access Regulation (FIDA), currently in its final stages of negotiation, is set to exclude some of the biggest names in tech from participation. What are the implications and what does the move…
Sam Hill
October 2, 2025
Direct Messaging: Taking the ‘Social’ out of Social Media Messaging Channels

Direct Messaging: Taking the ‘Social’ out of Social Media

Direct messaging is transforming how people use social media. Once designed for public sharing, these platforms are now seeing growing preference for private conversations with friends and family. MEF’s latest survey highlights this shift, with Instagram and WhatsApp leading globally. MEF Principal Analyst for Business Messaging Pamela Clark-Dickson explores what…
Sam Hill
September 22, 2025
COMREG Delays Ireland SMS Registry: Blocking Phase Postponed Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

COMREG Delays Ireland SMS Registry: Blocking Phase Postponed

Stefano Nicoletti, Head of MEF’s Sender ID Registry in the UK, explains how upcoming regulations could impact mobile messaging and platform control. The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority plans to grant Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android Strategic Market Status, introducing strict rules and potential fines. This move brings app stores…
Sam Hill
September 18, 2025
Smishing Has Become a Fraud Economy — And It’s Time to Act Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

Smishing Has Become a Fraud Economy — And It’s Time to Act

Smishing has evolved from crude scams into a sophisticated fraud economy, driven by AI, organized supply chains, and crime-as-a-service models. The rising scale and professionalism threaten SMS as a trusted channel for authentication, commerce, and communication. MEF Head of Global Anti-Fraud Solutions, Sham Careem, explores the growing challenge and the…
Sam Hill
September 16, 2025
The End of End-to-end Encryption in Messaging? EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation Takes Form Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

The End of End-to-end Encryption in Messaging? EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation Takes Form

The EU’s proposed “Chat Control 2.0” mandates client-side scanning and age verification to combat online CSAM but risks undermining encryption, privacy, and security. MEF members could face compliance, legal, and trust challenges across mobile services;  MEF Director of Programmes, Nicholas Rossman explains the initiative. The European Union is at a…
Sam Hill
September 9, 2025
A New Era of Corporate Accountability: Navigating the UK’s ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

A New Era of Corporate Accountability: Navigating the UK’s ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence

The UK’s new “failure to prevent fraud” law, effective September 2025, shifts liability onto large organizations unless they prove “reasonable prevention measures.” With extraterritorial reach, it compels stricter due diligence across the mobile ecosystem. MEF supports members through compliance tools, best practices, and advocacy. MEF Director of Programmes, Nicholas Rossman…
Sam Hill
September 5, 2025
Text Messaging becoming ‘telemarketing’? What legislators in Texas, Oregon and Michigan mean for Business Messaging Messaging Channels

Text Messaging becoming ‘telemarketing’? What legislators in Texas, Oregon and Michigan mean for Business Messaging

U.S. states are moving fast to fold text messaging into telemarketing laws, reshaping compliance for brands and platforms. MEF Advisor Paul R. Ruppert explains why the trend, fueled by consumer frustration and shifting legal interpretations, means messaging programmes must adapt quickly or risk lawsuits and disruption. The U.S. is in…
Sam Hill
August 28, 2025
Russia restricts voice calling on WhatsApp and Telegram – and Google Meet may be next Messaging Channels

Russia restricts voice calling on WhatsApp and Telegram – and Google Meet may be next

Russia is tightening control over its digital communications market, throttling WhatsApp and Telegram ahead of a likely full ban when state-backed app Max becomes mandatory on new devices, signalling a move towards towards China’s ‘Great Firewall’-style regulation. With 100M+ Russians relying on these platforms today, the shift could reshape both…
Sam Hill
August 27, 2025
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