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Visa is a different company this week – and it’s all thanks to mobile

There was a time when a payments network had to do one thing: verify and process transactions made with pieces of plastic in shops. Not any more. Payments have gone virtual. People expect to make them anywhere. Last week, Visa responded to this change by turning into a software company.…

Tim GreenFebruary 11, 2016

Opinions

A year of developments: The three key FinTech disruptions of 2015

They’re everywhere. Digital disruptions in FinTech are proliferating at an unprecedented rate. The rise of hundreds of FinTech startups in 2015 from lending platforms all the way to virtual marketplaces that are changing the way we use and look at financial services. But what exactly were the most radical sectors…

MEFFebruary 9, 2016

Internet of Things Opinions

An exclusive glimpse behind the scroll wheel of the Apple Car

The new Apple Car won't have door handles and will be incompatible with all your other cars. But that won't stop you wanting one. Tim Green takes a light-hearted look at Apple's move into motoring... The tech blogs have been buzzing for months about the prospect of the Apple Car.…

Tim GreenFebruary 4, 2016

Opinions

Google wants you on the appternet

Last week, Google unveiled an option to install apps, not from Google Play, but from search results. More evidence that the firm desperately wants apps and the web to play nicely together. Google really loves the web. The web has made Google a $527 billion company. Why wouldn’t Google love…

Tim GreenJanuary 28, 2016

Mobile Entertainment Mobile Gaming Opinions

Mobile VR: Virtually limitless possibilities

VR was a major feature of CES this year, but with expensive entry costs for the high-end enthusiasts, MEF Minute Editor Sam Hill sees a potentially huge opportunity for mobile… At CES this year mobile was everywhere and nowhere. For every connected device there was an app – for every…

Sam HillJanuary 26, 2016

10 things Analytics Opinions

10 facts about the Bangladesh mobile advertising market

Kaymun Amin, CEO and Founder of MEF Member VuMobile takes a deep dive into the Bangladesh market, explaining why it presents such an exciting opportunity for advertisers, and how to maximise a mobile campaign’s effectiveness. 1) Bangladesh’s has a mobile internet base of 50million and 1.5billion impressions per month traffic.

MEFJanuary 26, 2016

Opinions

Stories from the web you might (not) like

What is it with all these sponsored posts about plastic surgery nightmares? They’re everywhere. Tim Green (yet to go under the knife) is not impressed… Do you know the one simple trick for fighting tummy flab? Or which child stars have grown up ugliest? Or who had the 28 worst…

MEFJanuary 21, 2016

Industry Views MEF Asia Opinions VAS

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 2

Asia-Pacific is widely acknowledged as one of the largest and fastest growing markets for mobile value-added services (VAS) in the world. As a region it is mobile first and as such represents a major opportunity for the service providers.

Tim BanksJanuary 19, 2016

MEF Asia Opinions

Insights into Indonesia’s blossoming app store market

The Indonesian mobile market is growing fast. Fuelled by a young, mobile savvy population, average data consumption is amongst the highest per user in the world. Here, Josh Spoelstra from Bango's marketing team explores why that is the case.

Tim BanksJanuary 18, 2016

MEF Asia Opinions VAS

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 1

The mobile value added services market is pegged to grow to a value of more than $7oo billion worldwide by 2020, and its the Asia-Pacific region that is the largest and fastest growing global region. In this first part of two-part special insights article on VAS in the Asia-Pacific region,…

Tim BanksJanuary 15, 2016

Visa is a different company this week – and it’s all thanks to mobile

A year of developments: The three key FinTech disruptions of 2015

An exclusive glimpse behind the scroll wheel of the Apple Car

Google wants you on the appternet

Mobile VR: Virtually limitless possibilities

10 facts about the Bangladesh mobile advertising market

Stories from the web you might (not) like

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 2

Insights into Indonesia’s blossoming app store market

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 1

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