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Did you hear? Apple Pay just became a bank account (sort of)

What is going on with Apple Pay? Last week, Apple revealed a new virtual card for storing funds received from other users. So what is this? A bank account? A gift certificate? A loyalty card? Tim Green ponders what the move means for Apple, for users and for competitors... Ever…

Tim GreenJune 15, 2017

Anti-fraud Opinion Payments & Commerce

SS7 Vulnerability underlines need for new financial-telco collaboration

Recent hacking attacks have brought the vulnerabilities of global telephony protocols to the fore. Stephane Groud, Product Director at MEF Member Myriad Connect discusses an apparent spike in cybercrime, and what banks and networks need to do to counter it. The security world is looking at vulnerabilities in Signaling System…

MEFJune 15, 2017

Opinion

Could the next version of Android be… not Android?

When Google bought Android in 2005, there were no iPhones, tablets, smartwatches or voice assistants. So it kept tweaking the OS to keep up with the changing market. Now, the strain is showing. Tech insiders think something new is coming soon. Is Fuchsia it? Tim Green looked deeper. Has Google…

Tim GreenMay 17, 2017

Opinion Payments & Commerce

Let’s make digital payments great again… with the browser

Isn’t is delightful when your browser autofills a dauntingly long web form? Imagine if it could do that for payments. Well, it soon might. The W3C is working on what it calls a single ‘buy button for the web’. MEF Minute Features Editor Tim Green delved deeper... Do you trust…

Tim GreenMay 9, 2017

Opinion

‘Slot machines in our pockets’…are apps too good for our own good?

It’s no surprise we’re addicted to mobile apps. Thousands of engineers use behavioural tricks to keep us hooked. Tim Green looks into the phenomenon – and the alternatives… Last week I went out for the evening, and said goodbye to Mrs Green, who was in the middle of a mobile…

Tim GreenApril 27, 2017

Interviews Opinion

Industry Views: AI, chatbots and banking

Accenture's 2017 Banking Technology Vision report explores the role of AI in banking and customer engagement. It found that 78 per cent of bankers believe AI will revolutionise the way banks gather information and interact with customers. One of the key advantages highlighted was that whilst AI is increasingly automating…

MEFApril 19, 2017

Opinion

Are corporate social networks the key to owning the customer?

Arthur Goldstuck, Founder of World Wide Worx, discusses the role social networks play in enterprise’s attempts to engage customers, and how MEF member Basebone has set out to redefine the relationship. When more than a quarter of a country’s total population is active on social networks, platforms like Facebook, Twitter…

MEFApril 12, 2017

Content & Advertising Messaging Channels Opinion

And now for this message…how Facebook can make money from Messenger

It’s official: Facebook is testing ads for Facebook Messenger. What does the move mean for the app’s one billion users? Tim Green, MEF features editor, looks behind the headlines… A modest blog post by Facebook earlier this year pointed to a potentially significant moment for the social network. The company…

Tim GreenMarch 15, 2017

ID & Data Opinion

Building trust into new technology

Drawing on discussions from recent MEF Privacy events in London and Las Vegas, Founder of World Wide Worx Arthur Goldtruck explores how issues around trust in new technologies is hampering consumer uptake in groundbreaking new services, and what the global mobile ecosystem can do about it. It is 9 o’clock…

MEFMarch 8, 2017

Content & Advertising Opinion

Mobile loves nostalgia, but hates bezels: takeaways from MWC 2017

Everyone is welcome at Mobile World Congress: drones, cars, smart meters, connected dresses, watches. Even some phones. Tim Green was there too. And here is what he saw… Liberals should love MWC. All over the world, people are swinging to the right. They want to preserve their indigenous identities and…

Tim GreenMarch 2, 2017

Did you hear? Apple Pay just became a bank account (sort of)

SS7 Vulnerability underlines need for new financial-telco collaboration

Could the next version of Android be… not Android?

Let’s make digital payments great again… with the browser

‘Slot machines in our pockets’…are apps too good for our own good?

Industry Views: AI, chatbots and banking

Are corporate social networks the key to owning the customer?

And now for this message…how Facebook can make money from Messenger

Building trust into new technology

Mobile loves nostalgia, but hates bezels: takeaways from MWC 2017

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