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Mobile privacy and data protection in Brazil

Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm advisor and partner at Focaccia, Amaral e Salvia Advogados, here explores the latest developments in the arena of digital privacy in Brazil, taking an in-depth look at the sweeping legal and regulatory changes coming into force as 180 million internet users become increasingly aware of the…
Sam Hill
November 23, 2015
Mobile PaymentsOpinionsRegulation

PSD2: an overview

You know PSD2 is important, but somehow you haven’t got round to reading the full legal document. Neither has Tim Green. But he has read enough to present this bluffer’s guide… I’ve been thinking for a while that I should write an idiot’s guide to the PSD2. It’s such an…
Tim Banks
November 12, 2015
Mobile PaymentsRegulation

The global mobile money landscape update

The mobile money landscape continues to grow in every direction finding new ways to add convenience to the routine business of transactions, whether that be purchasing an app  (or purchasing something within an app), transferring money to relatives or friends or splitting and paying a restaurant bill. What's interesting is…
Tim Banks
October 21, 2015
MEF LatAmRegulation

Brazil Focus: the Smartphone Market

In this special country focus, we look at how local tax laws have shaped what is now the world’s fourth largest market for smartphones. In the summer of 2014 armed thieves pulled off an audacious and very successful armed raid of Samsung's factory in Campinas, Brazil. They loaded seven trucks with notebooks,…
Sam Hill
September 30, 2015
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