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Mobile PaymentsVAS

Mobile money and interoperability in growth markets (part 2)

In part one Srinivas Nidugondi, Senior Vice President & Head of Mobile Financial Solutions at Mahindra Comviva discussed the importance of interoperablity between mobile money services and explained some of the barriers that are holding the market back. Here he discusses the benefits and drivers of the mobile money space…
MEF
May 15, 2017
MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News – May 15

What’s the news from the MEF community? Here’s your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… Amex has unveiled a new ‘skill’ that lets members check account balances, review recent charges, make a payment and browse limited time…
MEF
May 15, 2017
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up 12th May

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. The world’s most successful mobile money market is introducing cross-network transfer systems, Xiaomi feels at home in India, making mobile video VR a reality, why mobile data use is exploding but revenue is shrinking and much more...…
Sam Hill
May 12, 2017
Privacy

Embracing consumer trust and GDPR

Danny Preiskel, co-founder and Senior Partner at MEF Member Preiskel & Co discusses the importance of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and shares details of an exclusive event at which attendees can learn more about the opportunities the new regulation may present. As MEF’s on-going initiatives in Consumer…
Sam Hill
May 11, 2017
Enterprise Communications

The chat bots that say Ja, Si and Oui

Every day Duolingo helps 150 million people learn languages for free. But until recently, says Duolingo’s Gina Gittholf, learners couldn’t practice conversation. Now, they can – thanks to message bots. Gittholf spoke to MEF Minute's Tim Green about how Duolingo's messaging bots are helping the students climb the learning curve…
Tim Green
May 10, 2017
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news – May 8

What’s the news from the MEF community? Here’s your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… Barclays will uses the Barclays Mobile Banking app to give UK customers more control over how their cards are used. In a…
MEF
May 8, 2017
Mobile PaymentsVAS

Mobile money and interoperability in growth markets (part 1)

Mobile money is a widespread business today available in two-thirds of low-and-middle-income countries. By the end of December 2016, 277 mobile money services were operating in 92 countries. However, a majority of these mobile money operators provide closed loop services, which restricts the scope of digital transactions between users registered…
MEF
May 8, 2017
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up May 5th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. ‘China’s greatest angel investor’ has made his first Southeast Asian investment, Imagination Technologies opens formal dispute with Apple, Mobile drives Facebook’s Wall Street-beating Q1 results and much more. Silot, an ambitious fintech startup, has just launched in…
Sam Hill
May 5, 2017
5 minutes withPersonal Data

5 minutes with… Trunomi

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry.This week, founder and CEO Stuart Lacey introduces Trunomi… Trunomi unlocks the power of customer data using consent and data rights. We provide technology which enables businesses to request,…
Sam Hill
May 4, 2017
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