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Global mobile news round up: 28th October

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. True cost of Samsung Galaxy Note recall comes to light, WhatsApp trumps Facebook Messenger, India nears 1 billion mobile subscribers, Mastercard unveils a chatbot, Android Pay enables services across more sites and much more. The costly and…
Sam Hill
October 28, 2016
Mobile PaymentsOpinions

What the operators did next: become banks?

If banking is something you do on an app, why shouldn’t your telco actually be your bank? It’s more than just an idea. Orange, Telenor and O2 have all launched their own operations. Here's a look at their activities and their motivations. In the UK alone, people use mobile banking…
MEF
October 26, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news – October 24

A huge rollout of QR code-based payments by MasterCard and EcoBank across Africa and a 'classico' VAS deal for Bitbit. Find out more about these stories and more in this week's member news round-up. A landmark deal between Ecobank Group and MasterCard will see Masterpass in-store payment extended across all…
MEF
October 24, 2016
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: October 21st

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. mobile banking to hit 2bn users by 2020, Google ads to incorporate SMS function for brand chat, eBay has a new ShopBot, China pips US for App Store revenue and much more...
MEF
October 21, 2016
Interviews

Wirecard: the next big wave of digital commerce will be on the high street

By mastering digital-first commerce, Wirecard has become one of the world's fastest growing companies. Now, it's turning its attention to bricks and mortar stores. MEF's Tim Green talked to Wirecard’s EVP of global product strategy, Christian von Hammel-Bonten… It’s been said many times before that the world’s payment processing systems…
Tim Green
October 20, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: October 17

Vodafone UK teams up with PayPal to add a new payment option to its contactless wallet app, Norway's banks hire Gemalto to help build a new mobile payments scheme, and Etisalat Nigeria launches 4G LTE. Details on these stories and more in your MEF member news round up.
MEF
October 17, 2016
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: 14th October

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Analytics startup accused of sharing private user data, news from the Samsung/Apple patent case, mobile overtakes desktop in ad-spend and much more. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have revoked access to their data to an analytics firm accused…
Sam Hill
October 14, 2016
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