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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…
Sam Hill
February 9, 2016
MEF LatAm

Mobile money in Mexico [infographic]

Globally, mobile financial services are becoming the preferred way for consumers to perform an array of financial services or simply interact with their bank. This trend is particularly true of growth markets where mobile is the catalyst for financial inclusion. This infographic from Amdocs and Ovum explores how and to…
Tim Banks
February 8, 2016
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: 8 Feb

Which mobile product has grown 400 million times over the past 15 years? And which company aims to have 5m of the world connected by 2030? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up… In 2001 there…
MEF
February 8, 2016
News Roundup

Global Mobile news round-up: 05 February 2016

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. WhatsApp tops a billion monthly users, Microsoft buys Swiftkey for $250m, Google blocks the ad blockers and much more.Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is now used by a billion people every month, Facebook has reported. The Facebook-owned app…
Sam Hill
February 5, 2016
Tech Focus

Automotive focus: Can your car be your mobile wallet?

If automobiles are becoming a little like smartphones on wheels, why shouldn’t they make payments too? At CES in 2015, Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, stood up and said: “We’re thinking of ourselves as a mobility company and not only a car and truck company. We want to be viewed…
Sam Hill
February 3, 2016
Security

Biometric data: the next step in consumer authentication

The way in which consumers verify their identity online is rapidly changing, a development being driven forward by biometric data. Carlos Häuser, MD at MEF Member Wirecard Technologies explains. Consumers should probably not be too surprised if they soon find themselves being addressed as follows: “Dear customer, please turn on…
Sam Hill
February 2, 2016
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: 1 Feb

How many iPhones did Apple sell last year? What are Google Cardboard sales like? What’s happened to WinPho shipments? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
MEF
February 1, 2016
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