Rumble in the Jungle
It would be beneficial for the world to transition into a society that primarily operates without the use of physical currency. It's evident that my thoughts and dreams are not…
Internet of Things – Mobile Financial Services
As on date the most common use for sensors is telematics, which allows devices installed in cars (car tracking devices) to transmit location data to owners and insurers. This also…
Mobile Money – Key Stakeholders
Technology is a friend/ helper not as tester or rocket science; MFS product use and accessibility needs to be simple for people to make them comfortable and pull out maximum…
Convergent Billing- As One Product Catalog
Convergent Billing – Online and offline charging are integral capabilities in any MNO/MVNO setup. Prepaid services always need online charging for real-time service authorization, rating and balance management. Postpaid services…
Convergence: ePayments, MFS, AI and IN Systems
Market dynamics are evolving, especially with mobile network operator market restructuring and prepaid market changes. A more drastic change in the SIM market was triggered by Apple’s eSIM announcement, which…
Can Banks ever win Mobile Payments/Money Games?
Accessibility is a critical success factor for any service. The role of informal institutions in providing financial services to the members of the community, and concludes by highlighting the opportunities…
Hybrid Mobile Financial Services & Commerce
Financial payments and banking started in a very inefficient and traditional way, which was slow but still acceptable to the customers due to the stage of the information age. Initially,…
Mobile Money vs Mobile Banking
Mobile Money and Mobile Banking are viewed under the same umbrella and are currently encapsulated in a financial world which is either too complicated or is viewed as complicated. Mobile…
Apple Pay: Was Innovation or Repetition
What has been transformed in the markets by existing and new companies is their emergence to capture available opportunities. While mobile money or FinTech's banking often gets described as a…
Financial Services – Payment Environments
"Open Loop Payment System" is an ecosystem where multiple parties are involved in every transaction. For example: Banks as issuers deal with consumers; brands are the cards: Master, VISA, American…
Mobile Payments – Mythical Facts
What are the potential effects of utilizing mobile payments and solutions? Will it revolutionize the world, prove to be a major success, or simply be a clever workaround? Proximity-based payment…
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology in 2025: Transforming Trust, Transparency, and Transactions
In 2025, blockchain technology had transcended its origins as a cryptocurrency infrastructure and had become the cornerstone of a new era in finance. Its transformative impact on secure and transparent…
Payments Jungle – Apple, Android, Samsung, and Microsoft
Android Pay would be available through a set of APIs that will allow developers to add an Android Pay button to their app and banks to enable payments in their…
Convergence a World Ahead – Telecom Billing
Telecom subscribers are getting smarter (so it’s not only the handset which is getting smarter haan!!!), demanding more and more and, at the same time many new players are entering…
Payments Rush Hour – Mobile Payments
A well-functioning infrastructure for domestic payments plays a crucial role in minimizing the expenses associated with remittance services, particularly in nations that receive them. Access to financial services for individuals…
Mobile Payments: An Alternate Payment Method
Fortunately, the rest of the payment industry players who were not part of the initial painful experiments have the unique opportunity to learn and gamify the industry and experience. Growing…