Tag: Mobile Money
Mobile money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls
A new Roland Berger study, entitled Mobile Money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls, highlights the challenges of creating a Mobile Money...
GSMA mobile money report shows half a billion accounts worldwide
The GSMA unveiled its sixth ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a current snapshot of the mobile money landscape and highlighting...
SA telco MTN scraps mobile money business
Proving the difficulties that many MNO's are having in providing financial services, MTN has pulled the plug on its South African mobile money business,...
Kenyan banks’ mobile money plans fails to take off
Two missed deadlines in Kenya and uncertainty on when local banks will roll out their interbank switch allowing direct mobile money transfer through mobile...
Success in the mobile payment space
Despite significant developments, especially in developed markets, no clear model or winner has been established yet for mobile payment. Hence, all players are still...
Kenya issues government bond via mobile money solution
In a nod to how developed the Kenyan mobile infrastructure, including mobile payments are, the Government plans to float its first-ever Bond, to be offered exclusively...
SK Telecom launches T Smart Pay
SK Telecom is heading into the mobile payment market with T Smart Pay. The T Smart Pay service, to be launched at the end of this...
Samsung Pay: interview with EVP Injong Rhee
There has been a lot of enthusiasm for Samsung’s mobile wallet, Samsung Pay, and the ways in which it differs from other mobile payment...
Android Pay launches in USA
Google is to (finally) roll out Android Pay, its one-touch payment app on Android devices - which competes directly with Apple Pay, in more than 1 million...
Banks hold key to mobile payment adoption
VocaLink has unveiled the Next Generation of Payments Report, an independent study conducted by Illuminas, into the mobile payment habits of more than 5,000 UK...
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Payment industry history with first AES DUKPT key management implementation
Verifone says it has implemented AES DUKPT with its end-to-end encryption solution, VeriShield Total Protect, its Engage family of payment devices, and Carbon 8 & 10.
Co-designed by Verifone, AES DUKPT...
