August 16, 2010
Introduction to India
As the 11th largest card market, and projected to rank 7th for 2011 [1], India promises a wealth of opportunities. Many global payment trends [2] have taken hold in the...
August 13, 2010
Former TravelEx Executive to Head Compliance at Prepaid Services
In this exclusive NEXTcast interview, Richard Knight, Director of Prepaid Services Company Ltd., a UK-based subsidiary of paysafecard group, sits down with PYMNTS.com to divulge his plans to help define...
August 09, 2010
How Long Will We Ride the Mobile Payment Wave? Mobile...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a15593/3q_2010_north_amer) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.’s new report “3Q.2010 North America Mobile Payment Market Forecast, 2010 – 2014” to their offering. North America...
August 04, 2010
M-Pesa Capitalizes on Mobile Payments in Kenya
In this exclusive NEXTcast interview, David S. Evans is joined by Ignacio Mas, author of several papers on M-PESA, to discuss Mobile Payments go Viral: M-PESA in Kenya. M-PESA is...
August 04, 2010
Mobile Payments go Viral: M-PESA in Kenya
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [1] From: Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent, World Bank, May 2010 Abstract M-PESA is a small-value electronic payment and store...
August 03, 2010
Introduction
Until two years ago, foreign banks wanted desperately to gain exposure in China, hoping to take advantage of the rise of a credit culture among the fast growing Chinese middle...
July 16, 2010
Seeking Fertile Grounds for Mobile Money
M-PESA is a huge success… and now what? Safaricom’s M-Pesa success story has focused the global attention on Kenya as the leading edge of the mobile money revolution2. M-Pesa...
July 06, 2010
Beautiful Pair: Biometrics and Magstripes
Each Wednesday, PYMNTS.com profiles a different top executive from the leading companies in payment innovation. Name: Jonathan Ramaci Title: CEO & Founder Company: iCache What I’m working on now…Bringing the...
June 28, 2010
MasterCard’s Take on the Future of Electronic Payments
Our grandparents spent years, even decades, adjusting to the cultural impacts of new technologies like the radio or television.Today, we simply adopt them and move on, taking them for granted....
