September 13, 2013
Washington Speaks About Payments Innovation And Regulation
Most people may associate the Treasury Department with fiscal policy, but just over one year ago, the Office of Consumer Policy was formed to focus on retail financial services, consumer...
September 06, 2013
Facebanx Seeks To Become New Face Of Payment Security
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) “The time is now right for biometric technology to emerge as a secure solution for mobile applications that require high levels of security, particularly payment. From...
February 11, 2013
Azimo Rivals With The Big Players In The Remittances Market
What can you tell us about Azimo? How does it work? Azimo is a social remittance network. We allow anyone with an Internet-connected device to send money to over 4.5...
January 16, 2013
India: Real estate giant avoids penalty after complaint based on...
India’s largest real estate company looks in the clear after the Competition Commission of India declined to issue penalties against the conglomerate, DLF, for allaged abuse of dominance claims concerning...
December 14, 2012
Movenbank’s Mobile Strategy Derailed By Durbin?
Movenbank, in conjunction with MasterCard, is planning on launching its cardless mobile banking in February 2013. According to the mobile startup’s CEO, Brett King, those plans may have hit a...
October 25, 2012
All Eyes On iZettle
Mobile And Payments: Two Peas In A Pod Apple and NFC: Will They Or Won’t They? October 26, 2012 I had the occasion to visit with Jacob de Geer, the...
January 08, 2012
Mobile Financial Services and the Emerging Global Middle Class
How Mobile Technology Is Broadening Financial Access in Less-Developed Countries While Driving Business Opportunities for Global Companies I. Introduction Access to financial services is a major challenge for more...
August 28, 2011
1 Million Acts of Payments Innovation: Capgemini on the Intersection...
The mobile phone is the first ubiquitous communication device in human history, paving the way for the most revolutionary event in the history of finance. As a consequence, mobile payments...
April 21, 2011
Improving the Economics of Small-Balance Accounts
Global financial inclusion surveys show that there are billions of low-income individuals who want a safe place to save, and evidence suggests that they are willing to pay for it....
No other industry has more at stake in digital identity verification than financial services, a future Zil Money’s Justin Timlin says will be driven by technology and shaped by how regulators want to see it deployed. Read more in this month’s “Alternative Payments Tracker®,” a PYMNTS and Socure collaboration.