March 08, 2011
Connecting Mobile Money to the World to Create Universal Wealth
Name: Dylan Higgins Title: Co-Founder, CEO at Kopo Kopo What I’m working on now… Building a software-as-a-service platform enabling SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa to integrate their back-office with mobile money...
February 23, 2011
Driving Contactless Payments — WIFM? (What’s in it For Me?)
By Lisa Stanton, Executive Director, Global Alliances, Monitise Consumers are creatures of habit. If you think about your daily routine, there will likely be similar, familiar habits that continue throughout...
January 27, 2011
Mobile Calendar: September
Bar Codes as Payment Enabler mFoundry Uses 2D bar codes to allow customers to pay for their coffee fix Bar code is linked to reloadable prepaid and...
January 27, 2011
Exclusive Interview: Starbucks Exec on Why Mobile Payments Must Start...
There’s a lot of buzz around Starbucks these days, and it’s not just about the coffee. Mobile payment is now available at Starbucks sites across the country, including at nearly...
January 23, 2011
Mobile Payment Debuts Nationally at Starbucks
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of mobile payment in all U.S. company-operated stores, allowing customers to pay for in-store purchases with select smartphones. Building on the earlier introduction...
January 18, 2011
FinCEN’s Proposed Prepaid Access Rule: Its Impact on Product Development
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction On June 28, 2010, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its much-anticipated proposed rule addressing prepaid cards and...
January 18, 2011
The Behavioral Economics of Paying and Borrowing
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction Many Americans, feeling chunky and lethargic from their Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve eating binges, will be making resolutions...
November 05, 2010
Can the U.S. Replicate Japan’s Mobile Payments Success?
Welcome back! Day 2 of The [Payments] Innovation Institute opened with a panel on three hot button issues for the payments sector: mobile, POS, and social networking. Andrei Hagiu (Senior...
October 01, 2010
Fact Sheet: Starbucks Card Mobile App
Starbucks Card information at your fingertips The new Starbucks Card Mobile App on the App Store is a breakthrough for Starbucks Card customers. Download the Starbucks Card Mobile App and...