mPayments in LatAm: regulating the virtual gold rush

Rafael Pellon, General Manager of MEF LatAm and partner of FAS Attorneys at Law, discusses the role of regulation in m-commerce in the Latin American Market Given the many new payment methods coming out every week in the industry press, usually employing a different technology ranging from the simple (and effective) SMS to the increasingly sophisticated apps in smartphones, it would appear that the mPayment trend is here to stay. Pity the end user of mobile services, the average consumer, who is becoming increasingly lost among the many acronyms that frequently accompany every new service … [Read more...]