The Global Mobile Money Landscape – Updated

The mobile money sector is one of the most fluid in the whole of the mobile ecosystem, with more players entering and exiting, new tech and services being launched or trialed.  Here’s MEF’s quarterly update on the key players in the landscape. Defined by our Global Working Group it categories the ecosystem into in-store payments, online payments, P2P payments, direct operator billing, mobile wallets and mPos. MEF’s Global Mobile Money Landscape, is part of our regular Mobile Money eBulletin series, which you can download for free right now. Thanks to everyone who got in touch to share their …

The Global Mobile Money Landscape

The world of mobile money is an exciting but complex one. The sector has moved firmly into the mainstream with an ecosystem that captures stakeholders from innovative startups to established mobile payment companies as well as MNOs card companies, banks and device manufacturers.  New services are continually being launched and trialed making this one of the most fluid and dynamic areas in mobile. We’ve created a handy infographic to help define the key areas and players in the space. MEF’s member working group defines Mobile Money into six categories: in-store payments, online payments, P2P …

10 reasons why companies will keep on texting: Cassio Bobsin Machado, CEO Zenvia

Every week, we ask  our members to sum up everything we need to know about a given topic in 10 easy-to-digest bites.  This week  Cassio Bobsin Machado, CEO at Brazilian SMS company, Zenvia, gives us ten reasons why SMS still endures.   Texting fever hit the world throughout the last decade, driving a new behaviour on almost every mobile user from 8 to 80.  In 2002 some 250 billion SMS were sent, meanwhile 2012 saw 6.7 trillion text messages beeping worldwide. As mobile operators figured out how to charge some bits of information for a few cents, this massive adoption created a tremendous …