Digital Money
Cryptocurrencies in Africa: No Time to Bury Heads in the Sand
Trying to delay the adoption of a new technology like Bitcoin will not stop it, and may slow the management of its risks.
India Considers Digital Payments Law to Fight Fraud
It makes sense for India's authorities to invest in tackling cybercrime as part of the transition to a cashless society.
Cross-Border Mobile Money: More Risks, Many More Opportunities
Africans will benefit by easily and cheaply moving money. Telco assurance teams must cooperate to mitigate the risks.
Safaricom Mobile Money: Break Walls, Build Bridges
The Kenyan telco has granted developers access to an API for their M-PESA payments platform.
Ghana Police Arrests Three Mobile Money Fraudsters
The crime depended on a telco employee changing the PIN codes for SIMs used by mobile money merchants.
Checkout Panic May Boost US Mobile Payments
The EMV chip-and-PIN standard for payment cards is popular elsewhere, but problems with terminals may prompt US customers to try mobile payments instead.
Safaricom Sued over Bitcoins and AML
A legal dispute over money laundering and cryptocurrencies shows how 'developing' countries like Kenya are leaders when it comes to emerging tech and legal challenges.
Who Wants Mobile Money?
Whilst mobile money is an important offering for the unbanked and underbanked, it can also be popular in countries that have more established banking infrastructure.
Visa Uses Phone Location To Verify Payments
From April, Visa will use software on mobile phones to check the customer's location when they make a credit card payment.
Following the Money
For the last couple of years, I have worked for a financial institution.The finance industry has a lot of common with the telecom industry,...
The Tao of Bitcoin and Mobile Money
Bitcoin, the virtual currency, is the most underestimated threat to the mobile industry. To find out why, and how it has something to...
Revisiting the Beginnings of M-Pesa
In March 2006, I resigned from British American Tobacco (BAT) to head into a new job in a new industry (as a product assurance...
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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