Digital or mobile wallets, wallets with P2P payments capability and virtual banking, e.g., Apple Pay. Content related to neo-banks is included in this category, as is content related to contactless payments.
A brief Spanish language overview from Auxadi, covering the large investments in fintech companies, including digital wallets, virtual banking, and digital payments in Latin Am,erica with a focus on Colombia.
LATAM Y EL FENOMENO FINTECH: COLOMBIA Read More »
In this newsletter from 2022, the Congressional Research Service of the United States outlines the most important policy and compliance issues for digital wallets.
DIGITAL WALLETS AND SELECTED POLICY ISSUES (CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE) Read More »
A report by Peru’s Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP, the body responsible for regulating fintechs, about fintechs and the regulatory environment in Peru (English).
This article looks at central bank efforts in Asia, Europe, and North America to support digital wallets and payments, through digital currencies.
A WORLD TOUR OF DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECTS Read More »
This article covers the EU’s attempts to encourage the adoption of digital or mobile wallets throughout the European Union, and the inhibitors to their adooption.
EU WANTS BANKS TO ADOPT DIGITAL WALLETS, BUT IT’S A TOUGH SELL Read More »
Short article describing Google’s movement of online payments processing for European Economic Area’s users (with the exception of the UK) to Ireland.
WITH BREXIT DAYS AWAY GOOGLE OFFICIALLY MOVED ONLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING TO IRELAND Read More »
A short eBrief from Lafferty’s Ronan Lynch on AliPay obtaining an eMoney liicense in Europe, and both AliPay and Tencent efforts to enter Brazil.
This article describes the expansion of digital payments into China’s prison system, as an example of Alipay’s ubiquitous presence.
ALIPAY BRINGS CASHLESS PAYMENTS TO BEIJING PRISONS Read More »
A slide showing the projected growth in the volume of mobile proximity payments from 2019 to 2023. The data is global and for North America. Source: Walter Kitchenman, Lafferty Research.
PROJECTED GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF MOBILE PROXIMITY PAYMENTS 2019 TO 2023 Read More »
A slide showing users of Mobile Wallets by Major Company and Provider Type, e.g., Apple, banks and merchants, etc. in 2019. Source: Walter Kitchenman, Lafferty Research.
USERS OF MOBILE WALLETS BY MAJOR COMPANY AND PROVIDER TYPE 2019/2020 Read More »