LINK TO FISGLOBAL
A link to fintech services provider FISGLOBAL.
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.
An interview in which Lawal notes that the prevailing issues limiting cross-border payments could be solved through advanced digital payment platforms.
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A slide listing the benefits of regtech, software that helps with compliance, for fintechs, digital banks, and mobile wallet providers.
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A list and description of fintechs in Africa, many of which are involved with mobile wallets and money transfer.
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A brief article explaining how PayPal issuing its own stablecoin legitimizes payments moving on chain is another step towards mass adoption.
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A slide showing a graphic representation of the evolution of merchant services during the development of emerging payments.
EVOLUTION OF MERCHANT SERVICES IN PAYMENTS 2023 Read More »
This slide shows the percentage of the population in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, who can be considered financially included through traditional banks and/or mobile money.
FORMAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN ETHIOPIA COMPARED TO OTHER EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES 2023 Read More »
This publicly available report by GSMA sows that mobile money might add US$5.3 billion to Ethiopia;s GDP through greater financial inclusion.
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This slide presents a table showing the current fragmented state of the US payments landscape, suggesting that it can be simplified going forward.
THE FRAGMENTED US PAYMENTS LANDSCAPE 2023 Read More »
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH Read More »