Mobile Remittance

01 Mar 18 @ 16:56

Chinese mobile payment transactions reached a record 81 trillion yuan ($12.8 trillion) between January to October 2017, driven by huge number of consumers and merchants who have looked to more convenient... read more

01 Mar 18 @ 16:29

The GSMA has released its seventh annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a current snapshot of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact that greater... read more

26 Feb 18 @ 10:12

There has been an increasing amount of fraud perpetrated against Zelle, the mobile P2P platform running on faster payments rails and backed by the biggest banks in the US. The scam... read more

13 Feb 18 @ 17:26

Australias new Faster Payments platform has been officially launch and is the result of collaboration between 13 members of Australia’s financial services industry, including Australia’s four major banks and the... read more

02 Feb 18 @ 13:09

Nigeria’s authorities are set to revoke the licences of at least 15 struggling mobile money operators under new minimum finance rules, according to press report. The report tips the majority... read more

30 Jan 18 @ 13:26

Zelle announced $75 billion in money moved in 2017 across its P2P payments network, as millions of consumers reduced their dependence on physical checks and cash in the US. The $75 billion  across the... read more

26 Jan 18 @ 11:59

India’s emergence as a digital payment powerhouse is an unlikely story. Until recently, cash accounted for 95% of transactions, 85% of workers were paid in cash, and 70% of online... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 19:58

Bank of America, through its P2P mobile payments platform Zelle, says it processed nearly 68 million Zelle transactions in 2017, an 84% increase from the previous year. In Q4 2017,... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 13:00

Around $2 trillion is laundered every year and everyone is paying the price. Banks have huge regulatory overheads. Businesses and consumers encounter friction to open a bank account, transfer funds... read more

15 Jan 18 @ 12:52

November saw the launch of new instant payment schemes in the US and Eurozone. The main commercial banks in the US are behind RTP®, and nearly 600 payment institutions from... read more

12 Jan 18 @ 11:18

Ripple has announced a tie-up with money transfer company MoneyGram, a move which is significant because the arrangement involves the use of XRP, Ripple’s digital currency, which has recently soared in value but... read more

09 Jan 18 @ 17:18

Transferwise is moving another step closer to banking territory with the expansion of its “borderless” account and debit card for consumers. The accounts can hold cash in more than 20... read more