Payments, Security, Patents
Kevin Taylor
Quite Right – it turned out 2020 was quite a ...

Back in February of this year, when the threat of COVID was becoming a global cause for concern, we posed the question on this site about whether 2020 would be the year of the QR code.

Quite Right – it turned out 2020 was quite a year for QR codes
Payments, Patents
Kevin Taylor
The QR code and the mobile wallet make for ...

There’s a counter on the homepage of the GSMA’s website which tells you that today, there are some 5.1 billion unique mobile subscribers in the world. Elsewhere in its pages you can see that there are now more than one billion registered mobile money accounts – that’s one in five of the world’s mobile subscribers.

The QR code and the mobile wallet make for powerful friends
Payments, Security
Kevin Taylor
Cashless, contactless, in-person or remote – QR ...

This month’s Wired magazine has refreshed its opinion of the QR code from marketing gimmick to everyday essential.

Cashless, contactless, in-person or remote – QR codes find their time.
Payments, Security, Retail, Identity
Kevin Taylor
Deadline for SCA compliance approaching fast ...

Payments consultancy CMSPI believes the looming deadline in Europe for retailers to comply with the regulations around Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) for online sales could cause further damage to an industry already suffering from the effects of severely reduced in-store footfall.

Deadline for SCA compliance approaching fast for European retailers
Payments, Trust, Security, Identity
Kevin Taylor
Mobiles make the world go around

The modern mobile industry is only a little over 30 years old – the mobile money market barely a decade. Yet the power of that mobile device to change habits and revolutionise the way we live is both breathtaking and undiminished. The GSMA released a report this month that showed there are now more than one billion mobile money accounts active in the world.

Mobiles make the world go around

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The QR code and the mobile wallet make for powerful friends

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The QR code and the mobile wallet make for powerful friends

There’s a counter on the homepage of the GSMA’s website which tells you that today, there are some 5.1 billion unique mobile subscribers in the world. Elsewhere in its pages you can see that there are now more than one billion registered mobile money accounts – that’s one in five of the world’s mobile subscribers.

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Mobiles make the world go around

The modern mobile industry is only a little over 30 years old – the mobile money market barely a decade. Yet the power of that mobile device to change habits and revolutionise the way we live is both breathtaking and undiminished. The GSMA released a report this month that showed there are now more than one billion mobile money accounts active in the world.

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Amazon's mobile wallet goes back in its pocket

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Amazon's mobile wallet goes back in its pocket

"I've made billions of dollars of failures at Amazon.com. Literally billions. … Companies that don’t embrace failure and continue to experiment eventually get in the desperate position where the only thing they can do is make a Hail Mary bet at the end of their corporate existence."