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Escape with Phones4U

Just got a really interesting note about a new MasterCard from Phones4U.  It’s called the ‘Escape‘ Card and focuses upon migrant worker remittances.  What’s interesting is that it has been launched by the mobile phone shop Phones4U, a completely non-bank non-carrier operation that is just a pure retailer of mobile telephony. Here’s the shortened write-up:…

Escape with Phones4U

Just got a really interesting note about a new MasterCard from Phones4U.  It’s called the ‘Escape‘ Card and focuses upon migrant worker remittances.  What’s interesting is that it has been launched by the mobile phone shop Phones4U, a completely non-bank non-carrier operation that is just a pure retailer of mobile telephony. Here’s the shortened write-up:…

Escape with Phones4U

Just got a really interesting note about a new MasterCard from Phones4U.  It’s called the ‘Escape‘ Card and focuses upon migrant worker remittances.  What’s interesting is that it has been launched by the mobile phone shop Phones4U, a completely non-bank non-carrier operation that is just a pure retailer of mobile telephony. Here’s the shortened write-up:…

What is innovation in payments?

I was asked to write about innovation in payments last week, and so here’s the first of three parts. The first part will focus upon retail payments innovation; the second, corporate payments; and the third, trade settlement. A weekly non-exhaustive update so to speak. First, what is innovation? Let’s define it again (yes, I’ve blogged…

Telefonica O2’s Money ads launched

On return from Hong Kong, some of us switched on the major Mancunian derby of United versus City. Like most policymakers, the referee made up new rules at the end of the game to let United win but hey, get over it. In the half-time drizzle, I did note however that Sky Sports ran a…

Telefonica O2’s Money ads launched

On return from Hong Kong, some of us switched on the major Mancunian derby of United versus City. Like most policymakers, the referee made up new rules at the end of the game to let United win but hey, get over it. In the half-time drizzle, I did note however that Sky Sports ran a…

Is there any innovation here? Nope

After the innotribe stuff, it was off to a panel debate about “payments innovation”. This session was described as follows: “The crisis has put the emphasis back on traditional banking and sources of revenue, with payments coming to the fore again. Yet payments are also seen as a commoditised, legacy business where scale is everything….

Is there any innovation here? Nope

After the innotribe stuff, it was off to a panel debate about “payments innovation”. This session was described as follows: “The crisis has put the emphasis back on traditional banking and sources of revenue, with payments coming to the fore again. Yet payments are also seen as a commoditised, legacy business where scale is everything….

What does the future bank look like?

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

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What does the future bank look like?

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

Cisco

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