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Mobile social money, the final frontier?

In the final part of discussions of social networks, media, banking and money, I thought I would turn attention to the use of mobile devices as access media to these networks. Mobile usage in banking has grown to a crescendo in the past year, after bubbling away nicely since the turn of this century. This…

Mobile social money, the final frontier?

In the final part of discussions of social networks, media, banking and money, I thought I would turn attention to the use of mobile devices as access media to these networks. Mobile usage in banking has grown to a crescendo in the past year, after bubbling away nicely since the turn of this century. This…

Social money – what’s all that about then?

In this penultimate part of looking at how the internet world is creating new models of banking and finance, we’ll look at social money, currency, cash or whatever you’d like to call it. Before I do however, I forgot to mention one of my favourite examples of social finance yesterday BillMonk, which keeps track of…

Ripped off by eBay seller, what happened?

I had my first experience of being ripped off by an eBay seller today, after buying 2 tickets for Coldplay at the O2. Having used eBay for six years, everything has always gone smoothly in both buying and selling and, like most eBay buyers, I checkout the profiles of those I’m buying from in depth. …

Ripped off by eBay seller, what happened?

I had my first experience of being ripped off by an eBay seller today, after buying 2 tickets for Coldplay at the O2. Having used eBay for six years, everything has always gone smoothly in both buying and selling and, like most eBay buyers, I checkout the profiles of those I’m buying from in depth. …

A new FSClub for Central & Eastern Europe

I am really pleased to announce the launch of the Financial Services Club Central & Eastern Europe (FSCCEE), with our first meeting planned for 14th January 2009 at the British Embassy, Jaurèsgasse 12 – 1030, Vienna, Austria. The Financial Services Club was established in April 2004 as a unique service designed for Senior Executives and…

m-billing: a killer app?

I had a fascinating chat today with the head of payments at one of the largest British utility firms. She was very interested in one new channel, mobile payments, and particularly the potential of m-billing. m-billing appears to be another killer app for mobile, and seems to be far better received than eBPP or similar…

m-billing: a killer app?

I had a fascinating chat today with the head of payments at one of the largest British utility firms. She was very interested in one new channel, mobile payments, and particularly the potential of m-billing. m-billing appears to be another killer app for mobile, and seems to be far better received than eBPP or similar…

m-billing: a killer app?

I had a fascinating chat today with the head of payments at one of the largest British utility firms. She was very interested in one new channel, mobile payments, and particularly the potential of m-billing. m-billing appears to be another killer app for mobile, and seems to be far better received than eBPP or similar…

m-billing: a killer app?

I had a fascinating chat today with the head of payments at one of the largest British utility firms. She was very interested in one new channel, mobile payments, and particularly the potential of m-billing. m-billing appears to be another killer app for mobile, and seems to be far better received than eBPP or similar…