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200 pounds of coins go begging

A story picked up by various media this week is the news that a beggar, Laxmi Das, has managed to save over 30,000 rupees over a period of 44 years, begging at a busy junction in Calcutta, India. Why? For her old age of course. Rather than buying food and drink, she hoarded away spare…

200 pounds of coins go begging

A story picked up by various media this week is the news that a beggar, Laxmi Das, has managed to save over 30,000 rupees over a period of 44 years, begging at a busy junction in Calcutta, India. Why? For her old age of course. Rather than buying food and drink, she hoarded away spare…

The Biometric Debate

In case any of you have missed it, I’m enjoying a knock-out discussion with Stephen Wilson. Stephen decided to take me to task over my contention that governments will force us into biometric banking. That started over here in mid-June. Over the weekend, Stephen then moved the debate to this entry on Finextra. I will…

The Biometric Debate

In case any of you have missed it, I’m enjoying a knock-out discussion with Stephen Wilson. Stephen decided to take me to task over my contention that governments will force us into biometric banking. That started over here in mid-June. Over the weekend, Stephen then moved the debate to this entry on Finextra. I will…

MT202 cover payments? What the heck are they?

I was looking through notes of a banker friend, who was making a presentation on the key trends in payments for the next two years last week,and one of the stand-out lines was: “The Implementation of SWIFT MT202 Cover Payments” It piqued my interest as I had not heard people discussing this in many other…

MT202 cover payments? What the heck are they?

I was looking through notes of a banker friend, who was making a presentation on the key trends in payments for the next two years last week,and one of the stand-out lines was: “The Implementation of SWIFT MT202 Cover Payments” It piqued my interest as I had not heard people discussing this in many other…

Tipit provides payments on Twitter

After my blog entry about Germany losing Euro 2008 due to Twitter,  Techcrunch are reporting a new service, Tipit, that allows you to make payments with Twitter.  It actually doesn’t though … it just sends you a message to send the money you promised via PayPal.  Even so, money via social apps are growing rapidly. …

Tipit provides payments on Twitter

After my blog entry about Germany losing Euro 2008 due to Twitter,  Techcrunch are reporting a new service, Tipit, that allows you to make payments with Twitter.  It actually doesn’t though … it just sends you a message to send the money you promised via PayPal.  Even so, money via social apps are growing rapidly. …

GSMA and EPC announce agreement on mobile payments

Following yesterday’s dialogue about the long tail of banking being mobile focused, the EPC and GSMA announced a cooperative agreement for mobile payments this week.  Here’s the press release: GSMA Press Release 2008 GSMA Teams Up With European Payments Council Alliance will accelerate deployment of mobile payment services 30th June 2008, London: The GSMA, the…

GSMA and EPC announce agreement on mobile payments

Following yesterday’s dialogue about the long tail of banking being mobile focused, the EPC and GSMA announced a cooperative agreement for mobile payments this week.  Here’s the press release: GSMA Press Release 2008 GSMA Teams Up With European Payments Council Alliance will accelerate deployment of mobile payment services 30th June 2008, London: The GSMA, the…

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