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Mobile payment provider ‘infuriates’ banks

I've blogged a few times about M-Pesa.   The first time was in late 2007, when Citibank did a deal to roll the M-Pesa model worldwide for remittances.  Then again in 2008, when Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced the idea of a business model based upon being an MBNO, a Mobile Banking Network Operator.  The idea of the latter…

The end of the keyboard (update)

David Ainslie commented on my post about the end of the keyboard last week, that he can't see it happening in the trading room.  Keyboards being thrown out that is, of course (what did you think I meant?). Anyways, I've noticed the gradual encroachment of touch technologies for some time now, from the iPhone to…

Barclays-surface-closeup

The end of the keyboard (update)

David Ainslie commented on my post about the end of the keyboard last week, that he can't see it happening in the trading room.  Keyboards being thrown out that is, of course (what did you think I meant?). Anyways, I've noticed the gradual encroachment of touch technologies for some time now, from the iPhone to…

Barclays-surface-closeup

Microsoft moves into the mobile payments world

Payments News dropped me a note last week about Microsoft tags.  The basic idea is that you snap a picture of a tag using your mobile camera, and it then automatically links to the URL that the tag represents.  If you want to try it, snap a picture of the tag below which should link…

Tag

Microsoft moves into the mobile payments world

Payments News dropped me a note last week about Microsoft tags.  The basic idea is that you snap a picture of a tag using your mobile camera, and it then automatically links to the URL that the tag represents.  If you want to try it, snap a picture of the tag below which should link…

Tag

Microsoft moves into the mobile payments world

Payments News dropped me a note last week about Microsoft tags.  The basic idea is that you snap a picture of a tag using your mobile camera, and it then automatically links to the URL that the tag represents.  If you want to try it, snap a picture of the tag below which should link…

Tag

Microsoft moves into the mobile payments world

Payments News dropped me a note last week about Microsoft tags.  The basic idea is that you snap a picture of a tag using your mobile camera, and it then automatically links to the URL that the tag represents.  If you want to try it, snap a picture of the tag below which should link…

Tag

The end of the keyboard

Nothing to do with banking, except that banks run on technology and one key piece of technology is about to die: the keyboard. I've predicted the end of the keyboard for years, as it's not intuitive or natural to type.  We just do it because we've learned it is the only way to use today's…

Wells Fargo + Wachovia = The Merger Blog

Wells Fargo gained a lot of coverage this week from the blogging community about their own launch of a blog. This one explains the details involved in the Wells Fargo/Wachovia merger to the world at large, with the first entry from Wells' President and CEO John Stumpf.  John says they needed to launch the blog…

Wells Fargo + Wachovia = The Merger Blog

Wells Fargo gained a lot of coverage this week from the blogging community about their own launch of a blog. This one explains the details involved in the Wells Fargo/Wachovia merger to the world at large, with the first entry from Wells' President and CEO John Stumpf.  John says they needed to launch the blog…

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