Apple under increasing monopoly pressure over App Store
Gadget giant Apple has caused a controversy by rejecting a premium email app unless it charges for subscriptions through the App Store, thus giving Apple a 30% piece of the action.
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WhatsApp launches digital payments platform in Brazil
Social media giant Facebook has made the first tentative steps towards the digital payment environment with its WhatsApp messaging platform in Brazil.
Reliance Jio finds another two investors for Indian digital mission
Mukesh Ambani is proving to be one of the most popular figures in the telco world as two more investors have bought into the Reliance Jio mission to digitise India.
Reliance Jio carves off another 1.16% to sixth investor
Reliance Industries founder Mukesh Ambani has found yet another private investor for Jio Platforms, selling 1.16% for $750 million to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Telcos have a huge role to play in navigating the COVID-19 pandemic
There are three key ways in which MNOs will help all the world navigate this crisis.
Amazon makes retail automation tech available to everyone else
Novel technology that promises to make cashiers a thing of the past is now being offered by Amazon to other retailers.
Study claims Financial Identity as a Service could add $250 billion to global GDP
A report published by Oxford Economics has looked into the implications of bringing into the financial system the millions of people currently excluded from it.
It’s now or never for telcos to unlock financial services
If operators want to play the pivotal role in helping to financially include more than half the adults on our planet, and to share in the positive social and economic benefits of this role, they have to make their move in the next 12 months.
Bringing internet to the other half of the world
Low internet penetration is particularly acute in the developing countries. While 81% of the population in the developed world are already using the internet, only 45% in the developing countries can do so.
Facebook can’t stop dabbling in financial services
Not content with trying to create a new global currency, Facebook now lets you pay for stuff through all its apps.
Amazon profits fall and its share price follows
Internet giant Amazon announced strong sales growth but that didn’t translate into profit after it invested heavily in one-day shipping.
Libra attempts to placate everyone else
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has received almost universal push-back since its announcement, so now it’s looking for ways to placate its critics.
Libra partners stampede for the exit
Visa and Mastercard are among a group of partners in Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency venture to decide the whole thing is too risky.
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency coalition starts to crumble
Internet financial services giant PayPal is the first member of the Libra coalition to jump ship and probably won’t be the last.
WhatsApp making progress on WeChat emulation ambitions
Facebook has been promising some sort of payments solution for WhatsApp, and it seems to be making a bit of progress in Indonesia.
Switzerland surprised to hear it will be regulating Facebook’s cryptocurrency
In a testimony before the US Senate Facebook indicated its Libra cryptocurrency will run from Switzerland, but it forgot to ask the Swiss if that was OK.
US politicians alarmed by Facebook’s cryptocurrency masterplan
The announcement of a new currency led by Facebook has caught the attention of US law-makers and not in a good way.
Facebook leads corporate cryptocurrency initiative Libra
Social media giant Facebook has announced the launch of Libra, a ‘stablecoin’ apparently designed to revolutionise the digital payments market.
NYC public transport finally gets the mobile payments memo
Despite the US being the leading voice in the technology industry, adoption of some pretty well-established technologies has been lagging across the country.
Estonia is best digital home away from home, report says
Expats voted Estonia to the top of their digital life quality list in a new survey.
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