by Jordi Guaus, Chair at Mobey Forum
This year, Mobey Forum celebrates 15 years since its inception in 2000. From humble beginnings, the association has survived and flourished where other similar organisations have faded. In this blog, we talk to Mobey’s first Chairman, Bo Harald, and current Chairman, Jordi Guaus, to see how the organisation has evolved, the successes it has achieved and what the future holds.
This paper analyses the intersection of prepaid commerce and the mobile wallet, in order to present strategic options for banks seeking to respond to what Mobey Forum contends is an emerging threat to their positions in the mobile wallet ecosystem. It provides an overview of the various market developments and growth sectors in prepaid services,…
Amorphous Rise of Prepaid Mobile Commerce Stands to Hasten Banks Disintermediation, Threatening Traditional Current Account Services and Banks’ Relationships with Customers 25 June 2014 – The rapid convergence of prepaid and mobile commerce is creating significant opportunities for merchants and other stakeholder groups to push banks and other day-to-day money management service providers down the…
[avatar user=”sirpa” size=”original” align=”left” link=”https://mobeyforum.org/dt_team/sirpa-nordlund/” target=”_blank”] <h4>by Sirpa Nordlund</h4> Executive Director at Mobey Forum [/avatar] January saw the curtailment of the first big mobile wallet to hit the market following news from O2 that is was withdrawing its service. With a lifespan of just 18 months, the O2 wallet was the first MNO wallet to make…