Payment acceptance is one core wedge that bridles relations between customers and e-commerce businesses, and acceptance rate optimisation should be a core strategy tackled by

Radical and Disruptive innovation are resulting in real and painful business disruption, and you don’t need to look far past what your taxi driver thinks

Background: When revolutionary technological and financial innovations of the 21st Century are finally listed, mobile money services will rank at the very top of that

In November 2014, the GSMA released a code of conduct for Mobile Money service providers.  Two years in development, the Code aims to ensure that the services

It wasn’t long ago when an online store was considered a differentiator for a bricks and mortar retailer, a luxury of sorts. No longer are

What drives people to use their phone to make a mobile payment? It all depends on the alternatives available to them. In Australia, where I am

The advent of the mobile phone (and in particular, the smartphone) has led to the development of innovative ways of conducting business through the hand-held

FinTech Africa has recently announced its 2016 winners. We’d like to take this opportunity to highlight a few companies that we think are working on

The concept of branchless banking is a basic concept that relies heavily on trust. Generally, community leaders or technology create a new distribution channel for delivering financial

The American dollar is one of the major currencies in the global economy. Notably, a significant number of product prices are set using the US

A new presidency comes with a lot of uncertainty, and with president-elect Donald Trump the uncertainty remains. During the campaign period, Trump stated a number

The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index is an analytical tool that measures the performance of 134 countries, representing 95% of the World’s population, against the four

International money transfer is a key component of global finance. By giving immigrants and expatriates a channel through which to send money home, it is

International money transfer is a key component of global finance. By giving immigrants and expatriates a channel through which to send money home, it is

Organised by the GSM Association, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the world’s leading expo for the mobile and related industries. Attended by the leading businesses, executives,

They’re everywhere. Digital disruptions in FinTech are proliferating at an unprecedented rate. The rise of hundreds of FinTech startups in 2015 from lending platforms all

Earlier this year I wrote about Australian FinTech companies that everyone needs to keep an eye on. A few weeks ago, a report about the world leading

It’s pretty clear that information barriers between buyers and sellers have always caused inefficiencies in markets, especially in rural areas. When sellers lack information, they’re exposed

It’s pretty clear that information barriers between buyers and sellers have always caused inefficiencies in markets, especially in rural areas. When sellers lack information, they’re exposed

Mobile money generally refers to financial services provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) when a consumer loads their mobile wallet or device with money to

Welcome to the Novatti blog. We will use this space to update our followers on matters that may affect them in the payments industry, present