Why does Free-to-play matter as a part of the gaming industry? The business of gaming is an incredible one and an important one. There are over 3 billion gamers worldwide (source) and the mobile gaming industry reached over $90B in revenue in 2021 (source). Gaming as an industry is growing with the introduction of new … Continue reading Free-to-play (FtP) business models
Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
The Beginning I've been working in Financial Services (FS) since I started my career in 2015. I started at Citigroup, working on retail banking strategy for our Asian private wealth management clients. The name of the game there was rewards and incentives both for the sales people and the new customers. In that same role, … Continue reading Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
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EZ-Link blends payments with fitness trackers - https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/30017/ez-link-blends-payments-with-fitness-trackers DBS Bank subsidiary POSB is using technology from Kasisto to enable FB Messenger conversations with customers -https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/30016/posb-virtual-agent-chats-with-customers-on-facebook Hyperwallet releases new report on state of ecommerce in Marketplaces - https://www.hyperwallet.com/app/uploads/HW_The_State_of_Ecommerce_Marketplace_Selling_in_2017_V1.0.pdf iZettle, one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe and EMEA, to accept UnionPay cards -https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/67697/izettle-to-accept-unionpay-cards?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed BMO … Continue reading News Update
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Cardtronics Makes More Surcharge-Free ATMs Available For Citibank - http://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2017/cardtronics-makes-more-surcharge-free-atms-available-for-citibank/ Online Used Goods Marketplace Letgo Raises $175M - http://www.pymnts.com/news/ecommerce/2017/online-used-goods-marketplace-letgo-raises-175m-in-huge-venture-capital-round/ Third of global consumers open to Google, Amazon banking: survey - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wealth-financialservices-survey-idUSKBN14V2I2 Keynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the French Payments Committee conference on “Technological innovations in payments … Continue reading News update
News Analysis -1/7 – 1/14
India Digital Payments enablement in India: India’s Goal to get rid of Credit Cards by 2020 through government’s (Bharat Interface for Money) BHIM app Indian government launched a new mobile app in December (BHIM), enables bank to bank transfer (P2M and P2P) P2P and P2M transfers enabled through either QR code scanning, typing in the … Continue reading News Analysis -1/7 – 1/14
News Update – Jan 5, 2017
Here are the interesting articles I read today: Fulfillment By Amazon Delivered Over 2 Billion Items - http://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-commerce/2017/fulfillment-by-amazon-delivered-over-2-billion-items/ The Mobile Card Reader Market Set To Grow At CAGR Of Close To 54 Percent - http://www.pymnts.com/mobile/2016/technavio-the-mobile-card-reader-market-set-to-grow-at-cagr-of-close-to-54-percent/ The global mobile wallet market to grow at a CAGR of 35.5% during the period 2017-2021. - http://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-payments/2017/global-mobile-wallet-market-double-digit-growth-2021-contactless-payments-mobile-pay/ Starbucks will … Continue reading News Update – Jan 5, 2017
Amaan Lakhani 