Financial Services

Making Money Mobile – Of Value and Values

Mobile banking, mobile commerce and mobile money for us is mostly out of interest and stems from noticing the opportunity that exists in these areas – a business opportunity.  For others it is about the gadgets, the novelty and the convenience.  In other places around the world, mobile becomes a vehicle through which people can [...]

December 15, 2010 Read the full article →

Zoompass Announcement Falls Short of ‘my’ expectations

I am not sure I get it at times.  I know that the technology is limited and that a lot of the talk that sometimes goes around is more dreaming than real possibilities. Today’s Zoompass announcement however strikes me more as a step backwards than a forward one.  This is what happens when the initiative [...]

March 3, 2010 Read the full article →

Making the Most of Mobile Through Partnerships

I have commented about this same topic before… to some of you personally. Just wrote a little something over at the other site but thought I would paste it here directly: … the entire mobile banking landscape will succeed only through partnerships. Banks partnering with other service providers… (but to what extreme? And at what [...]

February 26, 2010 Read the full article →

Mobile Banking In Canada: CIBC Gets There First!

Canada your wait is over! CIBC has officially won the race and is the first of the Canadian Banks to offer a full-featured mobile banking application…

February 4, 2010 Read the full article →

Carnival of the Mobilists #202: Of Mobile Platforms, Stores, Acquisitions and Banking

After almost a year of following Carnivals and submitting our own entries as well it is a privilege for the Mobile Strategy Blog to host the 202nd edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists!  For this week we have thought-provoking pieces, inside scoops, tough questions and overall interesting posts on a variety of topics.  All [...]

November 30, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Financial Services In Canada

My intent was always to provide a recap of last week’s inaugural Mobile Money Canada conference. I was going to review the event itself, the speakers and even the audience.  However much has gotten in the way of doing that for you – even though I feel a certain sense of obligation to provide you [...]

November 16, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Financial Services Week – Submit Your Story

Next week is the Mobile Money Canada Conference.  To coincide with the event and to celebrate the fact that mobile financial services in Canada can only get better I would like to invite you to submit your stories and experiences to this blog.  You can even submit your product or service and we will profile [...]

November 5, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Money Canada Conference – November 10, 2009

This is exciting for me.  I will be attending and hopefully writing, interviewing and even offering some mobile strategy advice and services to those seeking it.   The event organizers have stated the following three goals for the conference: Stimulate the growth of a nascent, but promising, Mobile Money industry in Canada Educate business and technology [...]

October 26, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Banking In Canada (Reason 2): Mobility is Personal, Intimate and Present

This post is part of the series we began in August entitled: 12 Reasons Why Canadian Banks Should Really Offer Mobile Services. As a Canadian consumer of financial services I want those services on my mobile now! This is all part of my own little push to get it done. Unlike other channels, the mobile [...]

October 15, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Banking In Canada (Reason 3): Technology Is NOT An Obstacle

This post is part of the series we began a few weeks ago: 12 Reasons Why Canadian Banks Should Really Offer Mobile Services. We are a little bit out of order and we are presenting Reason #3 ahead of #2… and that’s because we have a special guest author and we could not wait any [...]

October 2, 2009 Read the full article →

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