Insights

01 Jul 2016

FinTech in Switzerland: A Quick Overview

June 29, 2016 By : Marc P. Bernegger, First appeared in Lets Talk Payments Switzerland has everything it takes to advance to the league of leading FinTech nations. First-class financial institutions, leading banking software manufacturers and research departments of ICT heavyweights such ...

29 Jun 2016

Blockchains will empower people in developing countries

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By David Keast
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The logic is simple and compelling. A strong land registry can mobilise massive capital in developing countries. A national land registry using smart contracts leveraging blockchain technology can be universally trusted. What are we waiting for? Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, president...

15 Jun 2016

Will mobile operators be relevant in an IoT world?

Current Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity comes from mobile networks and wifi, with mobile operators providing service through their existing range of 2G-4G network technologies and established machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms. However, a new class of connectivity designed for M2M applicati...

29 May 2016

Nailing Industrial IoT Revenues

The Industrial IoT (IIoT) segment is the most mature IoT segment, measured by the % of developers in this segment in productive roles, according to the Vision Mobile IoT Megatrends 2016 report. However, the current revenues for IIoT sales into any target application are still small, although most i...

23 May 2016

Can a national mobile payment system make sense?

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By David Keast
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In the past couple of months, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced that it is considering a national mobile payments system for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, whilst in Switzerland, the sponsors of Paymit and Twint have announced that they have entered into merger discussions to create a...