At this session, we’ve heard representatives of regulators discussing their views of the current and future requirements of mobile money regulation. The general and corporate requirement perspective as well as the consumer demand perspective has been presented. Key points/questions of the panel: Brand and distribution are seen to be the key assets required to deliver…

And that’s about all I got time for today. Tomorrow the event continues, and I hope to catch up with more interesting people and learn something new. My impression is that people are enthused about the mobile payment prospects and what it brings to the table. And we’re not talking the West world only, but…

I needed to leave early to prepare all the posts for publishing. Here’s what I’ve missed: “The Business Case for Targeting Unbanked Markets – Mobile Payments in a Time of War” by Miyanda Mulambo, General Manager, Celpay. Miyanda talked about Democratic Republic of Congo’s unique challenges for financial service provisions and how these have been…

If you’ve been reading IntoMobile carefully, you know about Obopay. They are a mobile payment service provider that got its funding from such companies as Citibank and Nokia Ventures. That fact by itself should be a reason enough to think they’re onto something. At the Mobile Money Summit, I had an opportunity to sit with…

The second part has started. It’s the emerging markets where all the focus is, and as a keynote we’ve heard Bob Christen, Director of Financial Services for the Poor Global Development Program at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here are the key points from his speech: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation focuses on 2 billion…

To get a better image how it was at the Mobile Money Summit, here are few photos from the event. As you can see, many people are eating, and that’s because I took most of the shots at the launch break. Enjoy!

After Orange’s presentation, a panel titled “The Reality of Deploying the Latest Mobile Money Innovations” started. Participants included: Dag-Inge Flatraaker, Chairman M-Channel Expert Group, European Payment Council Mung-Ki Woo, Vice President, Payment and Contactless, Orange – France Telecom Group Hannes Van Rensburg, CEO, Fundamo Steve Granek, VP Business Development, Neustar They’ve discussed hot topics such…

I haven’t arrived at the very beginning of the conference. It was 11:40 and I just came in to listen to Mung-Ki Woo, Vice President of Payment and Contactless at Orange/France Telecom Group. Here’s the recap of what he said: First he presented Orange markets and differences of Europe and Africa, pointing out that in…

If I died yesterday I wouldn’t know about Lebara. They don’t have to do much with mobile payments — at least not at the moment — but they have an interesting business model. Those not familiar should know that Lebara is one of the most successful MVNOs in the world. This privately owned company prides…

It’s mobile money time folks. I’m at the Hall 5 of Fira de Barcelona, the same place where I was on last Thursday at HiT Barcelona event. Again, this is a small, yet very focused conference. Again — like that was the case with HiT Barcelona — the exhibition area is small, and the focus…