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As most markets enjoy high mobile phone ownership and comprehensive mobile phone coverage, some markets may skip payment cards altogether and pass directly from mostly cash to mostly mobile money. Banks need to expand their distribution network, b.

Commentary from the Lafferty News team on retail banking, cards and payments and mobile transactions. Google goes for alphabetical order. By Fin Keegan on August 14, 2015. Uber pilots vehicle finance through subsidiary. By Donal Conaty on July 30, 2015. By Rónán Lynch on July 22, 2015. The big promise of small payments for PayPal and Facebook.

Research and thought leadership reports for the consumer financial services industry worldwide. It would be a mistake to believe that in order to threaten a banks margins, one must look exactly like a traditional bank. Many new entrants do not compete in the same way. Some dont look like traditional banks or have a banking licence. However, they are offering substitute products that still have the potential to harm traditional bank margins. New Entrants, New Rules.

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