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MTN announced today that they will launch the MTN Mobile Money product in Rwanda by the end of the year.
A huge opportunity, as MTN will be the first of its kind in Rwanda, which has around 1.5 million cell phone users.
Mobile banking continues to be an emerging trend, and a lot of testing and trial [...]

iFinance had the opportunity to sit down with Jon Gaskell, president and co-founder of SmartyPig. The actual interview occurred prior to Finovate, an event SmartyPig was presenting at, so Gaskell suggested that we wait until after the event due to important changes that were going to be announced.
SmartyPig is essentially a Web 2.0 financial services [...]

When it comes to social media and making finance more interactive, an area that seems to be getting a lot of attention is investor relations. Making IR social is still a new concept and the list of companies actively pursuing bringing social media to IR is short. The list of companies doing it well is [...]

In an effort to cash in on the increasing trend of mobile banking, U.S. Bank launched Mobile Wallet, a comprehensive mobile banking application, on Tuesday. U.S. bank partnered with Qualcomm owned Firethorn Holdings, which provided the technology for the application.