Emerging Markets:
Korea-Japan mobile payment cooperation signed
SK Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation and SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. on a Korea-Japan mobile payment cooperation
SaaS to the rescue for First Securities
Oslo-based investment firm First Securities is introducing Fidessa’s Software as a Service (SaaS) sell-side trading platform, incorporating smart order routing and connectivity options to multiple liquidity venues
NBAD installs new commercial loan software
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is deploying the Misys Loan IQ software on its back office commercial loan operations
Skatool agrees to buy LinQpay
Skatool, Inc. strengthens its position in the growing mobile and web based payments with the purchase of LinQpay.
Jersey considers admittance to SEPA
The Jersey Financial Services Commission has announced that it is to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) as a non-European Economic Area (EEA) jurisdiction in its consultation paper outlining measures for regulating and supervising providers of payment services to pave the way for its membership
IME teams up with Watchdata in China to develop mobile solutions
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), based in Singapore, has announced a partnership with Chinese data securities firm, Watchdata Technologies Pte.Ltd., to extend research into developing mobile payment solutions
Mobile Money Transfer – a Vodafone perspective
John Maynard, Regional Manager for Vodafone Mobile Payments talks through some of the innovations Vodafone have been developing in the mobile payments market.
Lady Olga Maitland, talks about her journey into the world of finance
Money Transfer International Chief Executive, Lady Olga Maitland, talks about her journey into the world of finance, the role of MTI and how the payments market that are changing people’s lives throughout the world.

