MEF webinar: payments inside RCS

Do we need to have a conversation about RCS conversational commerce? Yes we do. And MEF is taking the lead. Following the publication of a white paper on the topic, MEF convened a webinar in which three experts explored rich messaging and payment buttons.
The future of RCS is still far from certain. Could it be the rich media successor to SMS, and offer an app-like experience on billions of phones?
MEF Member News, July 29th

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Route Mobile Limited, a leading cloud communications platform service provider, today announced its latest offering – Instant Virtual Number.Mr. Rajdipkumar Gupta, MD and Group CEO, Route Mobile said, “Customers/subscriber privacy/confidentiality is of utmost importance to operator networks, yet one of the key concerns raised by their customers.
Infographic: Understanding the revised PSD2

The EU’s Payment Services Directive (PSD2) gets an update in September with the introduction of new Secure Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements. Here MEF Member JT International share a handy infographic to remind us of the background to the PSD2 and what the new updates mean for businesses.
Strong Customer Authentication for PSD2 in the EU: Implementation

William Dudley, mobile evangelist and strategist for SAP Mobile Services: Industry & LoB Products concludes his discussion of Strong Customer Authentication in the EU. We’ve reached the third and final installment of this series. In the first installment, we introduced the European Union’s European Banking Authority (or EBA) directive called PSD2 ..
Strong Customer Authentication for PSD2 in the EU: Limitations

William Dudley, mobile evangelist and strategist for SAP Mobile Services: Industry & LoB Products continues his analysis of Strong Customer Authentication in the EU in the second part of this three part series.
Strong Customer Authentication for PSD2 in the EU: Elements for success

William Dudley, mobile evangelist and strategist for SAP Mobile Services: Industry & LoB Products discusses the EU’s PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in this 3-part mini series.
The European Union’s European Banking Authority (or EBA) directive called PSD2 (short for The Second Payment Services Directive) was originally published at the end of 2015.
MEF at MWC19: Exploring new business models in identity, payments and advertising

Is the ten year dominance of the app model finally breaking apart? What new opportunities lie ahead for carriers, content makers and brands? At MCW19, an expert MEF panel in association with Syntonic dived in to this huge topic…
The era of the smartphone and super fast abundant data changed the way people consume content. Today, the mobile handset is truly a portable lifestyle hub.
MEF Member News Roundup, March 18th

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RealNetworks, Inc, a global leader in digital media software and services announced today that it has partnered with Digifort, a leader in video management systems headquartered in Brazil with offices around the world, to make the SAFR facial recognition platform available to Digifort’s 28,000 customers in more than 130 countries worldwide.
MEF Member news, July 23

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Telecom company Ooredoo is offering travellers from Oman three times more data as part of its Passport World bundle. Available from July 17 to September 16, Passport World subscribers will be eligible for more data abroad at no additional cost.
Furthermore, users will get 30 voice minutes along with their bundle, which includes making local calls within the roaming country, calling back to Oman and receiving calls while they are travelling.
MEF Member news, March 19th

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Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, believes that the implementation of PSD2(Payment Services Directive 2) offers European banks a unique opportunity to deliver digital innovation, robust protection and seamless user experience that will be critical in a new era of open markets. The Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) have just been published in the EU Official Journal, and detail the responsibilities and obligations of all banking and payment stakeholders concerning access to account, customer data protection, user convenience, and payment security.