Volume: 6 Issue: 5
(May 2012)
Keywords:
mobile
payments
mobile
payments
uk
let
games
commence
mobile
payments
industry
uk
picking
speed
new
players
products
entering
Jurisdictions:
UK
London
Scotland
Europe
Spain
France
US
Ireland
The mobile payments industry in the UK is picking up speed, with new players and products entering the market from the banking sector and the London 2012 Olympic Games fast approaching. In the first instalment of a two-part article, Jonathan Bye and Carlo R.W. de Meijer, of the Royal Bank of Scotland, present a close-up of the mobile payments landscape in the UK, the new ventures, the collaborations, the strategies and the golden opportunity to showcase mobile payments presented by the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Q&A: Marc Brûlé discusses the Canadian Royal Mint's MintChip project
Q&A: FinCEN and virtual currencies: the coming of clarity and ambiguity Q&A: Tony Anderson, Partner at Pinsent Masons, on the new regulator for the UK payments systems sector Q&A: O2's move into mobile commerce Q&A: Sarah Carter, General Manager, Social Business, at Actiance, about banks on social media Interview with Joseph I. Rosenbaum, Partner at Reed Smith LLP, on mobile payments & financial institutions