What is the ROI for mobile banking now?  And by now I mean today, and not in 5 years.  Many of the ROI or Value Propositions for Mobile Banking I have read and researched miss the mark by only briefly mentioning, or worse yet not at all addressing, the cost the banks will need to incur to launch and support the mobile channel. Based on what I have read it would appear that there are only benefits to mobile banking, and that banks can effortlessly and for very little investment implement these solutions.  Of course implementing a mobile banking solution will cost money.   It may or may not ...

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Automation has become a necessity for service providers in order to keep pace with the rapid change due the introduction of next generation devices and services. We’ve seen an influx of OSS Vendors providing automation products to ultimately sup......

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I had the pleasure of participating as both a panelist and moderator at the Mobile Money Canada event last week. It was a fantastic gathering of professionals actively involved in the Mobile Financial Services industry in Canada. I would like to recap some highlights from the session I participated in entitled: "What is the right Mobile Money approach for Canada? Bank Centric, Mobile Operator Centric, or Collaboration?"  The other guest panellists included: Patrick Kelly, SVP Business Development at Monitise Americas Jason Hurlbut, Vice President, Global Sales & Business Development at CPNI Inc. Aran Hamilton, Vice President - Strategic Partnerships at EnStream LP The topic ...

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The Mobile Money Canada event that was held earlier this week in Toronto went without a hitch.  I was lucky enough to be helping with general event preparations as well as contributing in panel discussions.  The event covered a variety of topics related to banking and financial services through speaker presentations and panel discussions.  The panel that I participated in focused on debating various aspects of a mobile banking solution that should be considered when implementing a mobile money initiative.  The intent is to share industry learning’s and specific pitfalls that may inhibit a successful mobile financial services initiative.  I felt we had good industry representation for the discussion.  Panelists ...

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Dear Mobile Money Canada Attendees, Thank you for participating in the first Mobile Money CanadaConference. Your involvement has enriched the overall experience of allof us within the Canadian mobile financial services industry and Iappreciate that you were able to take time out of your schedule toattend and contribute. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with and learning from many ofyou at the conference and I look forward to continuing the dialoguewith you as our industry evolves in Canada. I was also thrilled to hearabout many of the innovative mobile money initiatives that many of youare currently working on…Keep up the great work! ...

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Mobile Money Canada took place this past Tuesday November 10th, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and I had the pleasure of moderating a panel session entitled “What does it take to build & operate profitable mobile banking services”.  The discussion touched upon strategies for deploying mobile banking to the Canadian market as well as operational considerations and effective consumer marketing strategies.The panel consisted of the following industry experts:1) Patrick Kelly, SVP Business Development at Monitise Americas2) Matt Krogstad, VP Business Development at M-Com3) Joe Salesky, Founder, Chairman, & Chief Strategy Officer at ClairMail4) Eric Feeley, Director of Product Management ...

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Zubair's article inspired me to write about a real world example of how virtualization helped a major telecommunications company deliver an OSS inventory solution.  The lessons learned and benefits realized will be detailed in a multipar......

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Telcos use inventories for all sorts of things, and there are different solutions for different purposes. One distinction often made is between a Physical Inventory system, typically geospatial in nature and for example used for physical planning,......

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Mobile Money Canada is finally here.  Mobile-Financial will have many articles, research materials and interviews come out of Mobile Money Canada, which is about to take place as I write this blog.  To get Mobile Money Canada started I have summarized the Success Factors presented by Enstream.   The success factors were gained after reviewing the lessons learned from the advanced mobile payment markets.  Using Enstream’s definition, the advanced mobile payment market is compromised from the following countries: Malaysia, Taiwan, Norway, Spain, Slovenia, Japan, Austria, Singapore and South Korea. The success factors for mobile payments and mobile wallets are: 1) Utilize interoperable payments as an enabler.  This should be ...

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Network Inventory Management is the most important component in the OSS architecture. If you disagree with me...just think about it for a second.  How can carriers provision new service orders from customers (or subscribers depending who......

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