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A study from Council Lead Partner MasterCard found that British citizens are gradually warming up to using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services.Following the launch of mobile payment program Apple Pay at over 250,000 locations...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
Council Advisor International Finance Corp. – a member of the World Bank Group – and Council Lead Partner MasterCard have agreed to develop a $250 million risk-sharing facility to enable emerging market banks to provide increased access to secure...
Article - 04/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity
Scroll down for today's short takes from Council partners…UK power giant first to go live with innovative GE technology UK Power Networks -- the United Kingdom's largest power distribution company -- is the first to implement Council Lead Partner...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
A move to help millions of daily commuters around the world experience faster, more convenient and personalized ways to get around by tapping into the power of their mobile phones was just announced by MasterCard and Cubic Transportation Systems....
Article - 03/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Bogota's urban mobility transformation gets a boost from MasterCardRecaudo Bogota, Bancolombia and Council Lead Partner MasterCard are introducing electronic payments to promote and facilitate access...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic and Transport for London celebrate ticketing winCouncil Lead Partner Cubic Transportation Systems and TfL (Transport for London) are celebrating a win after TfL’s contactless payment system was...
Article - 02/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
The primary goal of a transit system has been to get a rider from point A to point B. Collecting fares has typically been an afterthought, which is why that process is usually set up for the transit system’s convenience – not the rider’s.A...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
The days of fumbling around for change or juggling several different maps will soon come to an end for Chicago commuters. The three transit agencies that serve the city and the area surrounding it are coming together in a new app that lets riders...
Article - 12/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
Attempts to modernize and boost the economy of East Africa have been held back by one thing: cash. For most people who live there, cash seems to be their only option for doing business, which hinders economic growth and makes it more difficult for...
Article - 12/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council members…MasterCard opens NYC innovation hubThe global payments and technology company is housing its emerging payments teams in the heart of the technology community in New York City's Flatiron District. The...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Connectivity
Often people think of "the cloud" as a massive data repository somewhere online where email and documents are stored for easy access. But the cloud is much more than that, and government agencies around the world are finding the cloud can help them...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
In a day where business people can meet with nearly anyone, anywhere in the world, over the Internet, you might think that tourism is a bad investment. But Council Lead Partner MasterCard finds investing in tourism is actually one of the better...
Article - 07/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
Researchers at the UK's University of Sheffield teamed with GSMA, an organization that represents mobile network operators, to develop a common index for measuring a smart city's smartness. Leveraging a set of 31 indicators developed by GSMA that...
Article - 05/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
New ways to make payments electronically continue to pop up around the world. London transit riders, for example, can now tap a debit card on an electronic reader to pay the fare on the subway system. Swedish fast food aficionados can buy a...
Article - 04/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Connectivity