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by Paula Hunter
Worldwide, there is a growing push to have open banking third-party payment initiation (3PPI) driven by regulators to make it possible for technology-led services and apps to initiate payments directly on behalf of customers, with consent. In a financial inclusion setting, India delivered this model to the ecosystem through its… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Last month, as part of our latest community meeting, I sat down with Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) CEO Jo Ann Barefoot and Executive Director David Ehrich to chat about regulation in the digital payments space. AIR’s mission is to help the financial regulatory system digitize… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
We’re proud to say that the Mojaloop Online PI-13 OSS Community Meeting was a great success. Community members from around the world came together for a week of digital updates, education sessions, networking and more, all centered around the event theme, One Loop for All: Mojaloop in Motion. We’re so… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Last week, we kicked off an exciting year of activity with the Mojaloop Online PI-13 OSS Community Meeting. Over the course of five days, Mojaloop community members from around the world came together virtually to discuss market trends, development updates, contribute to the development roadmap, network with fellow open-source enthusiasts… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Digital payments are the connective tissue that drives economies. Based on a growing body of evidence, they are a gateway to the financial services that buffer people from risk and allow them to take advantage of economic opportunities. According to the World Bank’s Global Findex 1.7 billion people still lack… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of real-time digital payment infrastructures and digital financial services. It has also made clear the need for the digital economy to continue working irrespective of physical travel and pandemic limitations. In the best of times, when countries aren’t experiencing extreme economic shock, closed-loop… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
At our latest community meeting, I invited FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro to discuss the role that open source plays in advancing payments. His experience with the world’s largest financial institutions makes him an ideal expert to learn from about the need for open source within the finance sector. Below… Read More
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by Lesley-Ann Vaughan
We messaged the community at the start of November about the proposed Mojaloop Product Council, based on this concept note: Mojaloop Product Council The ambition was to create a council formed from adopters experiencing the software first hand, thought leaders in the industry with market experience… Read More
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by Adama Diallo
By Mojaloop Foundation Director Adama Diallo, Head of Partnership for the Next Billion Users project in Africa at Google I was proud to present at the recent Women in Fintech Summit, organized by HiPipo under the Include EveryOne program, and in… Read More
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by Simeon Oriko
In the last Program Increment (PI-11), we restructured our Community Governance Committees in a bid to build a strong and diverse Mojaloop community. The Community Leadership Committee (CLC) developed and approved restructuring proposals for three committees: Design Authority, Change Control Board, and Community Leadership Committee. These… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
On the margins of the 2020 UN General Assembly, … Read More
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by David Mangini
Q&A with David Mangini, General Manager, Giori Digital Please introduce yourself and your company. DM: I’m David Mangini, General Manager for Giori Digital SA, which is a Swiss company that provides central banks with a Central Bank… Read More
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by Greg McCormick
Q&A with Greg McCormick, Chief Strategic Business Development Officer As one of the Mojaloop Foundation’s newest Promoter Members, we recently interviewed Greg McCormick, Chief Strategic Business Development Officer at Sybrin, on how they will support the Mojaloop Foundation’s vision and mission. Promoter member Sybrin will continue… Read More
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by Sameer Nigam
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director Sameer Nigam, Founder and CEO of PhonePe Mojaloop Foundation Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing financial, technical and legal assistance to ensure the health and growth of the Mojaloop and its user community. We recently interviewed Sameer Nigam, Founder and… Read More
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by Ken Weber
With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization to support the deployment of the Mojaloop open source software, the organization’s Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing financial, technical and legal assistance to ensure the health and growth of the user community. Read More
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by Paula Hunter
The Mojaloop Foundation brings together the philanthropic and technology leaders needed to share best practices and ideas for developing innovative financial inclusion solutions that can be implemented in vital regions across the world. By embracing an open source approach, the Foundation’s open source software, Mojaloop, is a public… Read More
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by Sam Kummary
We are excited to announce the latest Mojaloop release! With this release, support for organizations managing bulk disbursements and using non-Latin-based characters in names is available. Additionally, the implementation of Financial Service Provider Interoperability (FSPIOP) API v1.1 improves flexibility for financial institutions to conduct two-phase commits on… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Despite mobile money services emerging in nearly 100 countries, 1.7 billion people still lack access to digital financial services, according to the World Bank’s Global… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Providers trying to reach developing markets with innovative, low-cost digital financial services are challenged with the cost and complexity of … Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Interoperability is necessary for financial inclusion, but it can be difficult to achieve. Today, in many countries, achieving full interoperability across various payment service providers and digital transactional platforms means bringing non-banks into the national payment system, including Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that are authorized to provide payment services… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Last week, we held the first Mojaloop Community Meeting since our Foundation’s official launch on May 6th. During the well-attended virtual event, I had the opportunity to share some updates that I would now like to pass along to readers of our blog. Launching the Foundation… Read More
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by Sam Kummary
The Mojaloop Financial Services Provider Interoperability Specification (FSPIOP) API’s purpose is to enable interoperable financial transactions between a Payer (a payer of electronic funds in a payment transaction) located in one FSP (an entity that provides a digital financial service to an end user) and a Payee (a recipient of… Read More
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by Sam Kummary
Introduction A Helm Release in Mojaloop context refers to a release made on the Helm GitHub repository, which includes a set of core and supporting services that make up a Mojaloop Switch / Hub implementation. For more details regarding a general Helm release, please refer to… Read More
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by Kevin O'Neil
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director Kevin O’Neil, Director of Data and Technology at The Rockefeller Foundation With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization that will support the deployment of the Mojaloop open source software, the initial founding Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing… Read More
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by Miller Abel
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director and Technical Governing Board Delegate Miller Abel, deputy director and principal technologist at the Gates Foundation In 2017, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started the Mojaloop open source project to support building open, interoperable solutions that improve access… Read More
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by Adama Diallo
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director Adama Diallo, Head of Partnerships, Google’s Next Billion Users Initiative in Africa With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization that will support the deployment of the Mojaloop open source software, the initial founding Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing financial, technical… Read More
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by CV Madhukar
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director CV Madhukar, Managing Director, Beneficial Technology, Omidyar Network With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization that will support the deployment of the Mojaloop open source software, the initial Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing financial, technical and legal… Read More
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by Adrian Hope-Bailie
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director Adrian Hope-Bailie, Head Services and Interledger, Coil With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization that will support the deployment of the Mojaloop open source software, the inaugural Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities… Read More
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by David Wexler
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Director David Wexler, CEO of ModusBox With the launch of the Mojaloop Foundation as a charitable organization, its inaugural Sponsor members will take on the responsibilities of providing financial, technical and legal assistance to ensure the health and growth of the user community. Sponsor member… Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Welcome to our inaugural Mojaloop community update! It is an exciting time for the Mojaloop Foundation, and we want to share some updates on our activity and encourage your continued collaboration. As you likely know, last week we launched the next phase in the… Read More
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by Kosta Peric
Q&A with Mojaloop Foundation Chairman Kosta Peric, … Read More
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by Paula Hunter
Today we launch the next phase in the development of the Mojaloop open source project with the formal introduction of the Mojaloop Foundation. As a global, charitable organization, our mission is to increase financial inclusion by empowering a diverse, global payment ecosystem to create interoperable payment solutions for all. We could not be… Read More