ANALYSIS When AI starts spending: why the UK FCA’s agentic ambitions...
AI agents promise to find services, manage subscriptions and make payments on customers’ behalf. The UK’s FCA’s response raises a question that reaches well...
OPINION Voice commerce has a trust problem – here’s how the...
Voice commerce is taking off, with bots from everyone from Meta to SpaceX seeking to add voice to how people sell. But with that...
Only one in five parents trust mobile networks with their child’s...
Major new research has revealed that only one in five parents trust mobile networks with their child’s online safety. In polling of 1,000 parents...
OPINION The FCA has changed the PSP buying conversation
Alpa Jotangia, Head of Compliance, Ecommpay takes a look at what May’s changes in how the UK’s FCA views safeguarding, consumer duty and financial...
Mastercard scam rules put 72-hour clock on telemedia payment risk
Mastercard is tightening the way suspected payment scams are identified and acted on, with new monitoring standards due to take effect on 24 July...
South Africa’s digital services lesson: why the rest of the world...
Conferences often claim to reveal the future. Most don't. They offer snapshots of where an industry is today, occasionally dressed up as predictions about...
TELEMEDIA JOHANNESBURG 2026 Towards a Digital Economy Act? Exploring the future...
If there was one message that emerged from Telemedia Johannesburg's discussion on regulation, it was that South Africa's digital economy has outgrown many of...
Power to the networks: does rising social media fraud offer an...
This quarter, the world’s dominant digital advertising platforms once again demonstrated why they now sit at the centre of the global marketing economy. But,...
ANALYSIS Why Pakistan’s consent directive signals a new era of verifiable...
The recent clarification issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on explicit prior consent for mobile Value-Added Services is an important and constructive step...
Pakistani regulator mandates MNOs to get prior approval from subscribers to...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued strict instructions to all mobile operators that they must obtain explicit prior consent from subscribers before activating...
