Digital Payment Systems
WHY?
Digital Payment Systems
Thomas Friedman's prophecy of the flat world is already true. Payments are no exception to this rule. Examples like mpesa in Kenya have shown that money can be transferred at the speed of sending an SMS. Experiments like Apple Pay will make plastic as a form factor for cards disappear faster than you can imagine. A young startup in India has launched a solution which allows a merchant to send a bill as sound waves which a customer can capture on his mobile phone and pay the dues. Future is already here. Today. Banks need to gear up to stay in the business if they want to avoid becoming entities which only issue passbooks and post debit / credit entries.