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April 04, 2024
Derek Sharpley

Telepin: Empowering the Unbanked Through Innovation

Telepin Software Systems has solidified its position as a pivotal force in the fintech arena, driven by a steadfast dedication to empowering the underbanked through innovative mobile financial services. Telepin’s transformation from a niche company primarily focused on e-top up and e-voucher to becoming a dominant player in the mobile money sector is a testament…

February 28, 2024
Derek Sharpley

The Mobile Money Platform Evolution: Telepin’s CEO Shares Their Journey

Telepin M&S Interview – Full Version from Telepin Software Systems on Vimeo. Transcript Michael Greenwood (Research Analyst, Juniper Research): Could you tell us about Telepin, your journey, and how the company has evolved over the years? Eric Feeley (CEO, Telepin): Certainly! Telepin provides a mobile money platform. We specialize in innovative mobile financial services…

November 16, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Mobile money and small businesses: the next frontier

Since it launched years ago with basic cash-in/cash-out functionality, mobile money has become an essential tool in the lives of millions of individuals. This is a tremendous achievement for an industry that’s only a decade or so old, and it sets up a very important question: what’s next? Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), that’s…

November 05, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Fact checking the future: The trajectory of mobile money in an unpredictable world

Like most CEOs, I’m used to taking in data and using it to build an informed picture of the future. That’s how I give advice to our clients, and it’s how I plan the way forward for Telepin. Early in 2020, my team and I wrote down some of those predictions and included them in…

September 22, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Working from home, still working together!

We are all still working from home at Telepin. And it’s has been challenging sometimes if kids are home, and challenging sometimes not being at the office and physically meeting with work colleagues. But we have still made an effort to keep connected to each other — there are regular phone meetings, video meetings and…

August 26, 2020
Timothy Roberts

New eBook: How to build a successful mobile money business

Entrepreneurs have a strong sense of direction—they tend to move towards the fastest-growing industries, where the opportunity to innovate, accelerate and dominate is high. And with the mobile money industry registering over $2 billion in global transactions per day, many of them are funneling their energy and their money in that very promising direction. But…

August 11, 2020
Timothy Roberts

How to stay ahead of shifting fintech regulations

The fintech industry is roiling with change. There are now more than a billion mobile money subscribers worldwide. Those subscribers, increasingly comfortable with core mobile money applications, expect more from their devices. Operators are responding with innovative services supported by state-of-the-art mobile money platform design, driving a very exciting and volatile marketplace. At the centre…

July 31, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Three ways mobile money can strengthen post-covid recovery

It may seem like a faraway prospect at the moment, but through a combination of breakthrough science, global collaboration, and collective grit, we will get through this pandemic and reach the other side. But what will “the other side” look like? Predictions abound in every sector, many of them painting a grim picture. Not so…

May 12, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Rethinking KYC to help vulnerable households rebuild

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, attention remains fixed on figuring out how to save more lives. Not far behind that priority is another urgent question: figuring out how to protect families and businesses from the economic landslide caused by a world in lockdown. Mobile money is part of the answer…

April 30, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Can central banks and mobile money work together to rebuild? Kenya says yes.

The current pandemic has affected markets around the world, splitting the COVID-19 battlefront across two arenas: one in which we’re fighting for our lives, and another in which we’re fighting for our economic future. Something interesting is happening in that second area. In select regions of the world, banking regulators and mobile money operators are…

April 21, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Moving money while the world stands still

“Contactless payment preferred.” “Please, no cash.” “We prefer VISA or debit. Cash discouraged.” These are a few of the messages I’ve seen posted in the essential shops that remain open near my home in Canada. In the throes of this pandemic situation, handing someone a five dollar bill is tantamount to dropping a used Kleenex…

April 06, 2020
Timothy Roberts

COVID-19 and the role of mobile money

Efforts to contain COVID-19 rely as much on tech innovations as on governmental edicts. Just look at the cloud-enabled tools that make it possible for millions to work while obeying orders to self-isolate, or high-tech manufacturing centres that are rapidly scaling production of mandated protective gear. When technology works to enable government policy, or when…

March 23, 2020
Timothy Roberts

COVID-19: We are here to help.

A LETTER FROM THE CEO We hope that our customers and industry colleagues are keeping safe amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. As a follow-up to our message last week, our team members continue to work remotely from home and isolation with full access to the tools and systems required to perform their job functions….

March 17, 2020
Timothy Roberts

COVID-19: Telepin plans for business as usual

Dear customers, colleagues, friends, We hope this message finds you and your colleagues, your family and your friends, well. This is a difficult time for everyone right now, and with the rapidly changing and uncertain global situation around COVID-19, all teams are bracing for impact, as well as re-visiting plans to identify any possible effects….

February 05, 2020
Timothy Roberts

Mobile money startups need agile, responsive technology.

We all know what it’s like to deal with service providers who are focused on the upsell. Think of the cable company that insists you bundle your package with Internet, or the dealership that will only cut a deal on financing if you buy their proprietary service package. Before you know it, you’re spending more…

January 21, 2020
Timothy Roberts

How Canadian fintech is helping to relieve suffering in Yemen

Telepin hopes to offer a technological solution that may bring some relief and financial resilience to those caught in the cross-fire of this conflict. We’ve partnered with ONE, a Yemeni-backed fintech brand of the National Wallet Company, to launch Yemen’s first mobile money platform.

December 31, 2019
Timothy Roberts

How mobile money drives climate action.

The fight against climate change now as a human face: 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, whose passionate leadership has reinvigorated a global movement against the inaction of those in power. “We demand a safe future,” says Greta in one of her memorable public addresses. “Is that really too much to ask?” She spoke these words at a…

December 23, 2019
Timothy Roberts

Fintech and farming: how mobile money impacts sub-Saharan agriculture

On a continent where extreme poverty and food insecurity plague nearly half the population, innovations that support the agricultural industry are essential. Few such innovations have spread as quickly as mobile money. There are now nearly 146 million active accounts in sub-Saharan Africa, representing 10% of the region’s GDP (compared to less than 2% in…

December 16, 2019
Timothy Roberts

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals need mobile money.

“Free humanity from the tyranny of poverty and heal and secure our planet for future generations.” That’s the pledge made by the Heads of State and Government this fall at the United Nations’ Headquarters in New York. They had gathered to review progress made towards the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to…

December 12, 2019
Timothy Roberts

What will it take to close the mobile money gender gap?

Many fintech breakthroughs of the last decade belong to a large, assorted category that I’ll call wealthtech. In this group, you’ll find revolutionary tools that help people with a bit of money become people with a bit more money—tools like robo-advisors that help with investment planning or AI engines that streamline the insurance process. These…

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