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The Lydian Payments Journal - 2010

Competition aspects of new mobile payment networks: The case of mobile payments in Spain

by Ignacio Mas [1]

December 2008IntroductionThis note reviews the Spanish experience with regulating the competition aspects of new mobile payment networks in the absence of formal technical standards. The saga is in two parts, as the strategy of the early movers, dominant telco Telefonica and leading bank BBVA, changed radically in mid-course. At first, they sought to create an industry platform where they tightly controlled the technical standards and delivery platform. Then they moved to a scheme where there was common industry ownership of the technical platform. As a result, they found themselves having to go to the competition authority twice: once to justify... Read More...

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