Offering views on the future of mobile
Hannes van Rensburg, CEO and Founder of Fundamo was recently in London and took some time out to speak to PaymentEye.
Hannes has led the company since it was founded in 2000. With Hannes at the helm, Fundamo launched the world’s first mobile financial services deployment in 2002 with Celpay in Zambia. Following the acquisition of Fundamo by Visa in 2011, Hannes is now responsible for Visa’s efforts to drive financial inclusion in emerging markets, as well as continuing to lead Fundamo as CEO.
In part the final part of this interview Hannes speaks about his role with Fundamo and the challenges he faces in the fight for greater financial inclusion. Hannes also gives his view on the future and trends in the mobile payments space.
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