In a row of makeshift shops in Mexico City, three generations of cooks whip up delicacies to tempt passers by. For now, your craving for Mexican street food will only be satisfied if you have some pesos handy. Can a new mobile payments initiative help small Mexican businesses to thrive?

The average Gen Yer spends five hours a week taking photos of themselves. Knowing how much this group loves a selfie, and that ease is considered the most important feature of banking, MasterCard is hoping its ‘selfie’ payment method will get them snapping and spending like there’s no tomorrow.

India’s smartphone boom is rapidly increasing the number of people with internet access; the number of those online is expected to double to over 500 million by 2020. This shift is having a profound effect on how Indians are shopping, with m-commerce becoming hugely popular.

Food delivery in Brazil is big business. The market is worth over $800 million, with an annual growth rate of 13%. iFood is the leader in this segment and having received $50 million in investment, it looks set to stay that way. But how did iFood get to the top in the first place?