About us

What we do

mPay Connect provides strategic, product planning, and business development consulting services to clients interested in providing mobile payments services to their customers. mPay connect is experienced in serving clients with banked and unbanked customers world-wide.  We charge for our services as a retainer or by the project, depending on what our clients prefer.
Our corporate headquarters are in San Francisco, CA with affiliates world-wide.

Our objective

From rural villages in Kenya and Tanzania to urban transit stations in Hong Kong and South Korea, mobile payments adoption is transforming how people interact with money.  Our belief is that the ubiquity of mobile devices, coupled with electronic money movement, will change the landscape of financial services. This change will positively impact economies, businesses, and the livelihood of people in fundamental ways. To that end, we seek to bridge the gap between efforts in emerging and developed markets / banked and unbanked consumers, by connecting ideas, businesses, and people globally to drive mobile payments efforts forward.
Our background
Menekse Gencer founded mPay Connect, a consulting service for clients seeking to launch mobile payments.  Her consulting service advises financial institutions, mobile network operators, and third party platforms on market assessment, go-to-market strategy, product design, business development, and implementation.   Her market expertise extends from North America to emerging markets such as Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa.  Prior to founding mPay Connect, Menekse led PayPal Mobile’s Business Development efforts in North America for two years during which time she closed PayPal’s first mobile network operator deal to launch PayPal Send Money on Sprint’s mobile wallet.  She also led all aspects of PayPal Mobile Checkout's pilot. 
Menekse has an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Harvard University and was previously featured on the cover of Fortune Small Business Magazine for her innovative startup.   She is the founder of the Mobile Payments Series(TM)  initiative which hosts panel discussions and networking events for professionals in the mobile money industry and provides an online forum for mobile payments discussions with her LinkedIn Group:  Mobile Payments Series - mPay Connect.   She is a recognized expert in this field and has lectured on mobile money at events for Harvard Business School, Wharton MBA, and Columbia Business School.  She is a contributor to U.S. government policy discussions with the Office of Science and Technology around mobile financial services and will participate in the World Economic Forum in Africa around Mobile Finance and Economic Development.  She is a guest speaker at mobile money conferences in Africa, South Asia, and The Middle East and is a board advisor to several startups in this space.  Menekse has 17 years of experience as a consultant and industry leader in high tech, mobile, and financial services.
 

mPay Connect’s clients include firms seeking to launch mobile payments and companies seeking to leverage mobile payments for their businesses.  mPay Connect's roster of clients includes:  The United Nations Foundation's mHealth Alliance, The World Economic Forum, IntraHealth, a mobile payments venture in Bangladesh, a prepaid mobile operator in North America, Citigroup/SKTelecom's joint venture in mobile money, EARN, and Wells Fargo.  (References are available upon request.)  

mPay Connect is experienced in serving clients around the globe who want to offer mobile payments services to their customers.