Monitise

In June 2007, Monitise demerged from Morse.[12] It listed on the LSE's AIM on 20 June. The de-merger raised £21.4 million[16] in shares sold to investors and other institutions.

In September 2007, Monitise launched Monitise Americas, a joint venture with Metavante Corporation, a provider of banking and payments technologies to global financial institutions and businesses. To create a mobile banking and payments ecosystem tailored for the North American market, Monitise Americas engineered its platform in order to “deliver a service that is universal in terms of security, access and navigation regardless of the consumer's choice of financial institution or mobile carrier".[17]

On 30 June 2009, Monitise announced that it had entered into a global alliance agreement with Visa International, a subsidiary of Visa Inc., the world's largest retail electronic payments network. Monitise would work as a partner for Visa's mobile services. These included mobile payments, money transfer, transaction alerts and marketing offers.[18]

In 2011, Monitise signed a partnership agreement with Visa Europe to develop and supply mobile payments services for Visa Europe's member banks and financial institutions across Europe.

Further expansion in 2011 included the creation of a technology and R&D hub in Cardiff, Wales.[19]

On 26 March 2012, Monitise announced its acquisition of Clairmail,[20] the largest third-party for mobile banking solutions in the U.S.[21] At the time of the acquisition, Monitise and Clairmail had 13 million registered consumers across four continents.[22]

Later in 2012, in June and July respectively, Monitise announced partnerships with HSBC[23] and The Co-operative Bank.[24] The three-year mobile banking deal with The Co-operative Bank allows customers to check their balances, access mini statements, and find branches and cashpoints. The HSBC partnership saw Monitise provide support for HSBC's mobile Fast Balance app.

In March 2013, Monitise extended its partnership with VISA Europe in a three-year partnership deal. The deal, which enables VISA Europe to license all of Monitise's mobile money technology, covering three product areas: Bank Anywhere, Pay Anyone and Buy Anything.[25]

In September 2013 Monitise acquired London-based mobile innovation and design agency Grapple Mobile Ltd, which became known as Monitise Create. Later that month, Monitise announced an alliance with IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative to help extend its mobile banking services to VISA Europe.[26]

That year, Monitise was listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for third year running, with a 2,319% growth rate.[27]

In February 2014, Monitise acquired Istanbul-based mobile technology specialist Pozitron,[28] listed as one of the top 10 fastest growing businesses in Turkey by Deloitte. It has since announced partnerships and services with Abu Dhabi-based First Gulf Bank, Yapi Kredi Bank and İşbank in Turkey .

In March 2014, Monitise and MasterCard announced a commercial agreement to accelerate the development and deployment of mobile wallets and digital payment solutions by financial institutions worldwide. MasterCard also took a minority stake in Monitise as part of a £109million share-placing.[29]

In June 2014, Monitise acquired Markco Media's leading retailer offers, content and discount network, which includes the MyVoucherCodes brand. The acquisition augmented Monitise's Buy Anything mobile commerce product offerings by connecting to a global network of 60,000 brands and retailers.[30]

In 2015, Monitise announced that revenue declined 6% to £89.7m (FY 2014: £95.1m), changes to the board and progress on transition to cloud. Elizabeth Buse stepped down as CEO[31] and from the Board, on 9 September 2015, and deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer Lee Cameron was appointed Monitise's new CEO.[32]

In 2016, the company reported heavy losses. Shares in Monitise were down 96 per cent over the past two years. At the start of 2014 its market cap exceeded £1bn, but by May 2016, its market cap had dropped to £66m. An unsuccessful attempt to sell the company's voucher business and management turnover contributed to the decline. [33]

Lee Cameron – Chief Executive Officer

Gavin James - Chief Operating Officer

Will Jones – Managing Director, Monitise

Nick Cheetham – Managing Director, FINkit

Fatih Isbecer – President, Americas

Firat Isbecer – Managing Director, MEA

Scott Ewings – Managing Director, Big Radical

Chris Reilly – Managing Director, Content

Tom Spurgeon - Company Secretary

Peter Ayliffe – Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Amanda Burton – Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Tim Wade – Independent Non-Executive Director

Lee Cameron – Chief Executive Officer

Gavin James – Chief Operating Officer