October: summary of news from the digital ecosystem

What happened in the digital ecosystem during October? Without a doubt the most significant piece of content during the month was our new report on carrier billing in the MENA region. For everything else, check out the summary below.

Payments

• Mobile World Live: IMF hails mobile money growth in Asia
• BBC: PayPal first to drop out of Facebook cryptocurrency 
• Mobile World Live: Wirecard rocked by new accounting allegations

Digital publishing

• Business Insider: Digital publishers are pursuing audience expansion by focusing on niche interests
• The Drum: Facebook looks to shake off its reputation for fake news with News
• Digiday: Publishers pour money into paid marketing for their subscription products 

E-commerce & transportation

• Entrepreneur: What's Driving Grab and Gojek's Superapp Success

OTT

• TechCrunch: Study claims Disney+ already has over a million US subscribers, pre-launch
• Channel News Asia: Global piracy will burst media rights 'bubble', says beIN boss

Gaming

• PC Gamer: Every game company that Tencent has invested in
• The Verge: Call of Duty is the biggest mobile game launch ever, with 100 million downloads
• The Verge: League of Legends is coming to mobile and console