Thursday, April 19, 2012

31 Breaking Mobile Payments News Stories for April 19th

News31 new results for "Mobile Payment"

Barclays launches sticky mobile payment card
BCS
Barclays has launched a sticky mobile payment card called PayTag, which can be used to make payments at contactless terminals. The credit-card sized device - which is available for Barclaycard Visa cardholders - can be stuck to the back of a mobile ...
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Trunkbow Expands China Unicom Partnership with MPS Installation in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BEIJING, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Trunkbow International Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:TBOW) ("Trunkbow" or the "Company"), a leading provider of Mobile Payment Solutions ("MPS") and Mobile Value Added Solutions ("MVAS") in China, ...
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Barclaycard launches PayTag mobile payment
Marketing
by Nick Batten, 19 April 2012, 9:00am Barclaycard has launched a contactless payment method called PayTag, which works on all mobile phones. From today, millions of Barclaycard customers will be able to make payments with any mobile phone by sticking a ...
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Barclaycard unveils PayTag mobile payment service
V3.co.uk
Chan also forecast a marked increase in the number of contactless point-of-sale terminals in the UK, predicting they would double to 150000 by the end of 2011. The PayTag system is the latest of several mobile payment initiatives launched by the ...
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V3.co.uk
Study: By 2020, smartphones will replace cash and credit cards as the ...
Digitaltrends.com
If so, you're on your way to contributing to the study that believes by 2020, mobile payment will make all other payment methods obsolete. Seeking the opinions of 1021 "Internet experts and other Internet users," the findings come from the Pew Research ...
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Digitaltrends.com
Ebay aims for lead in mobile payments race
Financial Times
"PayPal mobile payment volumes continue to be on fire," he told analysts. "We see enormous opportunity for PayPal online, on mobile devices and increasingly, in the offline environment as well." Revenue increased 29 per cent over the same quarter the ...
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Mobile payment vendors woo retailers (videos)
Mobile Payments Today
based Mobibucks is marketing its ready-to-deploy mobile payment solution, and company SVP Bill Baustien discussed the product with Mobile Payments Today. For more stories like this, visit the Retail research center.
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Square seeking more capital, $4B valuation
VatorNews
If the company is hits its goal, and with all the buzz around the mobile payment service I bet it will, it will have quadrupled its worth in a matter of just 10 months. The three-year-old company founded by Twitter pioneer, Jack Dorsey is changing the ...
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Plans are afoot to turn smartphones into 'mobile wallets', replacing the need ...
Sky News
"PayPal mobile payment volumes continue to be on fire," Mr Donahoe said. "We see enormous opportunity for PayPal online, on mobile devices and increasingly, in the offline environment as well." According to the Financial Times, eBay's strategy is to ...
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Sky News
Barclaycard PayTag stick-on card offers contactless payment
MyFinances.co.uk
Barclaycard said the device would provide consumers with a mobile payment facility without having to upgrade their current handset. David Chan, chief executive of Barclaycard Consumer Europe, said: "PayTag is another milestone on our journey to make ...
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Dynamics Changes Payments Forever With the ePlate(TM) Payment Device
MarketWatch (press release)
Dynamics' ePlate(TM) mobile payment device is a paper-thin, flexible computing platform in a payment card form factor. The device includes the Electronic Stripe(R) -- the world's first fully card-programmable magnetic stripe. The Electronic Stripe(R) ...
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Now this is targeting you'll like: Dynamics launches its disruptive ePlate ...
VentureBeat
At the heart of the system is the Dynamics ePlate mobile payment device (Mullen says he no longer calls it a credit card), a paper-thin electronic credit card. It has an electronic stripe like any traditional credit card. It also has programmable ...
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VentureBeat
Why I won't be sticking a credit card on my mobile
Citywire.co.uk
You only have to look to the US and Japan to see how far mobile payment technology has come in recent years and how much of an appetite there is for it. Here in the UK, however, we're still a little behind. Enter Barclaycard's new stick-on mini credit ...
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EBay Rises After Sales Beat Estimates, Fueled by PayPal
Bloomberg
Mobile-payment volume will surge 75 percent to $7 billion this year, EBay has projected, helping solidify PayPal's role as the company's fastest-growing unit. "PayPal continues to be a star," Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners LP in New York, ...
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Bloomberg
Research on UBS AG and Barclays plc - Foreign Money Center Banks Going Mobile
MarketWatch (press release)
The company announced that its Pingit offering, a person-to-person mobile payment system that requires only mobile numbers to transfer money, is now available to all customers of UK banks and building societies. The product has already been downloaded ...
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Atlanta Video Production Company Optimum Productions Announces Exciting eCache ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
In just 24 hours, Optimum Productions in Atlanta was able to go from script to screen on a promotional video for mobile payment app eCache Mobile. CUMMING, GA, April 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Atlanta video production company, Optimum Productions, ...
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Square going for $4 billion valuation, reports say
Android Apps Appolicious
Mobile payment service Square is reportedly looking for additional funding and is prepping for a valuation at the crazily high level of $4 billion, according to a report from AllThingsD. The report cites multiple anonymous sources, and notes that ...
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MasterCard launches mobile payment in South Africa
Telecompaper (subscription)
Cardholders select the MasterCard Mobile payment option on participating e-commerce sites. First-time users will be securely prompted to register their payment card of choice where they will enter their card number, its expiry date and the CVC number.
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Pew study says mobile payments could kill cash and credit by 2020
Fiercemobilecontent
Contenders for mobile payment supremacy include the Near Field Communications-based Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Wallet tap-and-pay application, which enables Android smartphone users to purchase products, redeem coupons and earn rewards points from select ...
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Square reportedly seeking a new round of capital at a massive $4 billion valuation
The Verge
By Nathan Ingraham on April 18, 2012 11:46 am 24Comments Square has had a big 2012 so far — it relaunched its mobile payment app under a new brand, and its card reader hardware was recently beefed up with hardware encryption.
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4 Boston startups with new hires of Akamai talent
Boston Business Journal (blog)
SCVNGR, Boston, maker of the LevelUp mobile payment service and its namesake digital scavenger hunt app. The company has now brought on Harald Prokop, who joined Akamai as an engineer in 1999 (the year the company went public) and stayed with the firm ...
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New exec team at SCVNGR
Boston Herald (blog)
Mahl, whose 25 years of experience include executive roles at Oracle, Yahoo and Salesforce.com, in leading LevelUp's expansion as the nation's 2nd largest mobile payment application. "It's a pretty amazing time here at SCVNGR & LevelUp.
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Barclaycard unveils NFC payments sticker tag
Information Age
"Barclaycard PayTag is another milestone on our journey to make paying easier," he said. Other mobile payment initiatives in the UK include Barclay's PingIt app, which lets users transfer money to others using only their phone number.
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Online shopping increases as price, convenience and security become paramount
Media Update
To make an online payment using MasterCard Mobile, a cardholder can select to use the MasterCard Mobile payment option on participating e-commerce sites – similarly to how they would select to pay by credit card, debit card or EFT.
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Funding Daily: a possible Square investment and fighting cyber threats
VentureBeat
Mobile payment startup Square is said to be raising a new round of funding that would value the company at a whopping $4 billion. Square has already raised $137 million Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital, and Khosla Ventures, ...
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VentureBeat
3 Keys to Turning the Potential Pain of Consumerization Into Pleasure
Insurance & Technology
"I was at JPMorgan Chase when we built our first mobile payment application, and nobody was using it," she recalls. But that initial lack of interest, Blair adds, was quickly followed by an unexpectedly sudden adoption of mobile and other digital ...
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PayPal Grows in Mobile and International Accounts
American Banker (subscription)
PayPal's mobile payment volume hit $4 billion last year, and in the fourth quarter its international revenue exceeded its domestic revenue for the first time. PayPal, a unit of eBay (EBAY), said its mobile payment volume last year was more than five ...
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Pew Says Mobile Payments May Replace Cash and Plastic By Decade's End
Mobile Marketing Watch
Mobile payment platforms that will simplify and expedite how we pay for goods and services. "As adoption of advanced mobile devices such as smartphones has exploded in recent years," a new Pew study reads, "consumers have grown increasingly comfortable ...
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Mobile Marketing Watch
EBay revenue, profit beat estimates
San Francisco Chronicle
Mobile-payment volume rose fivefold last year to $4 billion, and will reach an estimated $7 billion in 2012, eBay said. In another effort to expand beyond traditional e-commerce, PayPal has checkout terminals in Home Depot stores.
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Ebay Results Top Estimate; Boosts Outlook
NASDAQ
The new service includes a free app and fully encrypted thumb-sized card reader, which turns any iPhone, and soon Android smartphone, into a mobile payment solution. With PayPal Here, small businesses, service providers and casual sellers can send ...
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Paying with smartphones to outpace credit cards by 2020, experts say
Android Authority
Visa's recently announced "one-stop" NFC-based mobile payment solution is one notable exception to the obvious recalcitrance that major, established financial institutions would have. On the other hand, there are a few big companies, as well as a few ...
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Android Authority

Blogs8 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Watch for Growth in Mobile Payments
By rmenardi
Currently there are a number of existing mobile payment options — or "mobile wallets" as they're sometimes called. The new Google Wallet is getting rave reviews and more users every day; PayPal, the mobile commerce giant from eBay is ...
Torsion Mobile
Internet Retailing » Retailers get secure and efficient mobile ...
By Paul Skeldon
Critically, SecureTrading and the Delos Mobile Payment System (MPS) integrate with existing EPoS, removing capital outlay costs and the need for printed till receipts while enhancing the customer experience. It is compatible with other CRM ...
Internet Retailing
Commerce Weekly: Facebook's shopping spree continues - O'Reilly ...
By Jenn Webb
There has been much speculation (going back a couple of years) about when and how Apple will enter the mobile payment space, but many agree the disruption that will occur in the payments space when it does happen will be profound.
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis,...
Orange and CANAL+ AFRIQUE have signed a partnership on bill ...
By APO
After Madagascar, this mobile payment service will be on offer to CANAL+/CANALSAT subscribers in various African countries where the Orange money service is available by the end of 2012. Guy Lafarge, President of CANAL+ OVERSEAS, ...
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Barclaycard uses PayTag stickers to jumpstart mobile contactless ...
By krowne
Either way – Barclaycard may have just taken the phone manufacturers out of the mobile payment equation and allowed the banks and card companies to take centre stage in the mobile payment business once more. To find out more and to ...
Contactless Intelligence
Hot Areas for Intel Capital Investment: Apps, Mobile Tech, Cloud and ...
By Kevin Murphy
Mobile payment companies that provide alternative payment solutions for money transfers, mobile banking, etc. Cloud Computing • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for provision processing, storage, networks and other computing resources ...
Blogs
Barclaycard Launches DIY Mobile NFC Sticker | Gizmodo UK
By Gary Cutlack
barclays_nfc_flaws. security · Barclays Debit Cards Details Can Be Nicked With an NFC Mobile Bump. PayPal Here. shopping · PayPal Here Is the Mobile Payment Square-Alternative That We're Actually Going to Get In the UK. t-mobile-monty ...
Gizmodo UK
TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (41-45) | Global Macro ...
By macromon
Why: Small businesses benefit from its simple mobile payment system. Key innovation: Square has moved beyond its initial credit card reader for smart phones; a new app lets you automatically open a tab with a merchant on entering a store.
Global Macro Monitor

Web6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
iPhone Mobile Payment Processing is Safe and Reliable | Techerator
iPhone credit card terminal services like Square have taken e-commerce business transactions to an entirely new platform. It is a technological advancement ...
www.techerator.com/.../iphone-mobile-payment-processing-is-...
Erisler Gida Turkey deploys Ingenico's mobile payment ... - Ingenico
Istanbul – April 6, 2012. Ingenico (Euronext : FR0000125346 - ING), leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, today announces that the field use of its ...
www.ingenico.com/.../erisler-gida-turkey-deploys-ingenico's-...
Developments In EMV And Mobile Bring Payment To New Heights
This is Part I of Retail TouchPoints' payment update, a three-part report uncovering the latest developments in EMV, mobile payment and mobile POS. Part II ...
www.retailtouchpoints.com/.../1519-developments-in-emv-mo...
Mobile payment of RP - League of Legends Community
Hi. i just tried to buy some RP through my mobile and it says my network is not supported? i have bought it before with the same phone/number/network and it ...
na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2036503
Federal Trade Commission to host mobile payment workshop | The ...
Back in January, the FTC announced that it would hold a workshop to examin the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and the effects on consumers.
www.natlawreview.com/.../federal-trade-commission-to-host-...
Awesome Mobile Payment Options: A Look at Mobile Wallets
Mobile phones have come a long way since they were just semi-portable telephones. Today you'll find all types of apps and games available for your phone, ...
blog.mobiloans.com/financial-tips/mobile-payment-options/



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