Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Mobile Payment Briefs April 24th

ePaymentNews                 27 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Visa executive: Mobile won't kill EM card payments
MarketWatch
By Sam Holmes SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) -- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) still sees a future in plastic forms of payment, even in the emerging markets where it is aggressively seeking to reach unbanked consumers through new mobile payment platforms, the company's ...
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Goliath PayPal's big ambitions in the real world
MarketWatch
By Therese Poletti, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A David and Goliath face-off may be brewing in one sector of the nascent mobile payment arena. The Goliath is PayPal, eBay Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EBAY) successful online payments business, ...
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Boston transit to get mobile payment solution
Mobile Payments Today
Transit continues to be a test case for mobile payments. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Masabi US Ltd. announced they're partnering on mobile ticketing to MBTA commuter rail riders this fall. An app will allow customers to ...
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Mobile won't kill card payments in emerging markets - Visa executive
Total Telecom
Visa Inc. still sees a future in plastic forms of payment, even in the emerging markets where it is aggressively seeking to reach unbanked consumers through new mobile payment platforms, the company's head of non-US operations said.
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Mobile Bill Pay Innovator, TIO Networks, Deemed Leading Tech Company in Canada
MarketWatch (press release)
"It's a very exciting time for mobile payment services as technology advances are fueling a new era of innovation as it relates to consumer financial systems," said Shahbazi. "The idea of using your phone as a wallet is becoming more and more accepted ...
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A Distinguished Gathering of Information at the All-Round Navigator for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... mobile telecom carriers, top-500 enterprises and IT software and solutions providers, interpreting the latest policies and sharing their experience from the perspectives of credit card, prepaid card, mobile payment, e-commerce and cash management, ...
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The Future Is Mobile Advertising
Seeking Alpha
In my previous article I wrote about the fact that The Future is Mobile Payment and the trending explosive growth in mobile smartphone users over the next few years. This time I want to focus on the embedded "twin" that will grow along with mobile ...
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Gemalto selected tech provider for Mexico's m-payment project
Mobile Payments Today
Digital security provider Gemalto announced it will be the technology provider for a new mobile payment joint venture in Mexico. The JV, called Transfer, is a partnership between América Móvil/Telcel, Banamex and Banco Inbursa.
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Digital Dining integrates Tabbedout m-payment app in its POS equipment
Mobile Payments Today
POS-maker Digital Dining announced it will be integrating the Tabbedout mobile payment app into its product portfolio by the end of this quarter. Digital Dining, as its name implies, specializes in point-of-sale equipment for the hospitality industry.
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Mobile Banking Set To Explode, Here's What Marketers Need to Know
The Financial Brand
12% of mobile phone owners have made a mobile payment in the past 12 months. Consumers report using mobile banking up to 60 times per month, however, the median number of mobile banking transactions is four or five times in a typical month.
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UCWeb and UnionPay Announce New Mobile Payment Solution
Tech in Asia
At a press conference today in Beijing, the two companies announced a partnership and a new mobile payment solution that allows UnionPay card holders to use their credit or debit cards to make purchases directly in the UCWeb mobile browser.
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Tech in Asia
St George testing mobile payments
ZDNet Australia
As a result, Tyler wouldn't say whether the contactless mobile payment facilities would be ready for a 2012 launch. He did reveal part of St George's mobile roadmap, however, saying that the bank wants to put as much functionality into its mobile apps ...
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Freeport Capital Inc. (FAS:CNSX) Launches Hybrid Pay Tech Mobile Payments At ...
Stockhouse
Freeport Capital Inc. (CNSX: FAS) develops an Enterprise Ready Mobile Payment Platform for the leading OS's (IOS, Android, BB and Windows 7). The Corporations holding First Equity Strategy LLC markets itself with the DBA: HybridPay Tech.
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PayOne Wins Prestigious Mobile Merit Award
MobilityWire (press release)
PayOne.com), formerly PaymentOne Corporation, a global leader in mobile payments, today announced that the company has won the 2012 Mobile Merit Award for its excellence in mobile payment, billing and customer service. The Mobile Merit Awards recognize ...
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CardSmith, Apriva partner to produce wireless payment solutions
CR80News
CardSmith and wireless transactions provider Apriva, Scottsdale, Ariz., have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver a secure, mobile payment system integrated with CardSmith's campus card platform. Institutions will now be able to deploy ...
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Smartphones will become the new credit cards, experts say
CreditCards.com
Most predict a full-blown shift to a mobile payment society by 2020. In fact, 65 percent agreed with the following statement: "By 2020, most people will have embraced and fully adopted the use of smart-device swiping for purchases they make, ...
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Bee Media Buys Adcentricity
MediaPost Communications
The first, ADMobile, is a platform for location-based mobile shopping, including mobile interfaces, shopping tools, location services, mobile payment, content management, analytics and reporting. The second, an expanded version of the company's ...
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Dar Phone Users to Hit 36 Million By 2015
AllAfrica.com
"Value-added services (VAS) and network coverage and quality is expected to play key roles in competition for subscribers as operators begin to rein in tariff cuts amid lower revenue intakes," the report reads in part. Mobile data and mobile payment ...
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E-commerce market to hit RMB 18 trln by '15
China Economic Net
It also designates mobile e-commerce pilot projects, including: the demonstration and popularization of such mobile e-commerce applications as mobile payment, public transportation ticket purchase, public utility bills paying, and supermarket shopping; ...
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China Economic Net
Mobile money service to serve unbanked in Mexico
Telecoms.com (blog)
Gemalto´s LinqUs mobile payment platform will underpin Transfer and the firm said it will also be responsible for the service development, support and operation of the service. "Transfer is a service that arises from the combination of two highly ...
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Challenges And Opportunities In The Asia-Pacific Insurance Market
Financier Worldwide
According to Gartner, in 2010 mobile payment users in Asia-Pacific represented approximately 58 percent of all global mobile payment users – an estimated 62.8 million transactions. With the numbers of online and mobile consumers in Asia-Pacific on the ...
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St George app increases its bank ability
The Australian Financial Review
In the app space, ANZ Banking Group also has a reasonably popular mobile payment service called goMoney. And, in March, National Australia Bank also released upgraded iPhone and Google Android apps. At the time, NAB's executive general manager of ...
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The Australian Financial Review
MBTA smart phone payments: End of the line for CharlieCard?
Boston Business Journal (blog)
The MBTA estimates 60 percent of its riders already use smart phones, and some percentage of those are among the 1 million already using LevelUp, a mobile payment app made by Scvngr Inc., of Boston. Or, they are using a proprietary Starbucks (Nasdaq: ...
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Teaching business to suck eggs
ZDNet Australia
RT @zdnetaustralia St George testing a multitude of new mobile payment technology: http://t.co/g1QuSFY2… ^LH Netflix resumes expansion, but not for AU: It appears unlikely that Netflix will expand into the Australian mark... http://t.co/SwEEJn0I ...
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ITU calls for greater recognition of ICT's role in sustainable development
iTWire
... information and communication technologies, in particular broadband connectivity, offer an unparalleled platform to host an array of development services, such as mobile payment systems, e-Health applications, earth observation services and, ...
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iTWire
Cantaloupe Systems Launches Web-based Alternative To Vending Management System ...
VendingMarketWatch
Cantaloupe Systems' Seed Platform gives vending operators more pricing flexibility and additional sales opportunities by enabling cashless purchases and supporting mobile payment solutions such as Google Wallet and others as they come online.
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IT Companies Snag Funding, Web Startups Not so Much
IT Business Edge (blog)
Jumio, Mountain View, Calif., raised $25 million to further its mobile payment strategy. Among the 30 hires it expects to make this year will be Java developers, computer graphics specialists and engineers with experience in object recognition codes.
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Blogs7 new results for "Mobile Payment"
EC To Look Into Mobile Wallets Dubbed Project Oscar | The Agency
By TheAgency
Project Oscar is expected to allow UK consumers to buy goods and products via Near-Field-Communication (NFC) technology, using their phones. It will provide a fully integrated mobile payment system that will be available to everyone in a ...
The Agency
Bee Media Acquires Adcentricity To Unite Location-Based ...
By Rip Empson
ADMobile, for one, offers brands and advertisers to use a single platform for creating location-based mobile shopping experiences, which includes mobile interfaces, shopping tools, location services, mobile payment, content management, ...
TechCrunch
The Bank Of Davemerica « Trade With Dave
By admin
... Chief Investment Office have really set the stage for the end game in the conversion of the Fed into nothing more than a hedge fund where you get your fair share of the TBTF banks rolled into your new and improved mobile payment system.
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ITREALMS: Cash-lite Nigeria: Clydestone says we've alternative ...
By ICTRealms
... brands can offer their merchant customers. Remmy Nweke ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D. Posted by ICTRealms at 12:36 PM · Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook. Labels: e-payment, mobile payment ...
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Technology Trends for 2012
By Team YS
Mobile Transactions – With mobile payment infrastructure, regulations been put together and advent of NFC, mobile payment (or wallet) is a reality. It is however to be seen, who vests the power – the network providers, device manufacturers or ...
Yourstory.in
VatorNews - Pre IPO: Facebook revenue up, profit down
By Krystal Peak
Texxi - Eric M (CEO). I'm talking about new mobile payment solutions, fleet management, guest services, there's activity at every level. ... See more · Plogo_texxi_texxi_group_banner · Texxi - Eric M (CEO). http://bit.ly/IoTCKX Apple, the iPhone ...
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Why and How to Use Mobile Coupons | GoPayment Blog
By Stephanie Christensen
Announcing the New Intuit GoPayment Prepaid Visa® Card · All About GoPayment's New Card Reader · Getting Started with Your Intuit GoPayment Credit Card Reader · Intuit GoPayment Wins Best Mobile Payment Award at 2011 Mobile ...
GoPayment Blog

Web2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Barclays Points To PayTag As A Mobile-Payment Option ...
If Barclays Bank PLC can convince its Visa cardholders that slapping a small sticker on their mobile phones won t ruin the handset s appearance, it may be on to ...
www.paymentssource.com/.../Barclays-Points-To-PayTag-As-...
Starbucks grows mobile payment volumes, Articles | Mobile Money ...
Starbucks has handled more than 42 million transactions via its mobile payments app since its launch in the US in January 2011. The figure has increased from ...
www.mobilemoneylive.org/articles/starbucks-grows.../23396



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