Friday, May 4, 2012

32 Breaking Mobile Payment News Stories for May 4, 2012

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Merchant Warehouse and LevelUp Partner to Increase Mobile Payment Options for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The mobile payment landscape continues to evolve and in order to meet demands we need to evolve with it. This partnership will open doors for both consumers and merchants alike who have not been able to utilize mobile payment capabilities before," ...
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Dynamics Launches Developer Toolkit to Create First-of-Their Kind Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The API dramatically accelerates and simplifies the creation of mobile payment experience(TM) applications -- which can be created in just 30 minutes -- that give consumers exciting new ways to earn exclusive benefits and content from their favorite ...
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Sprint extends mobile payment options with Boku billing
Fiercemobilecontent
Boku is the latest in a series of mobile payment options available to Sprint customers. Last year, the carrier inked a similar agreement with Boku competitor BilltoMobile to support on-device online purchases; the deal followed on the heels of Sprint ...
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Vibe mobile payment network to launch at NRA show
Mobile Payments Today
The Vibe mobile wallet includes mobile payment and incentive technologies that integrate with live POS systems, a gateway for sending transaction data, security tools and the ability to market to customers. "We will demonstrate the future of mobile ...
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Sage Pay introduces mobile card payment solution for the UK
inspiresme.co.uk
Image courtesy of: Steve Woods/rgbstock.com Sage Pay recently announced the introduction of a new mobile payment solution aimed at small businesses. The product, Sage Pay Mobile, enables businesses to accept card payments using their mobile phone to ...
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Obopay leverages its experience through new licensing program
Mobile Payments Today
Mobile payment company Obopay announced the availability of Obopay Licensed Payment Services for Partners. The new service lets partners leverage Obopay's money transfer licenses throughout the US and its expertise in compliance to accelerate bringing ...
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VIBE Mobile Network to be Unveiled at NRA 2012
PR Web (press release)
The VIBE platform includes mobile payment and incentive technologies that integrate with live POS systems, a state-of-the-art gateway that transports exceedingly detailed data, rigorous security tools and the ability to leverage the platform to improve ...
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Apple will launch iPay mobile payment platform, analyst
IDG News Service
An analyst has predicted that Apple will launch a mobile payment platform called iPay. JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz thinks that the iPay system could make use of near field communication (NFC) technology in future iPhone or iPad devices.
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BOKU Announces Payments Partnership With Deutsche Telekom
MarketWatch (press release)
Germans prefer to have a mobile payment option in electronic and mobile commerce. BOKU offers an easy and secure solution for online purchases and personal consumption expenditure. BOKU opened offices in Germany in 2011 to bring additional resources to ...
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Mobile technology: What the west can learn from the rest
MindfulMoney
Mobile payment applications, which are enabling the use of handsets to conduct cashless financial transactions and finally beginning to be embraced by the British banking industry. The latest offering is in the form of O2 Wallet, launched by the ...
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Apple will launch iPay mobile payment platform, an...
PC World Magazine
JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz thinks that the iPay system could make use of near field communication (NFC) technology in future iPhone or iPad devices. "Currently, we do no have any evidence of an iPay platform in development, but it is our view ...
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Mobile Money redefined
Bikya Masr
Locally we have mobile payment solutions such as: Airtel Money by Bharti Airtel, Mpesa by Safaricom, Yu Cash by Yu Mobile and Orange Money by Orange Kenya and all these mobile payments have greatly impacted growth in the economy and are the suitable ...
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Boku signs deals with Sprint, Deutsche Telekom
Mobile Payments Today
Germany is a strategically important country for Boku, the company said, since credit card penetration is low and German consumers prefer a mobile payment option for digital and mobile commerce. With these new agreements, Boku's reach is approaching 4 ...
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S III smartphone with face, voice recognition
CNN International
Samsung -- a sponsor of the Olympics -- revealed it will be sending devices enabled with mobile payment technology to the 2012 games in London. Chris Hall, editor of technology website Pocket-lint, said he was "pleasantly surprised" by the new phone.
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Sprint adds mobile payment options with Boku
Telecompaper (subscription)
Mobile payments specialist Boku has signed a partnership agreement with Sprint. Sprint customers can now charge online purchases to their Sprint mobile bill through a two-step authorization process. The agreement enables online and on-device purchasing ...
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Canada is next stop for PayAnywhere
ITBusiness.ca
PayAnywhere LLC, a mobile payment system maker based in Troy, Michigan, is eyeing the Canadian market before going anywhere else. "PayAnywhere is eyeing expansion into Canada next before rolling into other international markets," a spokesperson for the ...
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Samsung Galaxy S III launching on Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Three in ...
Engadget
Mobile payment is also accessible with the device through advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The gaming experience is enhanced through 'Game Hub', providing access to numerous social games, whilst Video Hub brings users high quality TV ...
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Mobile Payments Startup Boku Launches Billing Partnership With Sprint
TechCrunch
Wireless carriers have charged roughly 30% to 40% to process transactions made via mobile phone accounts, making it very difficult for mobile payment companies like Boku to scale beyond virtual goods. These transaction costs are passed down to ...
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Lenovo Launches ThinkPad mPOS Platform
Destination CRM
Gartner Research pinned mobile payment transaction volume at $86.1 billion in 2011, up from $48.9 billion in 2010. Evidence of mPOS impacting strategy and sales can be found in the case of C. Wonder, a growing concept store developed by venture ...
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Samsung launches Galaxy S III with voice and face recognition
Computerworld
The NFC chip in the phone also allows mobile payments, but Samsung didn't elaborate on which mobile payment app might be supported. Officials did say users will be able to make mobile payments with the phone at the Olympic Games venues in London.
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Illume Mobile, partner on m-payment services
Telecompaper (subscription)
US-based mobile payment company Tabbedout has signed a partnership agreement with mobile business services provider Illume Mobile to deliver mobile services to the restaurant industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Tabbedout's mobile payment ...
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Investors Fret As Visa Rolls On
Seeking Alpha
Although there's a chance that the move toward mobile payment may shake up the business a bit, the sheer power of Visa's network and the realities of consumption-oriented economies argue for a lot of durable value in this company.
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Snapper and 2degrees launch smartphone payments
Radio New Zealand
... is capable of contactless payment but chief executive Eric Hertz says more will be released this year. Mr Hertz says the company is also part of a joint venture with Telecom, Vodafone and Paymark to expand the mobile payment concept over the next year.
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PayPal Here signs up 200k merchants in weeks.
Finextra
Unveiled in March, PayPal Here consists of a free app and fully encrypted triangle-shaped thumb-sized card reader, which turns any iPhone, and soon Android handset, into a mobile payment system that customers can swipe their cards through to carry out ...
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What to Expect at CTIA 2012
PC Magazine
So far, we haven't seen any mobile payment technologies break through, and it looks like it may still be a few years. Mesirow said to look out at the show for "technologies that will bridge the mobile commerce gap," like a phone case which includes a ...
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2degrees lets Wellingtonians 'Touch2Pay'
TechDay.co.nz
By Contributor, Friday, 4th May, 2012 The mobile payment sector is heating up, with 2degrees launching a new smartphone that can be used in place of the Snapper payment cards accepted in many buses and taxis in Wellington. The phone, the LG Optimus Net ...
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Sales Coordinator
Dallas Business Journal
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Manage day-to-day communications from ATM, mobile payment and credit card clients, independent sales representatives, and cardholders. Maintain ATM terminal and payment files, audit requests and project spreadsheets.
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Thursday Apple Rumors: No Apple TV in 2012
Investorplace.com
No Apple TV Set, Maybe iPay This Year: Mark Moskowitz, an analyst at JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) says Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will not debut a much-anticipated Apple-branded television set in 2012, but could unveil its own mobile payment system, Apple Insider ...
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MasterCard Certifies NFC Phones from HTC, Intel, LG Electronics, Nokia, RIM ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
By working closely with standards bodies including EMVCo and the NFC Forum, MasterCard continues to lead the industry in testing and certification processes for mobile payment devices. Devices certified by MasterCard go through a rigorous testing ...
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Buy airtime where ever, whenever
Gadget
This is just another way Absa and Vodacom are innovating to make their customer's lives easier - with a simple form of mobile payment service that securely stores card details, allowing users to transact on their mobile phones when they need to.
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Smartphone, Tablet Owners Use Devices for Shopping
NACS Online
Comparatively few mobile shoppers have used their devices for payments (27% of smartphone owners and 28% of tablet owners), but that number is expected to rise in the years to come as more mobile payment systems roll out nationwide and US consumers get ...
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PR Newswire
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
... by the unique ownership of PrepaYd Wireless being wholly owned by PrepaYd, Inc. PrepaYd, Inc. also owns a prepaid debit card company that is a well-established payment company which has been developing mobile payment technology "Continued Berman.
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Blogs9 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Research and Markets: 4Q.2011 Turkey Mobile Payment Market ...
Research and Markets: 4Q.2011 Turkey Mobile Payment Market Forecast 2010 - 2016: Gross Transaction Value of Mobile Payments in Turkey to Rise to $23.8 Billion in 2016. Business Wire. Share |. Friday, May 4th 2012. Logo. Search VSM: ...
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Mobile apps and technology change the way consumers look at ...
By The Hand
Mobile payment is a huge business that's about to get even bigger. By this time next year, according to a Juniper Research study, the combined market for all types of mobile payments could reach more than $600 billion worldwide, which ...
The Hand
Mobile Payments: Improving the Customer Experience | The eTail Blog
By Kelly Hushin
Some stores, like Woolworth's in Australia, are implementing mobile payment kiosks at their POS's that utilize Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. Banking technology company NCR is working on devices for retailers that eliminate ...
The eTail Blog
Turkcell gets smart in NFC payments and M2M monitoring of chronic ...
By Jeremy Cowan
In converting physical wallets to (the) mobile world, Cep-T Cuzdan presents Turkcell customers with the ease of contactless mobile payment in a secure and practical manner, and enables them to experience the advantages of mobility.
M2M Now
Get Your Magento Shopping Cart Ready For Mobile | apptha
By Sherin
-Supporting all Mobile Payment Gateways -Alerts on Special Offers -Social media share. Developing and installing a Magento Shopping Cart isn't going to take time or require a big charge. With the new cloud storage system, your app would ...
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Mobile Commerce: Online Retail Sales From Mobile Devices ...
By Marissa McNaughton
While only 27% of smartphone owners and 28% of tablet owners have used their device to make actual payments, that number is expected to rise "as more mobile payment systems roll out nationwide and U.S. consumers get more comfortable ...
The Realtime Report
JP Morgan: 2012 not likely to see Apple TV set
By umOuch
Finally, though it is not really Apple TV news, there was a mentioning of the possibility or the release of an Apple run mobile payment platform. This platform was mentioned only as iPay, but it may be worth Google'ing. umOuch (Andrew ...
Apple TV Hacks
Know All That! – MasterCard gives PayPass blessings to HTC One X ...
By Jon Fingas
MasterCard is widening the universe of phones that officially support PayPass in a big way, with a new MasterCard PayPass Ready program certifying that devices with NFC will play nicely with its mobile payment system. A total of 17 phones ...
Know All That!
J.P. Morgan: No full-blown TV set from Apple anytime soon - Apple ...
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
... as I can tell, Moskowitz is the first mainstream Apple analyst to take a firm stand against the imminent launch of what others are calling iTV. Interestingly, he thinks Apple's next big thing might be a mobile payment service he has dubbed iPay.
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Payfirma opens up mobile payment platform to developers
Payfirma opens up mobile payment platform to developers. Payfirma, the ... Payfirma is building a mobile payment ecosystem for developers. "The mobile ...
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PayGo Mobile Payment Solution HD - YouTube
PayGO is a mobile payment solution launching in Spain which targets small merchants, self ...
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32 Breaking Mobile Payment Newstories for May 3rd 2012 | NFC ...
Mobile payment is a huge business that's about to get even bigger. By this time next year, according to a Juniper Research study, the combined market for all ...
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PayNearMe Introduces First Mobile 'Cash' Payment System
"By adding a fully mobile payment option to our platform, we're not only providing businesses with the ability to better serve their existing customers, but we're ...
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