Thursday, April 26, 2012

Headline Mobile Payment News for April 26

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Long delayed 'O2 wallet' mobile payment system finally launches
Computer Business Review
Telefonica UK's O2 mobile network has struck the first blow in the mobile payment war, launching its O2 Wallet, a virtual wallet that exists on mobile phones to pay for goods and services not just online, but in real world physical retailers.
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Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche Coveted by EBay
Bloomberg
The market may top $170 billion in transactions by 2015, up from about $60 billion last year, according to Juniper Research Ltd. Square's rivals include Intuit Inc. and Paypal, which has said its mobile-payment volume will jump 75 percent this year to ...
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O2 launches Wallet, its mobile payment service
Inquirer
By Lee Bell UK MOBILE OPERATOR O2 has launched its Wallet application that lets mobile users on any network sling cash electronically to-and-from devices and shop online using any UK bank card. Available on IOS, Android and Blackberry devices from 8am ...
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PayNearMe Introduces First Mobile Cash Payment System
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"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 giving them a foundation from which they can expand to reach new audiences, ...
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O2 Wallet mobile payment service launched
Techwatch
O2 has announced the launch of a new secure digital payment system to facilitate mobile transactions. O2 Wallet has been developed.. Here's some not so good news for those of you who are keen to get your hands on the latest piece.
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Techwatch
SF Square ups payment volume 25 percent
San Francisco Chronicle
Square's rivals include Intuit and PayPal, which has said its mobile-payment volume will jump 75 percent this year to $7 billion. To lure merchants, Square is speeding access to funds. SECURITY Facebook working on some new safeguards Facebook is ...
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Mobile payment platforms won't really disrupt finance
Wired.co.uk
By Wired.co.uk Staff Companies like Square, PayPal and Dwolla are revolutionising the payment industry -- soon you will be able to pay anywhere with your mobile, your finger or a number of other biometric options. This is what most people think about ...
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Wired.co.uk
iPhone also a mobile payment terminal
TODAYonline
by Anthony Chia SINGAPORE - Short of cash to pay the pizza delivery man? No worries, there is a new device which allows for PIN debit payments on the go. The iSMP mobile terminal, developed by payment services provider Ingenico, works as a sleeve for ...
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Canadian Smartphones May Supplant Credit Cards
DailyTech
Many smartphone makers, technology companies, and wireless carriers are looking to replace the traditional credit card or debit card with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that turns smartphones into mobile payment devices.
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DailyTech
Google Wallet extends its reach to three new phones: will it increase adoption?
ZDNet (blog)
By Ricardo Bilton | April 25, 2012, 11:40am PDT Summary: Google is slowly increasing the number of devices that support its mobile payment system, but will that be enough? One of the larger problems that has faced Google Wallet since its inception last ...
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Who Needs Cash? Online Banking for the World's Poorest
Fox Business
Visa (V), American Express (AXP) and MasterCard (MA), along with their partners in the telecom sector, have started launching separate mobile payment platforms in an effort to entice cash-reliant villagers to trade in their wads of cash for electronic ...
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Digital Dining announces new Tabbedout mobile payment solution for merchants
QR Code Press
Top hospitality point of sale (POS) software developer, Digital Dining, has announced that it will be adding Tabbedout – a free mobile payment application – to their portfolio of products before the end of 2012's second quarter.
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Square transactions available the next business day
VatorNews
The mobile payment and digital register service over at Square just keeps getting faster and more attractive to businesses. Square will now give merchants access to cash on sales made before 5 pm by the next business day – now that is a great ...
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Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance Customers to Benefit From Web ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The company is one of the pioneers of new forms of payments and is at the forefront of developing viable contactless and mobile payment schemes for today and cutting edge forms of payment for the future. It also issues credit and charge cards to ...
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O2 opens Wallet to enter mobile payments race
Telegraph.co.uk
O2 is the latest in a string of companies to launch mobile payment systems. Barclays launched its Pingit app, which transfers money between bank accounts, earlier this year, and online payment service Paypal's app can send money to other PayPal users.
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Telegraph.co.uk
O2 Launches O2 Wallet Mobile Payment Service
Mobiles Please Blog (blog)
In addition to PINs and passwords, all personal details and financial data are held on remote central servers rather than on the mobile device itself. This, we believe, is the safest and most secure way to deliver mobile payment services".
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Square mobile payments reach $5 billion/year
TG Daily
A slew of new mobile payment startups have launched in the last few months. Square does still offer benefits above and beyond PayPal. For example, it recently confirmed that any credit card swipe performed before 5:00 PM on a business day will be ...
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TG Daily
NPCI Wants To Make Mobile Payment Platforms Inter-Operable
MediaNama.com
By Anupam Saxena on Apr 26th, 2012 | Post a Comment With the aim of integrating all mobile payment systems under one umbrella, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has sought for an approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make the ...
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NPCI seeks RBI nod to integrate mobile payment solutions
IBNLive.com
If we get the RBI approval, we will deploy the solution," NCPI Chief Manager, Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) Dheeraj Bharadwaj said. He was speaking on the sidelines of the fourth edition of the National Conference on Digital Commerce here.
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O2 Wallet promises to 'transform mobile payments'
TechRadar UK
By Patrick Goss April 25th 2012 O2 has finally launched the O2 Wallet in the UK – a mobile payment system that will offer money messaging, shopping comparison and aim to begin the task of ending the need for a real wallet. The O2 wallet is for all UK ...
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TechRadar UK
Square Payment Volume Increases From $4 To $5 Billion In One Month
Simply Zesty
Yet despite this and the $7 million of mobile payment PayPal is expected to do this year, Square is still going strong and steady after it announced an increase in payment volume in the past month. Bloomberg is reporting that Square, who specialise in ...
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Google courts business with Mobile Playbook
SlashGear
Several high-profile Android apps get a name-check in the guide, including Starbucks' loyalty card and mobile payment app, Delta's e-ticketing system, and Walgreen's prescription refill software. Google's own research apparently found that around a ...
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Nearly a third of Britons want mobile payments now
Computer Business Review
UK consumers are chomping at the bit to use their smartphones to pay for goods and services, despite endless delays by the industry players in rolling out mobile payment platforms. The research by YouGov and Intelligent Environments shows that 29% of ...
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O2 launches mobile wallet service in the UK
CIO UK
By Sophie Curtis | Published: 12:27 GMT, 26 April 12 | Techworld Mobile operator O2 has launched a mobile wallet service to compete with rival mobile payment systems from the likes of Barclays, Google and PayPal. The new service, called O2 Wallet, ...
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Report: NFC market worth $10 billion in 2016
NFCNews
Mobile payment will continue to be the major driving factor in the NFC market up to 2016, during which time it will "cannibalize" the smart card payment market, according to the report. In the meantime, today's NFC payments market must overcome ...
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O2 Wallet launches
GoMo News
This, we believe, is the safest and most secure way to deliver mobile payment services." Sandra Alzetta, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Visa Europe, adds: "We welcome the launch of O2 Wallet and are delighted to be enabling the m-commerce ...
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GoMo News
Digital Dining rolls out Tabbedout mobile app
QSRweb.com
Digital Dining, a provider of hospitality point-of-sale (POS) software, will add Tabbedout, a mobile payment app that allows consumers to open, view and pay tabs with their phones, to its product portfolio. Tabbedout will be integrated with Digital ...
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Cell Phone Network O2 Joins The Digital Wallet Game In The UK
Fast Company
It's clever, and is a taster of bigger things to come, but it's also a demo of how muddied the mobile payment waters are becoming as every enterprise in the race, from operators to phone makers to credit card firms tries to jockey for best position.
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Blogs14 new results for "Mobile Payment"
PayNearMe launches mobile cash system for the unbanked
"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 giving them a foundation from which they can expand to reach new audiences, such ...
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Rogers, Telus and Bell to Launch EnStream 'Mobile Wallet' Within ...
By Gary Ng
EnStream has already launched a mobile payment solution called Zoompass, which allows for money transfers via Interac, Western Union, and the option of a prepaid Zoompass MasterCard. Early feedback by users in iTunes has rated the ...
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Contactless Payment Service O2 Wallet Launches | Gadgehit - Your ...
By Shak Hussain
This, we believe, is the safest and most secure way to deliver mobile payment services. O2 Wallet is compatible with the majority of smartphones as well as iPads. Even those without a smartphone can use various features of O2 Wallet – for ...
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O2 Wallet available now on iPhone and Android: Time to pay your ...
O2 has unleashed its mobile payment app, O2 Wallet, into the app vestibules of the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. What does it do and why should you download it? Read on, you pioneer of digital payments, you. O2 Wallet is going toe to ...
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Dell exec: Mobile payments will be driven by consumers - Payments ...
By Lauren Johnson
Mobile executives spoke on the "What's Next For Mobile Payment" session about the changing role of mobile payments and which technology is the next big thing. The panel was moderated by Dekkers Davidson, head of mobile business at ...
Mobile Commerce Daily
The Future of Customer Loyalty | MSLGROUP BLOG
By Preethi J
For example, if you regularly go to a taqueria you might get your 6th taco for free all through using a mobile payment platform and digital punch card program. Starbucks launched their mobile pay program last year as a way to further elevate ...
MSLGROUP BLOG
O2 launches mobile payment service | Mobile Phone Reviews UK
By Mobilemaniac
O2 has managed to introduce the 'mobile money service' though delayed by four months.
Mobile Phone Reviews UK
O2 Wallet Launches in the UK | Mobile Phone Blog
By Dan Nixon
O2 has launched its O2 Wallet application for iOS, Android and BlackBerry OS 6.0 in the UK, offering a mobile payment system that provides money messaging and shopping comparison functionality. The software is not exclusive to O2 ...
Mobile Phone Blog
Square Payment Volume Increases From $4 To $5 Billion In One ...
By Digital Marketing Institute» Prosperity.ie
Yet despite this and the $7 million of mobile payment PayPal is expected to do this year, Square is still going strong and steady after it announced an increase in payment volume in the past month. Bloomberg is reporting that Square, who ...
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dailywireless.org » Unlocked Galaxy Nexus: $399
By Sam Churchill
The handset ships with Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with Google Wallet pre-installed (including a $10 credit to get you started with the company's mobile payment service). The $399 Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ provides 21Mbps ...
dailywireless.org
MPB (G-Cash) Training -May 08 and May 10, 2012 — Rural Bankers ...
By RBAP
... number of GCASH partner rural banks offering mobile phone banking services to their clients and enjoy the benefits to earn additional fee-based income from GCASH transactions, cost savings in mobile payment and increase deposit level ...
Rural Bankers Association of...
Here's how today's app boom differs from the dot-com era, says the ...
By Brad Spirrison
Portfolio companies of the iFund, conceived as "a collaborative initiative with Apple," include Square (a 2+-year-old mobile payment service rumored to be valued at $4 billion), Path (a mobile-specific social network that just raised $30 million ...
Appolicious Advisor
Mobile Payment: PAY.ON AG Cooperates With Payworks GmbH in ...
In cooperation with the Munich-based company payworks, PAY.ON AG establishes a development partnership for mobile payment solutions. payworks GmbH develops both turnkey white-label products and modular components, making it ...
Web Buyers Guide
Girls Scout Cookie Sales Take Off With Mobile Phone Apps
By Ben DeMeter
As it turned out, the Girl Scouts' beta test with the processing apps ended up being a rousing success, marking a huge victory for both the lil' green vests and the mobile payment industry alike. The Girl Scouts first realized they were on to ...
Credit Card Assist Blog

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Boston's MBTA Is Out Front with Mobile Payment App
Oldest subway operator in the U.S. also becomes first in the nation with mobile payment app for train riders, a sign that it's time to get your own mobility strategy ...
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