Wednesday, May 9, 2012

30 Breaking Mobile Payment News Stories for May 9th 2012


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                         30 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Flint: A New Mobile Payment App For Small Businesses Picks Up $3M From Storm ...
TechCrunch
Another mobile payments service is hitting the market today, but unlike Square, Here from PayPal, or solutions from the likes of Isis, this one doesn't require a dongle on the handset — or new technology like NFC — to work. Called Flint, the free app ...
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Will Mobile Payment Companies Expand Into SMB Marketing?
Street Fight
Square, the mobile POS (point-of-sale) and payments company founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is going great guns. Growth has been stellar. The company is now moving more than $3 billion per month in transactions, which means it is pocketing ...
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Street Fight
MoZeus Worldwide Develops New SMART Activator Mobile Payment Processing System ...
PR Web (press release)
We offer brands and organizations the innovative experiential marketing technology required to capture a consumer's attention and the mobile payment software necessary to ensure a safe, reliable donation transaction. MoZeus Worldwide, creator of the ...
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Mobile Payment Reader Available to Retailers at Retail
Gifts & Decorative Accessories
The mobile payment reader and service easily attaches to iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, and BlackBerry smartphones and allows merchants to accept payments from customers with a simple swipe. PayAnywhere offers merchants around the ...
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99Bill's Smartphone Card Reader to Enable Massive Mobile Payment in China
Sacramento Bee
By 99Bill Corporation BEIJING, May 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 99Bill Corporation, China's leading electronic financial service provider, announced the official launch of its new mobile payment product 99Bill Card Reader.
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Major Retail Brands Select VeriFone GlobalBay Mobile POS
MarketWatch (press release)
"Retailers are deploying mobile apps to speed up services and transform the customer experience, leveraging secure mobile payment, online catalogs and streamlined inventory management." GlobalBay mPOS is part of a suite of mobile applications that are ...
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99Bill smartphone card reader pushes mobile payments for China, pretends it's ...
Engadget
99BILL CORPORATION CARD READER 99Bill's Smartphone Card Reader to Enable Massive Mobile Payment in China. (PRNewsFoto/99Bill Corporation) BEIJING, CHINA BEIJING, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 99Bill Corporation, China's leading electronic financial ...
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MasterCard Moves Beyond Plastic to Tap Into Mobile Payments
CNBC.com (blog)
MasterCard is betting big on mobile payments replacing credit cards and is making moves to stay on solid footing in the mobile payment space. "What we really see all of this leading to, is not only a world beyond cash, but also a world beyond plastic, ...
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CNBC.com (blog)
Are Mobile Payments Ready for Primetime? Square CTO Weighs In
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Mobile payment options have made a number of headlines recently – from Google Wallet to PayPal Here. Just yesterday, MasterCard also announced PayPass Wallet, which will let its cardholders and partners securely pay with phones or ...
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AuthenTec Introduces New Fingerprint Sensor Targeted for Secure Mobile Payment ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
NEW ORLEANS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), a leading provider of mobile and network security, introduced today a new smart fingerprint sensor tailored for mobile commerce (mCommerce) applications requiring strong but effortless ...
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Flint Mobile gets $3M for photo-based mobile payments
VatorNews
The world needs more mobile payment options. Sort of. Really, I'm waiting for the day when someone comes up with a service that will keep my banking information on my phone so that I can shop online and complete a purchase simply by tapping a button.
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They make paying for things a breeze... What you need to ask before ...
WXYZ
We're talking about mobile payment apps which let you pay for coffee, food and even merchandise by waving your phone at the check-out register. But we've learned the feds are about to take a close look at this growing high-tech way to pay.
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WXYZ
M-Pesa places Kenya in developed states' league
Daily Nation
Kenya leads the developing world in readiness to adopt mobile payment technology, according to a survey conducted by MasterCard. Photo/FILE By KEVIN J KELLEY in New York Kenya leads the developing world in readiness to adopt mobile payment technology, ...
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Daily Nation
MasterCard new PayPass plan targets… well, everyone
Geek
As a result, there are many NFC-enabled devices that do not have Google Wallet on them, so the mobile payment opportunity is lost. MasterCard is a primary backer in Google's Wallet plan, but as it becomes clear that the issues with the carriers isn't ...
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Geek
PayAnywhere is like Square, but more so
CNET
NEW ORLEANS--If a new player in mobile payment has its way, PayAnywhere will soon be everywhere. If you've heard of Square, then you pretty much already know everything you need to about PayAnywhere's point-of-sale product for mobile devices, ...
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New Tablet-Based Solution From Verizon Employs Industry-Specific Mobile Tools ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Vantiv, an integrated payment processor for businesses and financial institutions in the US, is among the first enterprise users of the new Verizon solution, deploying it as a mobile payment processor for retailers and merchants using Vantiv's payment ...
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Upstart Flint taps smartphone cameras for mobile payments
ZDNet (blog)
Many of the mobile payment solutions for accepting credit cards on-the-go rely on separate readers to collect the card information. A new option from upstart Flint Mobile, which just received $3 million in Series A venture funding, ...
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PayAnywhere card payment system debuts
Ubergizmo
Backed by North American Bancard, the PayAnywhere mobile payment system has every intention to stamp its mark on the masses, especially against other of the more recent launches, by offering a "free" card reader and no monthly fee as added incentives.
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Ubergizmo
More Android owners paying for items via their phones
CNET
Almost 35 percent of Android smartphone owners are now using mobile-payment apps to pay for goods and services, says research firm NPD. by Lance Whitney May 8, 2012 8:09 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit Android owners are increasingly using their phones to ...
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Dubai improves mobile payment gateway
FutureGov Magazine
By Rahul Joshi | 9 May 2012 New features such as auto-payments have been added to Dubai eGovernment's mobile payment gateway, making it easier to pay government fees or charges. mPay, as the mobile payment gateway is called, is currently used by a ...
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PayMate Launches Mobile Payments App For Merchants; Our Take
MediaNama.com
By Apurva Chaudhary on May 9th, 2012 | 1 Comment PayMate, the mobile payment company, has launched a PayPOS mobile application, which allows small businesses to accept credit and debit cards and process electronic transactions directly on their mobile ...
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MediaNama.com
UWI researchers propose marrying mobile money to banks
Jamaica Gleaner
However, the UWI researchers say the clear trend in other markets overseas is that banks have become the holders of the float - that is, the sum of all deposits held in the virtual mobile phone accounts - of the mobile payment systems.
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DeviceFidelity, Inc. Presents Moneto, the World's First Multi-Platform Mobile ...
PR Web (press release)
DeviceFidelity's globally renowned In2Pay® microSD and iCaisse near field communication solutions continue to be a first choice for the deployment of NFC based mobile payment service by financial institutions. The latest product offering, moneto, ...
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PR Web (press release)
Bango and Jagex partner on MasterCard's mobile wallet
Cabume - Cambridge technology news
Bango has provided its mobile payment expertise to MasterCard to help the credit card provider launch its new PayPass Wallet service, which allows users to pay for items online or in-store through a one-touch process. MasterCard says PayPass will allow ...
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Samsung confirms Olympic edition Galaxy S3
PC Advisor
The mobile payment app utilises the Galaxy S III's near-field communications (NFC) chip. DJ Lee, executive vice president of marketing at Samsung said: "Mobile payment services enabled by NFC technology are gaining momentum around the world.
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PayPal forms alliance with Softbank to launch PayPal Here in Japan
GigaOM
"By partnering with a fast-growing mobile Internet leader like Softbank, we can bring our innovative, secure online and mobile payment solutions to market faster and at greater scale across Japan." The PayPal Here service, a competitor to Square, ...
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Samsung S3 Olympics edition confirmed by Visa
Telegraph.co.uk
"Mobile payment services enabled by NFC technology are gaining momentum around the world. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the ideal device to showcase the ease and convenience of Visa's mobile payment application at the London 2012 Olympic Games," claimed DJ ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Is it time your business mobilized around mobile payments?
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
In July 2011, research firm Gartner predicted that the number of consumers using mobile payment options would top 141.1 million in 2011. That actually was slower than originally expected but it is still clear that retailers ignoring mobile payment ...
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Where Will Mobile Payments Happen First?
CNBC.com (blog)
The index also found that young affluent consumers are a driving factor in mobile payment adoption in some markets. Mastercard is among many financial companies trying to nudge a position in the mobile payment space at CTIA. Visa.
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MasterCard wants you to ditch the plastic, go digital
Tecca
For mobile payment systems like MasterCard's PayPass wallet to work on mobile devices, a phone needs to be NFC-compatible, and unfortunately, most older phones aren't. Visa is also developing its own digital wallet system, and like Visa, ...
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Tecca

Blogs12 new results for "Mobile Payment"
PayAnywhere Mobile Payments App and Credit Card Reader Now ...
By Matt Cameron
PayAnywhere has announced the availability of its highly anticipated mobile payment application and credit card reader for BlackBerry smartphones. With a complete set of mobile payments features, around the clock customer support and an ...
BlackBerry Cool
Verifone Strikes Back, Announces Square-like Payment Card ...
By Juli
... competition because Verifone, the largest maker of credit-card terminals, has decided to enter the world of mobile device payment processing. Verifone is planning on launching SAIL, its new mobile payment processing platform, today. SAIL ...
PadGadget
Samsung and Visa's Official Olympics Phone with PayWave ...
By Mellisa Tolentino
"Mobile payment services enabled by NFC technology are gaining momentum around the world. The Samsung GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind and is the ideal device to showcase the ease and ...
SiliconANGLE
Samsung Galaxy S3 Visa payWave edition incoming – for athletes ...
"Mobile payment services enabled by NFC technology are gaining momentum around the world," says Samsung Mobile's Executive VP DJ Lee. "The Samsung Galaxy S3 has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind and is ...
Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's...
Visa confirms mobile payments trial with Galaxy S3 at London ...
In March we reported research by VoucherCodes.co.uk which showed that while 20% of British consumers were aware of Google Wallet, only 10% had heard of payWave. It will also face growing competition from mobile payment apps Square ...
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PayAnywhere Soon Sold Everywhere, Adds BlackBerry App « CBS ...
By Matt Roush
Used today by merchants ranging from billion dollar enterprises to the weekend neighborhood garage sale, PayAnywhere is the payment industry's only enterprise-grade, no compromise mobile payment system suited for any size merchant.
CBS Detroit
35% Android device owners buy things with their phones by VR ...
By Brandon Shutt
"Ultimately," says Barrabee," the success of mobile payment and wallet initiatives rests on changing entrenched consumer behaviors, and shifting the reliance on, and use of, physical wallets and all of its contents to a mobile (digital) version.
VR-Zone Articles
Mobile Payment Readiness Score : Singapore tops the chart, India ...
By Tech News
Consumer Readiness: willingness to use mobile payment and current usage of the three payment types. Environment: Economic, technological and demographic elements, such as Internet access and per-capita income. Financial Services ...
Web 2.0 Asia Blog
MPB (G-Cash) Accreditation Training -May 29, 2012 — Rural ...
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...
Is Your Mobile Product Providing 10x Better User Experience? If Not ...
By Gary Kim
A mobile payment capability, for example, has to offer an experience that is qualitatively and significantly better than paying with cash or a credit card. It can't be a little better. It has to be a lot better. And that means it cannot be new experience ...
IP Carrier
USA Technologies Participating in the International CTIA Wireless ...
The show give us another platform from which to expand industry and customer awareness for our NFC-enabled ePort® and ePort Connect service, both of which we anticipate will benefit from the increasing use of mobile payment and the ...
Verizon Wireless related Press Releases
MasterCard Talks Up Mobile Payment Technology – Twice
By lowes1
MasterCard Talks Up Mobile Payment Technology Twice Here's how the technology would work: A PayPass icon would appear on standard and mobile-optimized websites. Consumers would click on the icon and enter a user name and ...
Mobile Innovators

Web3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Mobile Payment Bull Market? - CNBC
Crude futures are down about 2% and just above $96, with the FMHR traders. Gary Flood, Mastercard president of global solutions, also discusses the new ...
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Sail Mobile Payment system - Windows Phone Forums at wpcentral.com
After seeing the article on Engadget, about VeriFone will be releasing an new app called Sail that will give Square some direct competition, I didn't.
forums.wpcentral.com/marketplace-apps/191547.htm
Mobile Payment Rediness Index | MasterCard Social Media ...
The official MasterCard newsroom is the place to learn why MasterCard is at the heart of ...
newsroom.mastercard.com/.../mobile-payment-rediness-index-...



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