Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Breaking "Mobile Payment News" Stories for May 15, 2012

ePaymentNews                         29 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Aventurine's Darkfall Online MMO Adds PayOne's Mobile Payment Service
MarketWatch (press release)
PayOne's Mobile payment services and PayOne Global Carrier Network(TM) PGCN is available to merchants worldwide in over 80 countries across 1200 operators. PayOne's mobile payment solutions span virtual currency and goods, digital services, ...
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Canadian banks introduce mobile payment guidelines
Victoria Times Colonist
By Alastair Sharp, Reuters May 15, 2012 2:08 AM Get ready to start paying for just about everything with a wave of your smartphone. Canadian banks presented a blueprint Monday that will enable consumers to pay for goods with a tap of their smartphones, ...
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Banks introduce mobile payment guidelines
Toronto Sun
TORONTO - Canadian banks presented a blueprint on Monday that will enable consumers to pay for goods with a tap of their smartphones, as financial institutions seek to take advantage of existing infrastructure that can support mobile payments.
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Mobile payment on the way, but who's driving the bus?
National Post
Mobile banking already exists in Canada but usage is limited and the technology fairly limited, but other countries such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and some European countries have taken things further. The Canadian Bankers Association ...
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National Post
Canadian Central Joins with Financial Industry Leaders to Deliver Mobile ...
Sacramento Bee
On behalf of credit unions, Canadian Central worked with other Canadian financial institutions to create a set of voluntary guidelines called the Mobile Reference Model, which provide a framework for how mobile payment capabilities can work with ...
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Canadian bankers release mobile payment guidelines
CTV.ca
BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications have already tested mobile payment technology using a system known as "Near Field Communication" that allows payments using a wireless connection between a smartphone and a retailer's terminal.
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CTV.ca
Banks move closer to mobile payment
Vancouver Sun
This could soon be reality as Canadian banks and credit unions moved one step closer to creating a mobile payment system by releasing new guidelines Monday. The voluntary guidelines, known as the Mobile Reference Model, include a road map for how ...
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Bankers group pitches cellphones as digital wallets
CBC.ca
Canada's biggest banks have unveiled a blueprint for turning cellphones into mobile payment terminals, a key step in a process that could revolutionize the way Canadians pay for purchases at retailers. The Canadian Bankers Association published ...
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CBC.ca
Financial Industry Announces Guidelines for Mobile Payments in Canada
MarketWatch (press release)
The voluntary guidelines, technically known as the Mobile Reference Model, will serve as a blueprint for how mobile payment capabilities can be offered in the Canadian market, including guidelines around how information is exchanged among various ...
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`Mobile wallets' will soon replace credit cards
Canada.com
Mobile payment schemes are widely used in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Canadian payments system, which handles the clearing and settlement of trillions of dollars of transactions a year, is regarded as safe and secure, but critics worry that ...
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Mobile payment guidelines in the works
Montreal Gazette
Canada's financial institutions say they've developed voluntary guidelines for mobile payments that will work with technology already in place. The Canadian Bankers Association says the guidelines are designed to work with the same security standards ...
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Plextek and RedCloud complete acquisition of Iceni Mobile
MarketWatch (press release)
"Traditional mobile payment software that many financial organizations use today was designed to work in an offline world. Platform as a Service will remove barriers to entry for future providers allowing them to accelerate their entry to market.
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Possible mobile payment 'fee grab' worries small business
Canada NewsWire (press release)
OTTAWA, May 14, 2012 /CNW/ - With a steady stream of mobile and electronic payment options expected in the days ahead, Canadian small business owners will be bracing themselves for the possibility of another fee grab on the part of banks, ...
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Intuit illustrates mobile payment trends in an infographic
IntoMobile
With an increasing number of folks starting to use mobile payment, Intuit decided it's about time to wrap it all up and show everyone how this ever vibrant market is shaping up. According to the figures they used, users who utilize mobile payments are ...
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Mobile Payment Trends — The Future of Mobile Commerce
Business 2 Community
All a customer has to do is swipe their card on the merchant's mobile payment device, and within seconds their information is scanned and charged. There are now many more situations where not having enough cash to pay for an item is now becoming ...
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Canadian banks set to unveil mobile payment guidelines
ITBusiness.ca
The new shift towards mobile payments will open up new revenue streams for wireless carriers, the Globe reports. Pay-as-you-go is about to take on a whole new meaning for Canadian shoppers. Canadian banks and credit card companies are set to announce a ...
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India leads mobile banking adoption at 76%, ahead of China
telecomlead.com
Smartphonatics' behavior is shaping consumers' requirements for mobile payment and banking solutions. A Smartphonatic is someone who changes their shopping, financial and payment behavior as a result of owning a smartphone. Globally, nearly 25 percent ...
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Canadian Banks Set Guidelines for Paying by Mobile
Business Review Canada
The Canadian Bankers Association announced today their mobile payment guidelines that will ensure safety and security for consumers while allowing innovation in the mobile marketplace. Introduced in light of the fact that mobile payment solutions are ...
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Guidelines for mobile payments: what this means for the digital wallet in Canada
GlobalNews.ca
Gardiner says the mobile payment situation that currently exists in Canada involves "early-stage technologies" like stickers and mobile bar codes. Moving forward, however, the Canadian Bankers Association guidelines emphasize the use of "existing, ...
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Swift calls on banking industry to build new mobile payment rails.
Finextra
Interbank messaging network Swift says banks should collaborate to build a global service for international mobile P2P money transfers. In a new white paper, the international banking co-operative recommends that banks work together to deploy a global ...
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Finextra
Study identifies a new consumer type: the Smartphonatic
Mobile Payments Today
According to the study, Smartphonatics differ from other consumers in several important ways, mainly in their tendencies to adopt mobile payment and financial services products more readily than other groups. Eighty percent of Smartphonatics report ...
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Blueprint for PoS m-payments in Canada unveiled by banks
Bobsguide (press release)
The guidelines are intended to create a path to help all market participants move forward in developing mobile payment solutions. The guidelines were developed as an outcome of the federal government's Task Force for the Payments System Review in 2011, ...
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Financial services startup sector continues solid growth (analysis)
VentureBeat
Payment Cards: Though mobile payment technology is up and coming, VC investors continue to show interest in smart card payments. Alpharetta, Georgia-based Paymetric, for example, raised $12 million in venture capital in 2009 and 2011.
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VentureBeat
PCI Security Standards Council Announces Resellers Certification Program
The VAR Guy
VARs can take this training opportunity to bolster their security credentials and meld that expertise with add-on services designed to keep mobile payment systems secure, while bringing their customers fully into the age of mobile payments—a (digital) ...
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Mobile commerce rides on Indian youth and the affluent
MoneyGuru India
The mobile payment industry will be largely driven by the young population and India's demographic dividend offers a great prospect," MasterCard Worldwide division president (South Asia) TV Seshadri said. The index was based on three kinds of mobile ...
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Citi to Sponsor US Olympic Team, in Campaign Promoting Mobile Banking
New York Times (blog)
Bob and Mike Bryan, the brothers who won bronze medals for doubles tennis in 2008, are featured in ads that focus on Citi's mobile and digital banking products including mobile check deposits and Popmoney, an e-mail and mobile payment system.
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Mint Wireless raises $600000 in placement
Computerworld Australia
Mint Wireless has raised $600000 to help fund the enhancement of its Australian mobile payment system. Australian mobile and digital payment company Mint Wireless (ASX:MNW) has raised $600000 through a placement to institutional investors.
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Startup of the day: PayByMobile
The Sunday Business Post
Today's startup of the day is PayByMobile, which has developed a new mobile payment system. With online banking and shopping becoming more popular, a lot of everyday transactions are done without cash. So how can you use your mobile phone to make ...
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Mobile payment guidelines could lead to new partnerships between telcos, banks
Cartt.ca (subscription)
They will serve as a blueprint for how mobile payment capabilities can be offered in the Canadian market, including guiding principles around how information is exchanged among the various parties to a transaction, including telecommunications ...
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Blogs13 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Canadian Bankers Association Releases Guidelines for Mobile ...
By Gary Ng
The Canadian Bankers Association announced this morning alongside the Credit Union Central of Canada, guidelines for mobile payment technology. The Mobile.
iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's...
India's Mobile Banking Adoption highest in World!
By Arun Prabhudesai
According to the survey, the countries with highest levels of mobile payment adoption also display highest importance on mobile payments and money movement. Roughly two-thirds of Indian consumers consider making payments and ...
Trakin' the india business buzz
ACI Worldwide's Payment Industry Media Centre: How do we place ...
By ACI Worldwide
Financial institutions, retailers and processors trying to generate mobile payment interest and demand should, therefore, deploy marketing programs which clearly demonstrate the convenience and benefits of replacing cards with a mobile ...
ACI Worldwide's Payment Industry...
Intuit Expects $5.5 Trillion in Retail Mobile Payments Volume by ...
By Gary Kim
By 2016 or 2017, Intuit believes retail mobile payment volume could rise to about $5.5 trillion. But it isn't at all clear who the provider "winners" will be. Mobile service providers, banks, payment networks, retailers, application providers and ...
IP Carrier
Korea: Three Conferences in a Week! | Two Bulls - Immersive ...
By admin
Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajeev Suri: By 2020, networks will need to provide 1GB per person/per day at speeds 10 times they have now #kanz 20 mins ago; KT CEO Suk-Chae Lee: by 2020 Mobile Payment Systems will be synonymous ...
Two Bulls - Immersive mobile experiences
Ticketscript sees mobile payments double in first quarter | ABOUT ...
By adyen
The payment solutions for the ticketscript platform are facilitated by Adyen, the international provider of online and mobile payment solutions. Frans Jonker, CEO of ticketscript, says about this cooperation: "The choice for Adyen, being a new ...
ABOUT-PAYMENTS.com
FinovateSpring 2012 Live Twitter Transcript - Finovate
By Julie Schicktanz
Taulia unveils Early Payment Network; tools for business, showing online invoicing with dynamic discounting. Link. BancBox is an infrastructure platform helping companies build web/mobile payment services. Link. BancBox showing how it ...
Finovate
Kopo Kopo grows out of incubation at m:lab East Africa | *iHub_
By Simeon Oriko
For Kopo Kopo Inc, a Nairobi based mobile payment services startup, growth could not have been more rapid over the last 12 months. In August 2010, the company was formed, setting up base at the iHub co-working space in Nairobi ...
*iHub_
What Social Media Apps Should You Have |
By Admin
If you have ever needed to accept payments while you are away from your computer, you can do so using a mobile payment app. Some great apps that you can use are Intuit GoPayment or Square if you are in the United States, or if you are in ...
The Future of Social Media Relevance – Mobile, Niche, Meaning ...
By ladyxtel
Mobile payment solutions and Apple's recent patent filing for iPhones to turn into universal remotes are just a peek at the future which our smartphone can promise. Twitter has the help of robust third-party applications to keep the tweet flow ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
The future of convergence: Next steps for the smart era | memeburn
By Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.
Smart working: If more organisations make smart working a trend, this will help build a work force that is not restricted by geographical location. This could help curb unemployment. Mobile payment will be the norm: The smart era has already ...
memeburn
Cash-less Lagos: CBN, Bankers Committee give pass mark ...
By punchng
He was optimistic that the licensing of about 15 mobile payment operators to offer payment services via the mobile phone that over 80 million Nigerian are carrying would also help promote financial inclusion and by extension, make the nation ...
Thenigeriandaily.com
Possible Mobile Payment 'Fee Grab' Worries Small Business ...
By Tami
cfib With a steady stream of mobile and electronic payment options expected in the days ahead, Canadian small business owners will be bracing themselves for the possibility of another fee grab on the part of banks, credit card companies and ...
Village Gamer

Web3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Banks, telecoms move on new mobile payment system - The Globe ...
Technology will allow consumers to use smartphones in place of credit, debit cards.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...on.../article2431304/
Mobile Payment Platforms Lead the Charge at CTIA | Top Stories ...
The CTIA Wireless trade show is barely underway and already two big mobile payment processing announcements from Mastercard and Verifone are causing a ...
vsr.edgl.com/.../Mobile-Payment-Platforms-Lead-the-Charge-a...
Aventurine's Darkfall Online MMO Adds PayOne's Mobile Payment ...
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - May 15, 2012) - PayOne announces that Aventurine (www.aventurine.gr), an award-winning global game developer and ...
www.marketwire.com/.../aventurines-darkfall-online-mmo-ad...


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