Monday, June 11, 2012

Digital Payments: Pursuit of the Holy Grail: VC Circle

Digital Payments: Pursuit of the Holy Grail
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VC Circle
NPCI has also continued to expand its Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) network, which today boasts of 41 partner banks. While IMPS holds out the promise of making digital payments ubiquitous and has already registered 35 million users, ...

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IMPS Reports 34.94M Mobile Money IDs, 43 Banks; Just 31553 Transactions In May ...
MediaNama.com
By MediaNama on Jun 11th, 2012 | Post a Comment The Interbank Mobile Payment Service saw a growth of 26.61% in the total transactions taking place, with a 1.17 % increase in total number of Mobile Money IDs (MMID) being issued, according to data ...
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Origami Owl chooses PayAnywhere for mobile POS
Finextra
By providing its independent consultants, called "Designers," with PayAnywhere, the industry's only enterprise grade, "pay-as-you-go" mobile payment solution, Origami Owl is empowering them with the tools they need to successfully sell merchandise and ...
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Long may the SMS reign
Times LIVE
The ubiquity of SMS means other services can be built on top of it, such as the mobile payment system that has become synonymous with Kenya's mobile success, M-Pesa. Cellphones have become the most-used devices in the world, having long since overtaken ...
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Tech support
The Lawyer
Mobile payment – known as Quick Tap – is the latest market development to take the digital industry by storm. It allows customers to purchase goods with a swipe of their mobile phone, in the style of the Oyster Card. The convergence of mobile phone ...
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Venture capital deals
Fortune (blog)
Globespan Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Menlo Ventures and Inventus Capital. www.creditsesame.com Scvngr, a Boston-based mobile game and mobile payment app, has raised $12 million in new VC funding.
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Coral Sun Express adopts M-PAiSA
Telecompaper (subscription)
Fiji bus company Coral Sun Express has adopted Vodafone Fiji's mobile payment system M-PAiSA as a payment option for travel on express services between Nadi and Suva. Customers making a booking for a bus trip will be given a ticket reservation number ...
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Last week at The Fonecast: 11th June 2012
The Fonecast
I'd say there'll be some kind of integration into Vodafone's mobile payment partnership before too long. On the subject of acquisitions, A1 Comms is reported to have taken over the Go Mobile UK franchise business, Google has acquired the Quickoffice ...
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Blogs5 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Will Mobile Wallets Top the Mighty Credit Card? | Credit.com News + ...
By Credit.com
However, it's also vitally important for financial institutions, both those that are developing mobile payment platforms and those that are not yet doing so, to begin offering consumers greater convenience with these services, the report said.
Credit.com News + Advice
Sprint working on Google Wallet alternative? | Software News ...
By rlex
"In keeping with our open approach, Sprint is actively working with others in the mobile payment ecosystem," the company said in a statement. "We will continue to bring practical, easy-to-use mobile payment solutions to customers on Sprint ...
Software News & Review
Mobile Thursdays: Mobile banking | iQ Content blog
By Randall Snare
The Commission's preliminary investigation indicated potential competition concerns in the nascent markets of mobile payment applications supply (so-called 'mobile wallets'), mobile advertising and related data analytics services, where the ...
iQ Content blog
Boston Startup: SCVNGR Announces $12M Round For LevelUp ...
By Kyle
LevelUp is a gamified, deals based mobile payment system that connects to a users current credit or debit card. The user gets a discount by using the LevelUp app the first time at a merchant and can earn more discounts by continuing to pay ...
Nibletz The Voice Of Startups...
Samsung introduces the Galaxy S III in UAE | Healthcare Concerns
By DenManiko
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. © 2011 AMEINFO ...
Healthcare Concerns

Web2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Facebook Mobile Payments: This Week in Social Media | Social ...
Social media news and new developments making social media marketing easier. (Facebook ...
www.socialmediaexaminer.com/facebook-mobile-payments-th...
Mobile payment : paysafecard.com
Online cash payments without a bank account or credit card. Get your paysafecard now and pay online as if you're using cash. paysafecard is prepaid cash for ...
www.paysafecard.com/.../mobile-payment-with-paysafecard/



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