Friday, July 13, 2012

35 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for July 13

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LevelUp ending merchant payment processing fees
Boston Globe
LevelUp, a mobile payment app created by Boston start-up Scvngr, said on Thursday that it cut the fee it charges merchants that use its service — to zero. The goal is to get more retail operations to adopt LevelUp by eliminating the processing fees ...
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Boston Globe
LevelUp goes mobile payments without the fees
SlashGear
Ever since mobile payment pioneer Square started making huge waves in the industry, everyone started swarming into the nascent segment of allowing smartphones to be turned into makeshift credit card terminals. And thus began a war from service ...
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Cashing in on a payment revolution
Sydney Morning Herald
The three mobile payment systems all charge similar fees to businesses. PayPal Here charges merchants 2.4 per cent of the transaction plus 30 cents for swipe transactions, and 2.9 per cent plus 30 cents for manual key-in and scanned transactions.
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Sydney Morning Herald
China Mobile to introduce NFC phones
telecomlead.com
In 2010, the operator also acquired a 20 stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, which was aimed at strengthening its mobile payment services. At recently held GSMA Mobile Asia Expo, the companies also demonstrated their mobile payment ...
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Punchcard and Wipit Partner to Provide Loyalty Solutions to More Than 70 ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
BUSINESS WIRE)--Punchcard, a local shopping app that lets you earn personalized rewards everywhere you shop, announced today that the company is partnering with Wipit (www.wipit.me), a mobile payment service available for web, Android or iOS smart ...
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LevelUp eliminates merchant fees
Mobile Payments Today
Mobile payment startup LevelUp is throwing down the gauntlet to other payment networks. It's eliminating all transaction fees charged to merchants who accept its payment method. The company said it will only charge merchants for customer acquisiti.
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NFC mobile payment growth could be stunted by security flaws
BGR
Developers who work on mobile payment platforms should start hitting the panic button: Esteemed hacker Charlie Miller is about to mess them up. Dark Re.
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Square claims mPowa swiped its marketing image
VatorNews
The newest mobile payment company on the block, mPowa, is already causing waves with the big man on campus, Square, by (allegedly) editting a marketing picture of Square's and just inserting their information. The UK-based mPowa has only been on the ...
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Startup updates: LevelUp drops fees for merchants; peerTransfer adds Rupee
Bizjournals.com (blog)
LevelUp, the mobile payment service from Boston's SCVNGR, said Thursday that merchants...
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China Mobile develops NFC phones
China Daily
China Mobile bought a 20 percent stake of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank in 2010 to strengthen its mobile payment services. The two companies held a demonstration of their mobile payments solutions at the GSMA Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai in ...
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Shop online with your debit card
Fin24
Mark Chirnside, CEO of PayU, an online and mobile payment service provider that processes over 60% of the total value of e-commerce transactions in SA, said it is about time debit cards were added to the online mix. "This method of payment clearly ...
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China Mobile develops NFC device for mobile payments
Mobile Payments Today
China's state-owned wireless provider, China Mobile Ltd., announced it has developed its first mobile phone supporting NFC, according to China Daily. The device is.
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Mobile specialist jobs are booming
Recruiter
If not, you're not alone: jobs for such mobile specialists are booming as financial service providers increasingly look to put in place mobile payment options, the former head of mobile banking at RBS told a London audience on Wednesday. Speaking at ...
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LevelUp removes fees to separate from the Square model
VatorNews
And even when mobile payment companies like Square, PayPal and others entered the scene to reduce the hassle and hardware needed to take credit cards, they were still charging between 1.2%-2.2% per transaction. But now, LevelUp is taking out that ...
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LevelUp to stop charging credit card fees
Boston Herald
LevelUp, the mobile payment app devised by local startup Scvngr, said today it will not charge credit card processing fees to merchants as part of founder Seth Priebatsch's "Interchange Zero" concept. Priebatsch said that from now on, LevelUp will only ...
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Punchcard, Wipit give unbanked a mobile loyalty program of their own
Mobile Payments Today
Loyalty program Punchcard is partnering with mobile payment service Wipit to offer business owners the ability to create loyalty and rewards programs targeting America's 60 million "cash-preferred" consumers. Punchcard, like other loyalty.
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Mobile payments soaring in US
myHermes
Of those who had completed a mobile payment, more than half (56 per cent) did so using PayPal Mobile technology. Amazon Payments and Apple's iTunes service were also popular, with an equal market share of about 40 per cent. Commenting on the ...
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Nigeria: Advancing mobile banking
Oxford Business Group
The governor of the CBN, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, announced in late May that to date, 15 mobile payment operators in Nigeria had been given licences. Alongside their introduction, other initiatives aimed at encouraging banked consumers to switch to ...
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PayPal Provides Mobile Payments for GE WattStations
Investor's Business Daily
EBay's (EBAY) PayPal announced Thursday that it's teamed with GE Energy to enable electric-vehicle drivers to charge their cars using a GE WattStation Connect mobile app and PayPal. The deal makes PayPal the exclusive mobile payment provider for the ...
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EPoS offer from Consolis allows SMEs more for less
DiyWeek.net
Consolis Payments is giving small and medium-sized retailers the chance to switch to the kind of advanced chip and pin, contactless and mobile payment systems currently used by major multiple retailers - but at a fraction of the cost. EPoS offer from ...
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DiyWeek.net
Mobile Is on the Move
Radio World
He thinks mobile payment schemes and "wallets" might finally get some traction. And finally, he sees a significant increase in mobile-specific content. In other words, content will be created for mobile device use rather than simply resized from the ...
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ION Rewards® App Pays Users to Pay With Their Smartphones
MarketWatch (press release)
"We've taken the ease and practicality of, say, the Starbucks® mobile payment app, but rather than scanning barcodes on customers' phones and mailing card rewards, we transfer cash securely through the cloud using Dwolla and deliver instant, digital ...
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Square Demands that mPowa Remove Product Image from Website
American Banker (subscription)
Dongle doppleganger causes friction between mobile payment providers.
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Juniper Research: Smart wireless accessory market to surpass sales of 100 ...
IntoMobile
Juniper points to several good examples like mobile payment processors Square and iZettle, as well as health and fitness monitoring devices that will lead to the adoption of mHealth services. Nike and Jawbone UP are also presented in good light for ...
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Mobile Banking
WALA-TV FOX10
Are there any security risks associated with mobile banking? Like anything else, you need to take steps to guard against identity theft. Look for mobile payment apps that offer protection through the use of PIN numbers and passwords. Keep a separate ...
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Money from thin air
HSBC Global Banking and Markets
In the UK, four mobile operators are getting ready to launch a standardised mobile payment platform that can be used by retailers, banks and other financial companies. But rivals are complaining that the scheme, named Project Oscar, will give its ...
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5 Reasons Your Friends Won't Pay Back That Money You Lent Them
Huffington Post
On the downside, mobile payment companies like Square and PayPal Here take a small percentage of the payment for processing fees. On the plus side, the technology tracks the repayment and even emails both lender and borrower a receipt. Massey says ...
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Multiply Supports Youth Entrepreneurship in Indonesia
Seattle Post Intelligencer
... shopping features which enables social interaction between buyers and sellers, the Multiply platform also accommodates the way Indonesians transact by implementing payment methods ranging from bank ATM, e-banking, mobile payment and credit cards.
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PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Poynt, Adcentricity
Street Fight
Featured Guest David Peres, Chief Marketing Officer Adcentricity (28:30). Funding / M&A News 1. Amazon acquires 3D mapping company UpNext (38:28) 2. Nokia sells mobile payment unit in India to Fino (42:30) 3. Kuapay gets $4M (47:10). Resource of the ...
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Street Fight
Prepaid payments program manager TranServ raises funding from Nirvana ...
Reuters
We offer our clients a turnkey solution to build, operate and manage innovative prepaid programs, including mobile payment solutions, delivered through a low cost platform and the wide spread distribution of business correspondents." Rajan Mehra of ...
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DirecTV Customers Not The Only Ones To Lose Viacom Programming
WebProNews
Telefonica Joins Forces with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM to offer a better mobile payment solution. 1 Comment · Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM Join Telefonica · Twitter Could be Acquiring Sense Network. Rumore has it Twitter is interested ...
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Blogs2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
GE integrates PayPal into app to enhance mobile payment experience
By Rimma Kats
GE has integrated PayPal into its new Wattstation Connect mobile application to let car owners pay for charging time via their handset. The Wattstation Connect mobile app lets users find the nearest GE Wattstation EV station, get pricing ...
Mobile Commerce Daily
4shared.com launches online safety partnership program with McAfee
By Marc Jacob
... such as EMV IC Card and mobile payment as well as the financial social welfare card. These two emerging applications will produce another large card project of billions' volume with the official approval of the Chinese Government last year ...
Global Security Mag Online

Web2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Mobile Payment App Lets Customers Pay Just By Saying Their - PSFK
Square's CardCase uses geo-fencing capabilities to allow for a more streamlined , personalized check-out experience in store.
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29 Mobile Payment News Headlines from Around the Globe | NFC ...
Deutsche Telekom set the target on its mobile-payment service at its 93 million wireless customers in Europe, a region where 57 percent of all purchases are still ...
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