Monday, July 9, 2012

37 "Mobile Payment" News Stories from Around the Globe


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Mobile Payments, Online Bill Payment Usage Grows: IDC
eWeek
Americans are fast adopting mobile payment services, but are more likely to buy physical goods than digital downloads.
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New IDC Financial Insights Consumer Payments Survey Reveals Over a Third of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Of those that had made a mobile payment, more than half used PayPal Mobile (56%), with Amazon Payments and Apple's iTunes service statistically tied at about 40%. In addition, prepaid cards showed strong growth, particularly in the network branded and ...

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First App for Mobile Meal Payments Hits Apple(R) App Store(TM)
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Jul 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The first app that turns an iPhone(R) into a mobile payment system for school meals is now available for download in the Apple(R) App Store(TM). The free MyPaymentsPlus app by Horizon Software International ...
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Daily Systems and Aurus Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership at HITEC 2012 to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
whizPay(TM) provides a secure mobile payment framework for iOS devices by de-risking mobile applications from payment processing. whizPay(TM) leverages on its patent-pending technology to reduce the PCI scope of Point Of Sale Systems, providing key ...
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Apple plays waiting game with mobile payment
Australian Macworld
According to analysts, Apple appears to have an advantage in the mobile-payment area with the millions of iPhones sold and the 400-million credit-card accounts registered through iTunes. They predict Apple will come out with this feature once consumers ...
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Geopon Retains Lynn Lewis Public Relations To Promote First-Ever Single ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ABOUT GEOPON: Geopon, LLC is a single-source solution provider that combines geo-targeted coupons and savings, consumer reward services and mobile payment processing in an easy to use mobile application. ABOUT Lynn Lewis Public Relations ...
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India's Prizm Payments On Track To Hit $50B In Transactions, Plans Square ...
TechCrunch
Antony says the move to offer mobile payment services is part of a bigger strategy to target mobile with other with other financial services like money transfers and bill payments — effectively a move to transform people's phones into additional ATM ...
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TechCrunch
O2 secures mobile payment deal Microsoft, RIM, Google and Facebook
sourcingfocus.com
O2 secures mobile payment deal Microsoft, RIM, Google and Facebook. Monday, July 09, 2012. Telefónica who owns O2 have secured a deal with companies including Google, Microsoft, RIM and Facebook which will provide customers with the ability to use ...
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Visa wins m-payment backing from Telefonica
Telecoms.com
Visa will also take up the role of Telefónica's preferred partner for the issuance of branded payments cards and the development of related mobile payment services. "Visa has been an important partner for a number of years in Europe, helping us to ...
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Telecoms.com
Telefónica, Visa plan mobile payments rollout in Europe
NFCNews
According to Telefónica, the agreement builds on the partners' existing partnership in the UK and Ireland, and solidifies their relationship as preferred partners for the issuance of payment cards and mobile payment services in Europe. Telefónica has ...
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Stanbic IBTC provides mobile payment option for StarTimes
Telecompaper (subscription)
Stanbic IBTC provides mobile payment option for StarTimes. Monday 9 July 2012 | 14:17 CET | News. Nigerian bank Stanbic IBTC has opened its mobile money platform to over 750000 StarTimes viewers in the country to increase their payment options.
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Congress grapples with evolution from paper to mobile money
Los Angeles Times
There are concerns that hackers could siphon off money without customers noticing. "The bottom line is that as the mobile payment system evolves it is important … to provide proper oversight so that these payments can be secure and convenient," Sen.
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iPhone 5 rumor roundup: New design, mobile payments and more
TECH.BLORGE.com
iPhone 5 will be world's fastest smartphone · iPhone 5 could feature NFC support, mobile payments · More proof iPhone 5 will feature mobile payment technology · Another iPhone rumor from another financial analyst · iPhone 5 rumor rebound. Posted in iOS ...
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TECH.BLORGE.com
You are here: HomeUK operators gearing up for m-payment
Global Telecoms Business
Read more: mobile payment m-payment Vodafone O2 Everything Everywhere. Operators in the UK are getting ready for the introduction of Europe's first joint mobile phone payments platform, codenamed Project Oscar, reported the Financial Times. According ...
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Pay for your Malaysia Airlines tickets on your phone with PayPal
SGentrepreneurs (press release)
Malaysia Airlines believes that this introduction of mobile payments will provide customers with a better checkout experience using PayPal's convenient and secure mobile payment service. Moreover, this enables the carrier to reach out to more ...
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SGentrepreneurs (press release)
Heartland Payment Systems(R) Acquires LunchByte Systems, Inc. as Part of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
These include POS terminals, a secure online payment portal, mobile payment capabilities and integrated vending solutions, as well as a number of back office management features such as free and reduced meal application processing and meal tracking, ...
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Mastercard partners with Deutsche Telekom for mobile payments
Android Authority
Mastercard wants to brings its mobile payment system to 93 million mobile users in Europe through Deutsche Telekom and other partners.
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Android Authority
Mobile commerce to drive eBay India growth
exchange4media.com
He felt that mobile commerce would see robust growth once mobile payment solutions emerged. "Our key focus around mobiles in 2012 is to get greater penetration of our mobile apps and encourage people to use this as a device to check prices before ...
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Ernst & Young Entrepeneur of the Year international finalists
Irish Times
The Oxygen8 Mobile Payment division develops and supports innovative payment mechanisms that allow consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phone. Oxygen8 Money was recently launched as a standalone division within the group to ...
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Irish Times
Congress preparing for a 'cashless society'
Sacramento Bee
"The bottom line is that as the mobile payment system evolves it is important ... to provide proper oversight so that these payments can be secure and convenient," Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., said in March. Wendell Wolka, a historian and collector of ...
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Comviva leads electronic recharge market in Egypt
AME Info
Egypt's Government and Banks are working towards the expansion of mobile payment options in the country and we at Comviva believe that very soon millions of people in Egypt can experience mobile payments, which will further contribute towards ...
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NTT Docomo on a mobile content buying spree
telecomlead.com
VAS. MasterCard signs mobile payment deal with Deutsche Telekom · Pay-TV market reaches $261 billion in 2011 · Apple unveils music store iTunes in 12 Asian markets, not in India · MVAS market to reach Rs 26000 crore this year · Read more.
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Galaxy Nexus back on sale on Google Play Store
TechRadar UK
Apple 'holding back' on entering NFC mobile payment game · How touchscreens are changing computing · Galaxy Nexus back on sale on Google Play Store · BlackBerry App World hits three billion downloads · Apple bows out of green tech certification ...
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TechRadar UK
The death of cash
CNNMoney
Square founder Jack Dorsey, with his Card Readers that unleashed the mobile-payment movement in the U.S.. Most people still know Square for its first product, its hugely successful white plastic credit card reader that plugs into a smartphone. The ...
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TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: NBN Co's pricing rethink
Business Spectator
Moving to the mobile payment space, local financial services company, Flexigroup is taking on PayPal with the launch of its Paymate OnTheGo payment option. The product – aimed directly at the local small business sector – turns a smartphone into a ...
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Nigeria's Pagatech processes over 276000 transactions
Telecompaper (subscription)
Nigeria's mobile payment startup Pagatech has processed over 276000 transactions worth more than USD 9.8 million since its launch in September 2011. It has announced a series of investments from Adlevo Capital, Omidyar Network, Acumen Fund, ...
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NFC technology growing in awareness amongst UK consumers
QR Code Press
The study shows that approximately 12% of consumers are planning to adopt mobile payment systems over the next two years. The low adoption rates are suggested to be due to security concerns regarding NFC technology and mobile commerce in general.
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Blogs7 new results for "Mobile Payment"
"Project Oscar" U.K. Mobile Wallet, Mobile Payments Effort Could be ...
By Gary Kim
A mobile payment service allows those credentials to be used at retail point of sale terminals or for online purchases. Business models also can differ. Some mobile wallet systems intend to make money supporting advertising, promotion or ...
IP Carrier
Mobile Payments - More than just replacing payment cards...
By Julia Shalet
US - research showed that only 15% of the customers said it was somewhat or very important to them to be able to pay with their smartphones – note that hardly anyone in the US has ever used mobile payment in a shop * Turkey have 10-12 ...
Mobile Monday London
Five Ways Mobility Can Help Your Small Business
By Rakesh Sharma
Research firm Gartner estimates that the number of mobile-payment users worldwide topped 141 million in 2011. That number holds much more significance for small businesses than large corporations. This is because mobile payment ...
GetApp Learning Center
Which mobile payments system would you rather use? Vodafone's ...
By Ewan
The FT today reports about the European operator mobile payment initiative that's gathering a head of steam: The UK's largest mobile operators are preparing for the launch of Europe's first ...
Mobile Industry Review
Unique MEADS Mobile Testing Capability Arrives At White Sands ...
Utilizing the whizPay™ iOS mobile payment framework solution, from Aurus Inc., the Daily Systems' iAPS Sled becomes the complete all-in-one Mobile Point Of Sale Solution with an integrated Thermal printer, Mag Stripe Reader, 2D Barcode ...
ITbriefing.net
This Week in Location Based Marketing #85: Finnish innovation ...
By Rob Woodbridge
5. Gecko Landmarks (22:50). 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) ...
UNTETHER.tv
Nigeria: Accion assures of improved service delivery, as profit hits ...
By Microfinance Africa
Akinwuntan added that the bank would leverage on the POS device, ATMs and ATM cards to ensure that customers have easier access to good quality financial services, and through mobile payment solutions. On the bank's outlook for 2012, ...
Microfinance Africa

Web3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Apple Deliberately Holding Back on Mobile Payment System ...
The Wall Street Journal profiles Apple's "go-slow" approach to mobile payments. In June, Apple announced the inclusion of a feature called Passbook to iOS 6.
forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1399886
CEOs of Chirpify, Dwolla to Discuss Mobile Payment ... - CNBC
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ... Team to analyze exploding mobile technology industry's impact on the banking industry at ...
www.cnbc.com/.../CEOs_of_Chirpify_Dwolla_to_Discuss_Mo...
Mobile Payment League of Legends Community - Deutsche - Zimbio
Mobile Payment" Mobile Payment – League of Legends CommunityWell I had no idea about where I should post this, so I'm sorry if it's not in the right section.
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