Monday, August 20, 2012

27 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for August 20th, 2012

News18 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Retail chains break into mobile payment app technology
Sun-Sentinel
Some of the largest store chains, like Publix, Target and Walmart, have come together to form a new company that will offer shoppers a new digital-age way experience of paying at the register. Merchant Customer Exchange will exist as a mobile app and ...
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PayPal, McDonald's talk mobile payment
Columbus Dispatch
SAN FRANCISCO — PayPal is in the early stages of what might be a blockbuster deal with McDonald's Corp. McDonald's, the world's biggest hamburger chain, is testing a mobile payment service featuring PayPal at 30 of its restaurants in France. Earlier ...
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Smartphone payment space packed with competition
Washington Post
A host of new options are turning up in shops and restaurants, and more are on the way — part of a fledging industry known as "mobile payment" that seeks to take advantage of the growing adoption of smartphones, tablets and wireless connections.
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Dunkin' Donuts launches mobile app for payment of Dunkin' products (USA)
Wireless Federation
... Mobile App, Mobile Money, USA · Tagged with Android Smartphones, App Store, App's mGift feature, Dunkin' Brands CEO and Dunkin' Donuts President, Dunkin' Donuts, Google Play store, iPhone, iPod touch, John Costello, mobile app, Mobile payment, ...
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SMSZombie wraps self in nudie pics, slips into 500000 Android devices
Register
SMSZombie is designed to exploit security shortcomings in the mobile payment system used by China Mobile to generate unauthorised payments. The malware also steals bank card numbers and money transfer receipt information, mobile security firm ...
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Web - The Forgotten Channel?
Finextra
In this context, I find it odd that many banks and nonbanking financial service providers are virtually treating the web as a non-existent channel while communicating the value proposition of their phone, mobile banking and mobile payment services. Let ...
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Finextra
Punchey introduces new payments platform for SMBs
Computer Business Review
Mobile payment firm Punchey has unveiled a new payments platform for small and mid-sized businesses to securely conduct transactions, whether through a mobile device, on the Web or at the store counter. The new platform will enable local merchants to ...
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CreditCall unveils CardEase Mobile payment acceptance app
Telecompaper (subscription)
UK card-not-present, e-commerce and contactless payment transactions processor CreditCall is making its mobile Chip and PIN card acceptance service for smartphones and tablets available to partners and developers worldwide. CreditCall has developed ...
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VeriFone starts showing how SAIL's openness helps it compete
GigaOM
When VeriFone launched SAIL, its Square rival back in May, it touted the openness of the platform, which can evolve as developers and businesses connect the base mobile payment product to other features and services from third-party providers. Now, it ...
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GigaOM
Carphone Warehouse to help all smartphone customers register for mobile ...
InternetRetailing.net
Carphone Warehouse is a large stakeholder in Mobile Money Network and has spent years developing this mobile payment solution, which seeks to integrate as many ways as possible to initiate payment in any channel through mobile devices. MMN retail ...
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RBA wants payment system reform
Sydney Morning Herald
The race for mobile payment by the banks is also adding extra complexity to the payment system. While the cost of choosing "credit" is popular, it typically brings a higher cost for merchants that provide the terminal, raising competition issues in the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Retailers' wallet-less plans prompt concerns
MarketWatch
Create Portfolio or Cancel Already have a portfolio? Log In. Some big retailers are joining forces to develop their own mobile payment app, but Ken Wisnefski, CEO of WebiMax, voices some concerns about their plans. He joins Alisa Parenti in Take on Tech.
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Nordstrom iPad App to Make Mobile Shopping Faster, Easier
Daily Deal Media
... their Behavior · Australian SMEs Successfully Target Local Customers Online · NetEase Misses Revenue Number – Wall Street Whacks World of Warcraft, Shares Tank 17% in Two Days · McDonald's to test PayPal Mobile Payment System in France: Report ...
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Daily Deal Media
Mobile payments poised for lift-off
Hydrapinion
... deal gives Square an immediate critical mass as well as a high-profile way to promote their service. It's logical that, once things are up and running, other retailers will be keen to join the trend. Have you been holding back on using mobile ...
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High Quality Merchant Services Available To Variety Stores
Equities.com
If a business wants to accept mobile payment options, for instance, it will need something capable of using HTML 5. It can get very confusing, and it requires a business owner to look very carefully over what services their providers can offer and what ...
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Greek bailout tension sets up tough week for markets -- Big health insurance ...
Politico
MOBILE PAYMENT: WaPo's Mohana Ravindranath: "A host of new options are turning up in shops and restaurants, and more are on the way — part of a fledging industry known as "mobile payment" that seeks to take advantage of the growing adoption of ...
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Cashless policy: Insurers key in with pr...
BusinessDay
These include, retail insurance savings, third party products from online product application to an online management of policy accounts by customers as well as online payments using Debit Cards, Scratch Cards, POS and Mobile Payment Operators.
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Startup Ridefind Wants to Redefine Carpooling in the Phillipines
Tech in Asia
When asked what future plans they have: Safety is the biggest question surrounding every ridesharing service out there. Mobile payment system, location verification, and sponsored road trips are some ideas for the future. Our goal is not only to make ...
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Tech in Asia

Blogs7 new results for "Mobile Payment"
The Monetization Rush For Mobile Payment Apps - blog*spot
By Akeem C
As retailers rush to adopt mobile-first strategies, we'll likely see the release of more mobile payment apps to cut down on time shoppers spend waiting in line at their stores, much like the one launched by Carphone Warehouse last week.
Mocean Mobile Blog
Retail chains break into mobile payment app technology
By Justine Griffin
Some of the largest store chains, like Publix, Target and Walmart, have come together to form a new company that will offer shoppers a new digital-age way experience of paying at the register. Merchant Customer Exchange will exist as a ...
Shop-O-Matic | Sun Sentinel blogs
McDonald's tests PayPal payments in mobile app trial — TalkVietnam
By vir
PayPal is facing increasing competition in the mobile payment space for retailers: Square recently signed a landmark deal with Starbucks, whereby the mobile payments start-up will process credit and debit card transactions at the coffee ...
TalkVietnam
Announcing Village Capital Nairobi | Village Capital
By admin
Kytabu is producing a $35 reading tablet for low-income schools across Kenya, enabling payments of the tablet through a "micro-lease" mobile payment and affordable content through a subscription service. They have tested the prototype ...
Village CapitalVillage Capital | We ...
New Mobile Commerce Findings from ABI Research and Forrester ...
By Staff Writer
35 million were shipped last year, though uptake of the NFC contactless mobile payment method has been slow and limited to certain networks and certain credit cards and banks within the UK. However they're reporting three to five years ...
Transaction Age | Payments Industry...
Orange Money Big Success In Emerging Markets - MobiAD
By admin
″This exponential growth attests to the strong consumer appetite for this innovative, simple and practical mobile payment service in countries where the population has limited access to bank accounts but is widely equipped with mobile ...
MobiAD
PayPal Enters the Race for Offline Payments at - Techie Buzz
By Chinmoy Kanjilal
PayPal is conducting a test with offline mobile payment at McDonald's, and wants to compete with Square in the mobile payment market after acquiring Card.io.
Techie Buzz

Web2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Starbucks and Square to Team Up - NYTimes.com
"But if a big merchant jumping into some mobile payment solution signals to other ... Starbucks has offered its own mobile payment app since last year and ...
www.nytimes.com/.../starbucks-and-square-to-team-up.html/
Retailers seek to cash in on mobile-payment trend - wsbt.com
Retailers and restaurants team up to wrest control of the fast-emerging pay-by- smartphone industry from technology firms, in a new venture called MCX.
www.wsbt.com/.../la-fi-google-mobile-payments-20120816,0,...



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