27 Mobile Payment News Stories for August 22, 2012

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PayPal, Discover in mobile payment venture MarketWatch By Andrew R. Johnson. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — PayPal is teaming with credit-card company Discover Financial Services to expand use of the eBay Inc. subsidiary's nascent mobile-payments service from a few thousand merchant locations to potentially ... See all stories on this topic »

Major retailers band together on mobile payment system Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal Will a new mobile payment system backed by the nation's biggest stores render Google Wallet obsolete? The newly formed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) network hopes so. Retail heavyweights such as Wal-Mart (WMT), Target (TGT), Best Buy (BBY) ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Payment Services On The Rise Mobile bloom News With the increasing usage of smartphones and thanks to their diverse functions, they are entering into previously unimaginable territories. For example, several retail outlets, especially fast food chains are experimenting with alternate ways to accept ... See all stories on this topic »

McDonald's testing mobile payment app The New Age Online Meanwhile, Google Wallet is aimed to be no less than a single tool that turns your phone into your wallet, driver's license and house key. On the other hand, PayPal, a leader in Web transactions, is fighting to stay in the forefront of the mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

The War Heats Up For Mobile Payments Internet Search Engine Database Four large groups are vying for a chunk of the mobile payment market that may exceed $1 trillion by 2015. Big brand retailers who dominate store shelves, tech giants who create the Operating Systems, mobile conglomerates who manufacture millions of ... See all stories on this topic » Internet Search Engine Database

Why Walmart, Target, and other big retailers are teaming up on mobile payments VentureBeat Last week, several major retailers, including Walmart, Target, CVS, Sears, Publix, and 7-Eleven, announced that they had formed a joint venture to develop a mobile payment network. Called the Merchant Customer Exchange, the venture intends to build a ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Credit Cards Go Mobile BostInno (blog) Starbucks also recently announced their mobile payment program set to roll out this Fall. The coffee conglomerate partnered with private company Square for this endeavor. Customers will download the Square app, store their credit card information, and ... See all stories on this topic »

Seamless Mobile Billing Connected World Magazine Now, thanks to a number of movements in the mobile-payment industry, smartphones may even replace credit and debit cards—not to mention cash—as a primary mode of payment for digital content, which will open doors in markets such as connected TV. See all stories on this topic »

VeriFone Powers McDonald's GoMcDo CSPnet.com ... and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare vertical markets. Source: CSP Daily News Related Terms: Technology. Related Content. CSP Online News. McDonald's Tests Mobile Payment App ... See all stories on this topic »

Nigeria To Dominate Global Mobile Money Transactions By 2017 Ventures Africa In January alone, 14 mobile payment operators in Nigeria recorded a total of recorded 35971 transactions valued at 227.92 million naira ($1.4 million). With strategic and consistent campaigns, these digits are expected to skyrocket. Central Bank of ... See all stories on this topic » Ventures Africa

VeriFone a part of McD's m-payment tests in France Mobile Payments Today Dunkin' Donuts offers mobile payment app of its own · Dunkin' Donuts offers mobile payment app of its … Major merchants launch their own mobile payment method · Major merchants launch their own mobile payment … Commentary: How 'Squarebucks' ... See all stories on this topic »

Should Banks Fear McPayments? US Banker Similar to the Starbucks mobile payment app, payments are executed by QR codes. And like Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts plans to expand the payments application to include loyalty and merchant rewards that could prove lucrative for the retailer. In another ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile to promote mobile Web business China Daily The company will also launch a variety of services including mobile music, mobile books and mobile payment systems. Shen Hongqun, deputy general manager of the data business department at China Mobile, said during the same event that the company ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Square website outage affected payments CNET 7000 Starbucks outlets will introduce Square's mobile payment system this fall, while the coffee chain also invested $25 million in the start-up. Square recently introduced a flat-fee plan for merchants who use its platform, removing the 2.75 percent ... See all stories on this topic »

Payscape Advisors Recognized on the 2012 Inc. 500/5000 List for the Fourth ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine ... and loyalty card programs, merchant cash advance, ATM placement and sales, POS equipment leasing and sales, virtual terminal packages, e-commerce solutions, online invoicing system, online registration management and mobile payment applications. See all stories on this topic »

New And Expanding Merchant Services Available To Automotive Supply Stores PR Web (press release) Missing out the many advantages available through more sophisticated mobile payment options and services may end up limiting future business opportunities. Expanded Payment Options and Merchant Processing Services. Credit card machines and credit ... See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

Stitch Labs using SAIL for offline payments Mobile Payments Today To help them run their businesses, Stitch Labs offers small, product-oriented merchants a set of online tools, including inventory management, customer management and business analytics. The suite also gives merchants the ability to process online ... See all stories on this topic »

Intuit Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha For example, QuickBooks Online subscribers grew 28% for the year. Online Payroll customers grew 19%. And Payments customers grew 13%, driven by mobile. GoPayment, our mobile payment offering, quadrupled the number of customers acquired over the ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs 7 new results for "Mobile Payment"

PayPal taps Discover to bring in-store payments to 7M locations ... By Ryan Kim That potentially puts PayPal at a big advantage against rival mobile payment systems such as Google Wallet, Isis, Square and others. Discover is integrating PayPal's payment system into its software, which will be uploaded to millions of ... GigaOM

Mobile Payments Coming Soon to Every McDonald's Menu? | Daily ... By Michael Essany, Daily Deal Media While most crawl before they walk when it comes to mobile payments, fast food giant McDonalds is rumored to be planning a comprehensive deployment of a mobile payment platform that would likely come as a direct result of the hamburger ... Daily Deal Media

Nigeria To Dominate Global Mobile Money Transactions By 2017 ... By Editor In January alone, 14 mobile payment operators in Nigeria recorded a total of recorded 35971 transactions valued at 227.92 million naira ($1.4 million). With strategic and consistent campaigns, these digits are expected to skyrocket. Mobile Money Africa

McDonald's Tests Mobile Payments | Moose Tracker By Lauren.Runge eBay's mobile payment platform, PayPal, powers the mobile transactions. The convenience and speed ... Technology companies are racing to partner with big brands and become the mobile payment service of choice. PayPal has also teamed ... Moose Tracker

The worker should repair Cell Phone Jammers in the specific area in ... By jammersphone Completion of a mobile payment, requires payment account, payment vehicle, payment of the three aspects of the environment; present mobile payment technology to achieve the main NFC, RFID-SIM and SIMpass, three. After a decade of ... Public Interfaces

{Tech Stats} Mobile Apps Are Good for Entrepreneurs & the ... By Deb, Tech Guide ... exceed the human population by 2015. And that means not just big opportunities for nimble entrepreneurs, but also big changes for the global economy. By 2011, a reported 74 countries had access to at least one mobile payment system." ... SOHO Tech Training

Independence Blue Cross announces winners of its $50000 ... By Juliana Reyes Two former Philly startups made major moves in the past week: mobile payment service Venmo, which relocated to New York City last year, was acquired by Chicago-based PayPal competitor Braintree for $26.2 million, reports BetaBeat. Technically Philly

Web 2 new results for "Mobile Payment"

Bull Vs. Bear - The Mobile Payment Revolution Is Coming (GOOG ... With more and more people living so much more of their lives through their smartphones, it seems inevitable that the U.S. will see a revolution in mobile ... www.investopedia.com/.../Bull-Vs.-Bear---The-Mobile-Payme...

SMSZombie Trojan Exploits Vulnerability in China Mobile's Payment ... On July 25, TrustGo Security Labs identified a new sophisticated piece of malware that mainly targeted Android users from China. Identified as SMSZombie. news.softpedia.com/.../SMSZombie-Trojan-Exploits-Vulnerabi...

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