Friday, August 24, 2012

30 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for August 24th, 2012

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The Mobile Payment Wars: PayPal Discovers a Friend 
Mobiledia
PayPal is teaming up with Discover to allow shoppers to tap into their online accounts in stores, intensifying the competition with traditional payment systems and strengthening its position in the growing mobile payment race. Discover, which has ...
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Mobiledia
Mobile payments leap ahead, but consumers may not be ready
Computerworld
With so many new mobile payment systems surfacing, analysts say they could pose too many choices and will only confuse the buying public. Since the U.S. already has a number of credit card options, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and ...
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Mobile Payment Madness, What's in Google's Wallet?
Bloomberg
Ratings have been disabled for this video. Published on Aug 23, 2012 by Bloomberg. Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Jon Erlichman reports on the players involved in mobile payment madness. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg ...
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Will mobile payment fees reach zero?
Washington Post
LevelUp was the first mobile payment method to offer free interchange, and has since created a new revenue model in which it only makes money when its users — small businesses — team up to with it to launch marketing campaigns. Businesses using ...
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How Mobile Payment Might Affect Midsize Business
Midsize Insider
For employees who work for small and midsize businesses, one of the most annoying things is paying for all your expenses up front while traveling for business, only to be reimbursed weeks later. Luckily, those days of aggravation may soon be over with ...
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Starbucks Schools Other Retailers on Mobile Payments
Businessweek
The Seattle-based coffee giant's year-and-a-half-old mobile payment program may be the largest of any retailer in North America. Even before its recent $25 million investment in San Francisco mobile payments startup Square, the company had been ...
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Food carts switching to mobile payments
Oregon Business (blog)
He says that 18 months ago, 25% of food-cart owners in Portland used mobile payment options. That number is now more than half. "With the newer carts coming in, [owners] are younger, more tech savvy. It's not an afterthought, it's part of what they do ...
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OpenMarket throws support to UK mobile billing standard
Mobile Payments Today
OpenMarket, a provider of mobile messaging and mobile payment solutions, said it is throwing its weight behind the new Payforit 4 mobile payment standard in the U.K. The company said that digital merchants in the U.K. that use mobile billing to charge ...
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Technology: Texas Roadhouse found problems with mobile payment devices on ...
Business First
A few months ago, customers at two Texas Roadhouse Inc. steakhouses had an extra gadget on their table. It was a Ziosk wireless interactive device, and it was part of a trial in which diners could use the device to pay their bills without the aid of a ...
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Retailers at the ready to adopt mobile pay options
Dallas Business Journal
As more retailers look for ways to integrate technology into their customer experience, a proliferation of apps and mobile technology are vying for their attention, trying to become the Next Big Thing in mobile payment. Last week, such major retailers ...
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Lotaris Partners with Ericsson IPX to Increase Mobile Payment Advantages For ...
MFRTech (press release)
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland - Lotaris SA, leader in mobile application purchasing and licensing technology, has partnered with Ericsson IPX to expand billing options for independent software vendors (ISVs) and app developers. The Lotaris platform ...
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SumUp closes huge million venture capital round
GrowthBusiness.co.uk
Mobile payment business SumUp has closed its Series A funding round and secured an enormous $20 million (£12.6 million) to coincide with the launch of its service. On the go: 28 per cent of UK payments are cash - 42 per cent lower than the EU. Date: 23 ...
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New Merchant Services Available To Automotive Tire Stores
Equities.com
In addition to offering merchant cash advance and mobile payment solutions, Merchant Data Systems prides itself by being on the cutting edge of merchant technology. There was a time when credit card machines were practically nonexistent because the ...
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Lotaris Partners with Ericsson IPX to Increase Mobile Payment Advantages For ...
PR Web (press release)
Lotaris Partners with Ericsson IPX to Increase Mobile Payment Advantages For Software Providers and App Developers. Lotaris SA, leader in mobile application purchasing and licensing technology, has partnered with Ericsson IPX to expand billing options ...
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PR Web (press release)
Romney Campaign Embraces Square
BuzzFeed
Posted Aug 24, 2012 9:20am EDT. TAMPA — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is embracing the mobile payment system Square to allow delegates and visitors to make donations and buy souvenirs at the Republican National Convention next week.
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Jack Dorsey added to One Young World
Bizjournals.com
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and founder of mobile payment company Square, is the latest high profile person heading to Pittsburgh this fall as part of the One Young World Summit. The conference, slated for Oct. 18 to 22 at the David L. Lawrence ...
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Pensioners biggest winners from QE - Bank of ...
Proactive Investors UK
Word was that a placing of shares in the mobile payment company by its broker, Canaccord Genuity, had gone down well even without much of a discount. Demand was such, traders whispered, that even better-regarded investors were getting only about a ...
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eBay Inks Deal with Discover
Zacks.com
In order to enhance its mobile payment platform, e-commerce service provider eBay Inc. (EBAY - Analyst Report) has signed a deal with Discover Financial Services, thus extending PayPal's services to 7 million merchants next year. Following the news ...
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Absa boosts e-commerce presence
ITWeb
Payment portfolio. Absa has been edging forward in the payments space recently, instituting contactless and mobile payment solutions, such as contactless prepaid cards. The bank has also recently started marketing the pilot of a "one-touch" product – a ...
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ITWeb
SumUp joins European mobile POS fracas with $20M in Series A funding
Mobile Payments Today
The market's appetite for mobile point-of-sale solutions has yet to be sated. At least that's what some investors are betting when it comes to another European mobile POS company, SumUp. The startup has received a substantial Series A investment from ...
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Rue21, Inc.'s CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
TheStreet.com
HOT TOPICS: Latest News · Mobile Payment Bubble · Retirement Webinar · Kass · Bieber Bears · Salesforce · Bank Stock Picks · Market Top · Fusilev. pjava04.dc.thestreet.com. Earnings. Rue21, Inc.'s CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call ...
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Have Global E-tailers Missed the Bus in India?
Knowledge@Wharton
Mobile payment is in a nascent stage. Customer acquisitions costs are high. All players are currently in the investment mode and very few have turned profitable. Some venture-funded players -- like Taggle.com, which started operations in June 2010 ...
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WILLIAMS: Storage limits present problem
Evansville Courier & Press
Also in Justin Williams · More · WILLIAMS: Starbucks will soon begin using Mobile payment service Square · WILLIAMS: Hacking attack serves as reminder · WILLIAMS: Mac upgrade builds social media into operating system ...
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Blogs2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
i2c, Inc. & KargoCard announce partnership to power Prepaid ...
By Nabeel
i2c, Inc., a payment processing technology company, and KargoCard, a Shanghai-based prepaid service provider, have partnered to deliver prepaid, mobile payment and loyalty solutions to merchants in China. i2c will provide payment ...
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Ordering Food With Mobile Apps is Growing in Popularity ...
By 8bitjay
Yes, they were around before that, but the App Store helped bring them into mainstream use, and got the attention of restaurants such as Pizza Hut and Starbucks, both of which offer mobile payment options via apps. It's likely that such ...
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Web5 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Retailers seek to cash in on mobile-payment trend - Los Angeles ...
With more shoppers wielding smartphones instead of credit cards and cash to pay for purchases, some of the nation's largest retailers and restaurants are trying ...
articles.latimes.com/.../la-fi-google-mobile-payments-2012081...
Mobile Payment Bubble Just Starting to Inflate: Street Whispers ...
CEOs in the retail, financial services or technology industries in search of a quick share price boost would be well advised to announce an emerging payments ...
www.thestreet.com/.../mobile-payment-bubble-just-starting-to-...
PayPal, Discover in mobile payment venture - 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 ...
www.marketwatch.com/.../paypal-discover-in-mobile-payment...
Mobile Financial Services
Mobile Payment. Bringing ... Biometrics · e-Banking · e-Health · Electronic ID · EMV · Mobile marketing · Mobile payment · NFC · Strong authentication · Media ...
www.gemalto.com/telecom/linqus/mfs/
NY1 From The Floor AM: Mobile-Payment Transactions Making ...
NY1's Joya Dass previews the day on Wall Street from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
www.ny1.com/.../ny1-from-the-floor-am--mobile-payment-tra...


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