Wednesday, August 15, 2012

45 "Mobile Payment News" Stories for August 15th, 2012

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Big retailers team up on mobile payments plan
Reuters
(Reuters) - Big retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp and Japan's 7-Eleven said on Wednesday that they are developing a mobile payment network, adding to the proliferation of options to let consumers pay with smartphones. The system, known as ...
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Starbucks Taps Square for Mobile Payment Processing
Vertical Systems Reseller (blog)
In a move that shocked just about everyone, Starbucks announced last week that the coffee giant had signed a deal with Square that gives customers the ability to pay for their food using Square's mobile payment app. Customers must simply download ...
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In the Ordinary, Silicon Valley Is Finding the Next Big Thing
New York Times
It may sound boring, but the mobile payment sector is hot. Start-ups like Square, Revel Systems and LevelUp are competing with big names like PayPal, Google and Facebook as well as old-line companies like NCR in a rush to help eliminate cash. The basic ...
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New York Times
Starbucks is teaming up with Square as its mobile platform to process ...
Q13 FOX
Recently ousted from Twitter, the company he cofounded, he rebounded by shifting his famously intense focus to a new pain point: the way we pay. Related; Consumers approve of Starbucks' mobile payment deal with Square · Topics · Square, Inc. Starbucks ...
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Square and Starbucks Lead Transition to Mobile Payments
Forbes
Square is the mobile payment service that lets just about any merchant accept credit or debit cards by attaching a free square-shaped credit card reader to an iPhone, iPad or Android device. But just as Netflix started by making it easier to rent DVDs ...
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Forbes
CardinalCommerce adds mobile marketing to its payment offerings
Mobile Payments Today
CardinalCommerce is adding some impressive features to its mobile payment suite. The company announced today that it is launching a new self-service, web-based mobile marketing and commerce platform called CustomerConnect. With this new platform, ...
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Trunkbow Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Daily Markets
14, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Trunkbow International Holdings Limited (TBOW) ("Trunkbow" or the "Company"), a leading provider of Mobile Payment Solutions ("MPS") and Mobile Value Added Services ("MVAS") in the PRC, today announced financial ...
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Major retailers form company that will create a mobile app for faster, easier ...
Daily Journal
NEW YORK — A bevy of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best-Buy Co. and Target Corp., are teaming up to create a company that will give customers another way to make purchases with their mobile devices. The businesses said ...
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Douglas Parking Partners With QuickPay Corp. for Mobile Parking Payments
Broadcast Newsroom
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/14/12 -- Parking pioneer Douglas Parking has partnered with QuickPay Corp., a premier mobile payment platform provider, to deploy new payment options and value-added services such as premium parking ...
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Mobile payments to reach $1.3tn annually by 2017 as NFC and physical goods ...
GoMo News
The scale of global mobile payment transactions is expected to rise nearly fourfold over the next five years to more than $1.3 trillion, a new report from Juniper Research has found. The report – 'Mobile Payments Strategies: NFC, Remote Purchases ...
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GoMo News
Mobile banking will impact 46% of bank account holders
VatorNews
While the tech sector is all abuzz around mobile payment technology like Square, WePay and others, but the real technology that almost all adults can put to use right now is banking and checking their financial status instantly. Most users are just ...
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Globe trotter: Starbucks to use Square Inc.'s payment system in 7000 stores
Economic Times
The Seattle-based coffee brewer last year expanded its mobile-payment programs in the U.S. by offering the Starbucks application on Google Inc.'s Android software. The app, which is also available for Apple's iPhone, lets users buy coffee and other ...
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eTranzact obtains PCIDSS certification, targets 10 million users by 2013
The Guardian Nigeria
eTranzact Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Valentine Obi, who had earlier addressed stakeholders at a mobile payment forum in Lagos, recalled that infrastructure was a major setback to mobile money penetration right from its inception ...
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Adyen offers SoundCloud users a single-click option
Mobile Payments Today
Dutch mobile payment provider Adyen announced it has been selected to provide a single-click payment solution for social music service SoundCloud. Adyen's payment solution will give SoundCloud the ability to process payments securely worldwide in a ...
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Mobile Payments Committee Brings Together All US Carriers, Companies Like ...
Small Business Trends
Currently, many of the industry players have deals with wireless carriers so those mobile payment systems are only available on certain devices or with certain carriers. But can they all put their company hats aside while they attempt to work together ...
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Small Business Trends
Carphone Warehouse launches UK m-commerce services
Telecoms.com
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse (CPW) has begun deployment of its mobile payment service, based on the SimplyTap application developed by the Mobile Money Network (MMN). The service allows users to make purchases from participating retailers ...
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Telecoms.com
Onebip is one of the first providers to launch "Transparent Authentication ...
IT News Online
AUGUST 15 2012, Paris, France - Onebip, the mobile payment division of Neomobile, announced today that it has successfully launched the "Transparent Authentication" purchase flow for ISP Billing on SFR's new platform. From today, brands, mobile ...
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The Morning Ledger: Mobile Payments Spark Retail Revolution
MarketWatch
Though few shoppers use their phones as payment devices right now, retailers are convinced that it's the way of the future: Mobile-payment transactions are expected to surge to an estimated $600 billion world-wide by 2016, up from $172 billion this year.
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WePay celebrates its 1st birthday with lower fees
VatorNews
In the race to stay attractive, one mobile payment service, WePay has announced that it is lowering its pricing and releasing new API features, as it celebrates the one-year anniversary of its WePay Payments API. Previously, WePay charged businesses a ...
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Mxit mobile money launched
MyBroadband
Users will also be able to send money to anyone who has a cellphone for a fee. Mxit Money is a gateway for mobile payment services that enables users to transact with their mobile phones. Users can access Mxit Money as a contact within the Mxit ...
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MyBroadband
Trunkbow expanding mobile payments presence in growing Chinese market
Mobile Payments Today
"We believe there is a tremendous, untapped market opportunity among China's 56 million small businesses who lack the resources needed to deploy a full-scale [mobile payment] offering, making hosted services such as these ideal for this large and ...
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Payvision Partners with Virtual Piggy
R & D Magazine
"As Virtual Piggy expands internationally, and as the mobile payment market continues to grow it is important for us to work with secure, integrated payment solutions that have the ability to handle the mobile market and have a global reach," says Dr ...
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Nexperts, Unwire team up on mobile wallet services
Telecompaper (subscription)
The NFC specialist Nexperts and Unwire have products that complement each other, providing customers in telecommunications, banking, trade and transport with integrated products for mobile payment and mobile ticketing. They in turn offer their end ...
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London Olympics shows the cashless society has arrived
Finextra
Millions of tickets went on sale and sports venues around the country were kitted out with state of the art mobile payment devices, ready to feed and water the crowds en masse. Given the sheer numbers of people who attended it goes without saying the ...
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Put your transactions on autopilot
Livemint
Some mobile payment gateways such as Paymate.com also help pay utility bills. "Once you register with us, you can make payments by registering your consumer bill number. Once a bill is due for payment, we send an SMS and then there is an automated ...
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Report: 46% Of U.S. Bank Account Holders Will Use Mobile Banking By 2017
TechCrunch
While we've heard a lot about digital wallets, Square and other cutting edge mobile payment systems lately, the reality is that even something as straightforward as mobile banking is still a novelty for many users. At this time, according to the report ...
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New and Expanding Merchant Services Available For The Sports Apparel Industry
Equities.com
Consumers can contact Merchant Data Systems and take advantage of debit card processing. A mobile payment with a debit card is a much more reliable alternative for a owner of a Riding Apparel Store. A client can avoid a bounced check or a chargeback.
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Radio update: Wall Street may dip lower
MarketWatch
Just add items to create a portfolio now: Add. Create Portfolio or Cancel Already have a portfolio? Log In. The latest money news from Ann Cates, including plans by Wal-Mart and other merchants to develop a mobile-payment system. Pop up Player ...
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Research and Markets: Singapore Mobile Commerce Industry Outlook to 2016 ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Detailed analysis of mobile payment market in Singapore with its market share and future projections. - Mobile application market size in terms of revenue in USD million. - Market segmentation on the basis of games, ringtones, learning applications and ...
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Computop wins contract to provide book retailer Cygnus Books with payment ...
Econsultancy (press release) (blog)
With just one interface needed, Computop Paygate allows retailers access to over 40 payment methods including all relevant local and international payment options for e-commerce, mobile payment and POS solutions. Leading e-commerce solutions from ...
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LevelUp: Pay-By-Phone Innovator
IEEE Spectrum
At Work: 08.14.2012 LevelUp: Pay-By-Phone Innovator. LevelUp's mobile payment strategy emphasizes simplicity and security · Robotics: 08.14.2012. Double Robotics Taking on Telepresence with Mobile iPad Base. Can a minimalist design that leverages ...
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IEEE Spectrum
Research and Markets: The Future of Mobile Payments: Continuation of ...
Business Wire (press release)
This report evaluates the risk factors that may lead to a disruption in global commerce and the use of mobile payment systems to provide for continuity of commerce in such situations. Emphasis is placed on the need for independent back-office accounts, ...
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hyperWALLET Announces a New Approach to Consumer Prepaid
National Post
Since 2000, we have become a leading provider of online and mobile payment, international payments, card products and financial technology solutions to world-class customers in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. With hundreds of customers (including ...
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Good deal? Buy a phone at Sprint and get a free ZTE Optik tablet
Digitaltrends.com
Sprint and T-Mobile may get the iPhone 5 · Rumor: Google, Sprint to reveal mobile payment plan May 26; UPDATE: YouTube announcement down · Good deals: iPhone 4S $150, Galaxy S3 $100, Samsung gives back $300 · Motorola Photon Q with QWERTY ...
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Global Mobile Payments Market Perspectives Discussed in New In-Demand ...
Business Wire (press release)
The increasing use of the mobile payment concept by consumers across the globe, especially in heavily populous countries in the Asia-Pacific region, may inflate the market for mobile payments in the coming years. New market research report "The Future ...
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Paynet expands mPOS solution with invoice, estimate features
Mobile Payments Today
Commentary: How 'Squarebucks' may fix what's … A terminal case of m-commerce · Square and Starbucks to form mobile payment partnership · Square and Starbucks to form mobile payment … Easy Source Get help from all our vendors with one click.
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Blogs7 new results for "Mobile Payment"
New Mobile Payments Network to Rival Google Wallet - 24/7 Wall St.
By Trey
Few shoppers currently use their smartphones as mobile-payment devices, but industry experts expect that to change. Mobile-payment transactions are estimated to rise to $600 billion worldwide by 2016, compared to $172 billion this year, ...
24/7 Wall St.
iN.SG Newsletter | Growing Singapore NFC ecosystem
By iN.SG Newsletter
While the initial NFC deployment is focused on retail payment, IDA and the consortium members are also working with the Land Transport Authority to assess NFC mobile payment readiness for transit in early 2013. As part of the preparation, ...
iN.SG Newsletter
PayAnywhere iOS App Gets a Performance Boost | MacMegasite
By admin
Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, PayAnywhere is the payment industry's only enterprise-grade, "pay-as-you-go" mobile payment solution suited for any size merchant. With PayAnywhere there are no hidden fees; ...
MacMegasite
Google Wallet Heads to the Cloud
In light of our Hotline looking at the mobile payment strategies of Apple, Google and Microsoft, the recent announcement by Google of a virtual MasterCard account sees Google Wallet making its first steps toward deploying a cloud-based ...
Blog - CCS Insight
Mobile payments to quadruple and reach $1.3tn annually by 2017 ...
By Paul Withers
The report, 'Mobile Payment Strategies: NFC, Remote Purchases & Money Transfer 2012-2017′, found that this growth would primarily be driven by sales of physical goods by both NFC transactions and remote purchases. It said that these ...
Mobile News Online
Liverpool John Lennon Airport & Actus Mobile Take Off | Transaction ...
By Staff Writer
If you're concerned about mobile payment security you can read more here. They also have experience in assisting in the creation of really great apps for large indoor shopping areas – having launched an app for Dundrum Town Centre in ...
Transaction Age | Payments Industry...
Big retailers to take to mobile payments: WSJ | Yes, But, However!
By Reuters
Print this article ybh spacer. (Reuters) – Big retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp and Japan's 7-Eleven are planning to develop a mobile payment network, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people involved in the initiative.
Yes, But, However!

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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.
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Starbucks Adopts Mobile Payment System Square | Credit.com ...
The nation's most recognizable chain of coffee shops recently announced that it would begin accepting payments via mobile credit card readers to add to ...
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