Sunday, September 30, 2012

7 Mobile Payment News Stories for September 30

ePaymentNews for "Mobile Payment"
PrivatBank selects Gemalto for contactless mobile payment
Equities.com
Sep 30, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- PrivatBank, a commercial bank in Ukraine, has selected Gemalto, a provider of digital security solutions, to provide Optelio contactless stickers for commercial mobile payment deployment. PrivatBank will enable ...

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CMBC selects Trunkbow to develop new electronic payment system
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Equities.com
Sep 30, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., or CMBC, has selected Trunkbow International Holdings Limited, a provider of mobile payment solutions and mobile value added services, to develop and implement a new ...

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iPhone Will Not Prevent NFC Growth
Mobile bloom News
... NFC to create contactless payments · Netcom installs a new chip in their flash card that acts like your credit card · eBay expands mobile payment business with purchase of Zong · Leading mobile operators in UK collaborate to bring NFC payment ...
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Web 4 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Solutions and Services : Mobile POS : VeriFone
... and accept payments through your mobile phone. VeriFone is enabling the most sophisticated mobile payment and retail experiences for consumers.
www.verifone.com/solutions-services/mobile
3rd Annual Mobile Payment China 2012 | NFC Times – Near Field ...
Nov 14 2012 - Nov 15 2012 Ramada Plaza Pudong...
nfctimes.com/event/3rd-annual-mobile-payment-china-2012
Why Delivery Services are Utilizing New Mobile Payment Technology
Mobile payment technology provides a variety of benefits for all kinds of businesses, especially delivery services. To-go restaurants, package couriers and ...
www.switchpay.com/why-delivery-services-are-utilizing-new-...
Mobile Payment Transactions – Proposed Expansion of the Code of ...
On September 18th, 2012, the federal government announced the proposed expansion of the Code of...
www.jdsupra.com/.../mobile-payment-transactions-proposed-e...



NFC technology projects from HID Global reach conclusion

News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC technology projects from HID Global reach conclusion
QR Code Press
NFC technology is beginning to expand beyond the constraints of mobile commerce. Though the technology has been facing harsh criticisms for its apparent security flaws, those in the security business have deemed NFC a neutral technology. That is to say ...
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QR Code Press



Bank of America Abandons NFC for New Mobile Payment System

ePaymentNews for NFC Mobile Payment
Bank of America Abandons NFC for New Mobile Payment System
Daily Deal Media
bank of america, nfc, dailydealmedia.com As concerns about the security of NFC begin to take momentum, Bank of America has chosen to abandon the technology and adopt a new, image-based platform that it is currently testing. The new system is being ...
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Daily Deal Media



Saturday, September 29, 2012

NFC technology may lead to free transportation

ePaymentNews   1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC technology may lead to free transportation
QR Code Press
NFC technology is being billed, by its supporters, as a revolution for the world of commerce. The technology enables a smart phone or similar device to function as a mobile payment platform akin to a credit card. NFC has received a great deal of ...
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QR Code Press



15 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for September 29

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ePaymentNews  15 new results for "Mobile Payment"

Flat-Fee, Dongle-free Card Payments Startup Emu Opens For Business In U.K. ...
TechCrunch
Square better get a move on launching its first non-U.S. mobile payment service because the market for point-of-sale mobile payments continues to hot up. We've been following the fortunes of Square-like competitors such as iZettle, mPowa and PayPal's ...
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MoneyGram Goes Mobile with Digital Wallet Money Transer App
DailyFinance
A Digital Wallet for the Unbanked: Mobile Finance Goes Downmarket · Moving to Mobile Payment: Put the Right App in Your Digital Wallet · Your Smartphone as Your Wallet: 3 Companies That Will Cash In. Get info on stocks mentioned in this article: ...
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Facebook unveils Bango operator billing in US, UK and Germany
IntoMobile
... Bango is also integrated with BlackBerry App World, Opera Mobile Store as well as operator-based connections to Google Play. The company also works with Amazon and MasterCard and provides mobile payment analytics. [Via: MobileBusinessBriefing] ...
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Mobile Payments Subject to CDC Code of Conduct for Canadian Credit and ...
Blakes
As the Minister of State (Finance), the Honourable Ted Menzies explained, "as mobile payment options begin to grow more rapidly in Canada, our Government wants to ensure that the principles of transparency, fairness and competition are respected." ...
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Rumor: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) may step into the world of mobile ...
The Markets Are Open (blog)
If, with this new mobile payment product, Amazon does indeed target the small merchants, and especially the individual ones, then the company will be cutting into a large chunk of Square's client base. But apart from that, Amazon also wants to dip its ...
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Card payments on the go
Drapers
Forget cash in hand, the latest technology from payment solution company mPowa allows individuals to take payment on the spot via credit or debit card through their mobile phone. The service works by users downloading a mobile app and connecting a ...
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Banking on machine
mydigitalfc.com
Now you can send money to anyone or receive money from anyone using their mobile number, instantly, without having to share your account number, courtesy Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS), an interbank electronic instant mobile money transfer ...
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New Facebook Gifts program shows mobile commerce focus
Mobile Payments Today
There will be a good and a bad side on mobile payment regulation. Good … I am an AE user and I can't use this as much as how they market this app … Photo Gallery. 487. http://global.networldalliance.com/new/images/slideshows/show487_thumb7201.jpg ...
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Make the mechanics of homebuying as easy as purchasing a latte
Inman.com
Inman News®. Inman News Publisher Brad Inman. By BRAD INMAN. Before entering an open house, I swipe my iPhone on a tiny device operated by Square Inc., the mobile payment service. The device is attached to the front door of the home, like a lockbox.
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Inman.com
Fraud hits large web retailers harder than small fry
InternetRetailer.com
... the research firm says. While the average fraud rate for all merchants is 0.54% of total revenue, large e-retailers are losing 0.60% of revenue to fraud; mobile-payment accepting merchants 0.64%, and international merchants 0.74%, LexisNexis says.
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What iOS 6 Tells Us About The Future of Apple
Business 2 Community
Passbook is Apple's first official play in the mobile payment and ticketing world. With Passbook, users can keep their Starbucks cards, American Airlines boarding passes, Fandango movie tickets, Target coupons, etc. all in one place, virtually, on ...
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Blogs1 new result for "Mobile Payment"
Weekend Reading: Mobile purchases, LTE speed results, and ...
By Rogers_Kelly
Earlier this year, Rogers announced an agreement with CIBC to launch Canada's first mobile payment solution. And just last week, Nadir Mohammed also spoke about our upcoming endeavours with mobile payments at the Canadian Club.
Rogers RedBoard

Web3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
BofA Testing Mobile Payment System - Yahoo! Finance
Finance: BofA is testing a new mobile payment technology in collaboration with Boston-based Paydiant, according to a Reuters report. BofA is currently using ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../bofa-testing-mobile-payment-system-21...
United India Insurance launches mobile premium payment facility ...
The city-based company launched 'M-Power'-- an application that can be used by the public to pay their premiums using a mobile phone.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/.../16546580.cms
Tabbedout makes integrating mobile payments into third party apps ...
September 18, 2012 –Tabbedout, the free mobile payment app for iPhone and Android that allows consumers to open, view and pay tabs with their phones at ...
www.tabbedout.com/articles/49



Bank of America snubs NFC in favor of alternative

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: The 'QR Code Garden' at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on May 21, 2012 in London, England. The prestigious gardening show opens to the general public on May 22, 2012 and features 14 show gardens which range from 'New English' design to modern topiary gardens. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Newsfor NFC Mobile Payment
Bank of America snubs NFC in favor of alternative
QR Code Press
... however, causing many consumers and companies to question the viability of NFC in mobile commerce. Bank of America believes that it has found an alternative to NFC technology that will still allow it to enter into the changing world of mobile payments.
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QR Code Press



MTS and MasterCard say 'da' to NFC mobile

MasterCard logo used on cards 1997 to present.
MasterCard logo used on cards 1997 to present. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Web  NFC Mobile Payment
MTS and MasterCard say 'da' to NFC mobile - Mobile Payments ...
MTS and MasterCard say 'da' to NFC mobile payments in Russia. The NFC payment market in the U.S. may be in some disarray, but it's a big world. Russian ...
www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/.../MTS-and-MasterCard-say-...



Bank of America Launches Mobile Payments Trial in North Carolina

News2 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Bank of America Launches Mobile Payments Trial in North Carolina
DailyTech
Prior to the mobile payments trial, Bank of America was also involved in a near-field communications (NFC) trial. While the bank is still in the midst of testing this technology, it's looking to other avenues since not all phones have an NFC chip embedded.
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DailyTech
BofA Testing Mobile Payment System - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
This is not the first time that BofA is testing a new mobile payment system. Earlier, the company was running a pilot project for Near Field Communications (NFC) technology that uses a short-range wireless technology to transfer money to the merchants.
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Moo Prepares NFC-Enabled Business Cards

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A cow (Photo credit: SocialRobot)
ePaymentNews NFC Mobile 
Moo Prepares NFC-Enabled Business Cards
The Droid Guy
The cards come with an embedded microchip and antenna which can send data from the card to an NFC-enabled mobile phone once users tap the card and the handset together. This eliminates the need for scanning a QR code or typing information about a ...
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Bank of America spurns NFC for QR codes with new mobile payments pilot

News2 new results for "Near Field Communications"
In Apple's iCloud, Why an iPhone 5 Without NFC Makes Sense
Gotta Be Mobile
... communications with neighboring devices. However, given the use of Photostream in the Photos app and Apple's Passbook app, it makes sense for Apple to not include the emerging near field communications technology that hasn't quite yet emerged.
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Gotta Be Mobile
Bank of America spurns NFC for QR codes with new mobile payments pilot
Fiercemobilecontent
Bank of America is teaming with Paydiant for a new mobile payments pilot program that forgoes Near Field Communications technology in favor of QR code-based transactions. The trial, launched across five merchant locations near Bank of America's ...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

35 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for September 28

ePaymentNews 25 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Groupon Enters The Highly Competitive Mobile Payment Processing Market
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
The primary differentiator between Groupon Payments and other mobile payment processing systems is price: Groupon is promoting its product as the lowest payment processing system on the market and is offering a lowest rate guarantee to merchants.
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Small Business News from Gaebler.com
Here's the Mobile Payment Landscape
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
In 2012, Gartner expects mobile payment transaction value to pass $171.5 billion worldwide, and that the number of mobile payment users will reach 212.2 million. This represents a 61.9 percent increase in transaction value, and a 32.2 percent increase ...
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Salt Lake City adds parking to list of mobile payment options
Mobile Payments Today
Aparc Systems is implementing the mobile payment option as part of a comprehensive infrastructure upgrade the company conducted on parking meters and facilities in Salt Lake City. By adding QuickPay's mobile payment platform, Apark will give customers ...
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Bank of America tests mobile payment technology
Bizjournals.com
Reuters said that BofA and other large banking companies already earn fees for managing payments and must find new ways to tap into the mobile payment segment, estimated to exceed $171 billion this year. BofA is the largest banking company in the ...
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Singapore mobile payments firm eye PHL banks to launch platform
GMA News
In a statement Friday, Singapore-based SCCP Group said its mobile payment platform Swiff is looking for bank partnerships in the Asia Pacific for its mPOS system, and identified Philippine banks, which it noted use one of the most sophisticated ...
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Will Mobile Payments Spur Gold Rush or Become Fool's Gold?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A lack of merchant support and smartphones with undeveloped mobile payment capabilities have rendered the promise of tapping and paying for products largely unmet in the U.S., according to a Javelin Strategy & Research report on mobile payments ...
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PXT Payments offering its payment app to Boston-area college students
Mobile Payments Today
Boston-based mobile payment and digital wallet provider PXT Payments has announced that it will offer students and merchants its mobile payment app, looped in, this weekend at College Day at Fenway Park. The company will also show off merchandise ...
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Jinshang Bank launches first mobile banking service
China Daily
Mobile payment transactions in China totaled 48 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in 2011. By 2013, the total amount is expected to exceed 200 billion yuan ($41.74 billion). The coming years will witness a boom in the mobile payment industry, led by mobile ...
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China Daily
NuWallet offers the market another new wallet
Mobile Payments Today
NuWallet Inc., a provider of mobile payment and personal information management applications said its NuWallet application is ready for general use. The app is a "comprehensive, secure and private consumer digital wallet for mobile devices," the ...
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Visa: National payment system will increase costs, hurt customer service
Kyiv Post
Moneylife: PrivatBank in Ukraine selects gemalto for contactless mobile payment. The Kyiv Post is hosting comments to foster lively debate. Criticism is fine, but stick to the issues. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks will be removed ...
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Kyiv Post
ParkMobile: use this mobile app to pay for parking in 11 lots around the city
Technically Philly
Here's to making city parking a bit more painless. Philly's Parkway Corporation recently started using ParkMobile, a mobile payment app that alerts you when your meter has almost run out, Newsworks reports. Download the app here. You can use the app, ...
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360Buy to buy third-party payment provider: report
Morning Whistle
Chinabank has 100.5 million yuan in registered capital, and according to the People's Bank of China (PBoC), on June 27 the company received its online payment license, granting it the right to provide remittance, online payment, mobile payment, and ...
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Morning Whistle
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Taking On Square?
Insider Monkey (blog)
And as smartphones are becoming point-of-sale devices, there has been a push for digital purchase software, and Square, GoPayment by Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) and PayPal Here have taken the lead in digital and mobile payment processes. When there ...
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Insider Monkey (blog)
A bellwether for the future of mobile payment solutions worldwide, SCCP Group ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)
A bellwether for the future of mobile payment solutions worldwide, Singapore-based SCCP group signals its strength with the launch of the world's first end-to-end mPOS solution in Asia; global push to the United States, Europe and the Americas underway ...
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Salt Lake City Introduces Mobile Parking Payments With QuickPay
Marketwire (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2012) - The City of Salt Lake and Aparc Systems have partnered with QuickPay Corp., a premier mobile payment platform provider, to make parking payments by mobile phone and other advanced parking ...
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Vodafone NL to put attention,money on mobile internet
Telecompaper (subscription)
In a changing mobile landscape, selling telephony is not enough, Vodafone NL consumer affairs director Bart Hofker told De Financieele Telegraaf. The provider plans to focus on larger data bundles and apps for mobile TV. Hofker referred to mobile ...
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BofA testing smartphone pay
Investor's Business Daily
2 U.S. bank is joining the race to offer mobile payment technology. With mobile payments startup Paydiant, Bank of America (BAC) is conducting a pilot program. The technology lets customers pay at a store by scanning an image with a smartphone like an ...
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The Blagger's Guide to: NFC
B&T Marketing & Media
In the meantime Apple has positioned an application called Passbook, as an alternative mobile payment method for the iPhone5. The application's technology is interestingly QR code based. Considering the very limited success of QR codes to date and the ...
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The Morning Download: Demand for IT Workers Is Strong, Even in Spain
Wall Street Journal (blog)
CIO Journal's Clint Boulton takes a look at how one CIO–Tim Theriault of Walgreens–has started to prepare checkout systems in 8,000 stores for the arrival of mobile payment powered by near-field communications. Those communications chips create a link ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Announcing the Launch of LevelUp White Label
Technology Digital (press release)
And up until now, if you wanted that, you basically had to build a whole mobile payment, loyalty and security infrastructure up from scratch. Doable... but hard. (Trust us, we'd know.) Luckily, starting today, you can have your cake and eat it too. And ...
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Companies fight to control access to the online bazaar
CBS Moneywatch
... companies such as Amazon (AMZN), Yahoo (YHOO), Facebook (FB), and Groupon (GRPN) are battling to make themselves the gateway to that greater marketplace. Has Amazon left money on the table? Why Groupon has joined the mobile payment hunt ...
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The future of computing? It's Minority Report: Gartner
Memeburn
Memeburn: How do geo-fenced and mobile payment technologies affect business and how do you see these themes playing out in the future? PS: I think we, right now, are in a massive battle of mobile payment systems and alternative transaction systems for ...
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Memeburn
How to prevent hackers from wiping your Android phone with a single link
Digital Trends
For instance, T-Mobile pre-paid users dial #999# to see their balance. That's USSD. However, USSD can support more sophisticated applications like mobile payment services — in fact, that's one reason some developing nations are further along with ...
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Digital Trends
Pingit now Barclays' 'best' digital acquisition tool
Marketing Week
Foulds added the average order value of each transaction is £70, higher than current NFC mobile payment services, which are usually capped at about £20. Pingit has also seen an "unprecedented demand" from the corporate sector, which underpins ...
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Retail Groups Battle Visa Over Records in Swipe-Fee Case
Businessweek
Shinder served as a lawyer for Discover Financial Services (DFS) in the interchange fee suit, according to court records. His firm, Constantine Cannon, is also advising a mobile-payment venture, the Merchant Customer Exchange, he said in a Sept. 25 ...
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Blogs7 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Bank of America testing QR Code scanning mobile payment system in
By Brian Heater
Mobile payment is still a bit of a wild west at the moment, and seemingly every technological and financial institution has a dog in this fight. Bank of.
Engadget
WordPress Mobile Payment Gateways Let You Reach Customers ...
By tschoegl
Use WordPress mobile payment gateways to allow your customers to pay from anywhere.
Wordpress Tutorials, Themes,...
Bank of America testing iPhone payment system | TUAW - The ...
By Mel Martin
Reuters reports the bank is using technology from Paydiant, whose mobile payment solution is in trials with several banks. The system works by printing a QR Code on a receipt or price tag. It's scanned with an iPhone or some Android models ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
It's hip to be Square: Mobile wallets are hitting their stride ...
By Diane Walter
Back to Square: Starbucks has their own mobile payment app, and processes over 1 million mobile payments a week. Square will extend Starbucks' current mobile payment offering by allowing consumers to pay with their phone using any ...
iMediaConnection Blog
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Exploring Mobile Payment Options ...
By alex
As customers seek more ways to pay for purchases without using real cash, alternative payment methods are rising in popularity and demand. Debit cards and.
Daily Political
NuWallet, Available on iPhone and Android-Based Phones, Gives ...
By WDM Group PR Network
... 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NuWallet, Inc., a mobile payment and personal information management application provider, has released the patent-pending NuWallet Application for general use, and is available for the iPhone and Android-based ...
Press Releases
The Pantry Inc. Launches Forecourt Media Trial : Convenience Store ...
By CSD Staff
"It is clear that Gilbarco understands the significant role of forecourt media and evolving mobile payment technologies, and how to help us most effectively make the transition to EMV-certified equipment," Lemerise said. "The Pantry is a ...
Convenience Store Decisions

Web3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands for "Not For ...
news.yahoo.com/apple-snubs-emerging-mobile-payment-stan...
Gemalto Expands Mobile Payment Software Solution with Western ...
Gemalto's LinqUs Mobile Payment Platform has been certified through Western Union's Mobile Vendor Program to offer end users new options to send and ...
www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=1377
Mobile Payment Options for Your Business
Mobile payments can give small business owners new options when receiving payments.
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