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Mobile payment fraud decreases acceptability Bikya Masr NAIROBI: Mobile phone fraud in Kenya has rocketed since the introduction of mobile payments such as M-pesa, Airtel Money, Orange Money and Yu cash. As a result, many individuals and businesses are slow to accepting mobile payments. See all stories on this topic » Bikya Masr

Nonprofit Group Highlights Privacy Issues in Mobile Payments New York Times (blog) By BRIAN X. CHEN | April 24, 2012, 4:45 pm Some mobile payment methods are so convenient that you can walk into a store and buy something without even taking your smartphone out of your pocket. But at what cost? The Center for Democracy and Technology, ... See all stories on this topic »

Apriva Partners With Cloud-Based Payment System Provider CardSmith VendingMarketWatch Through this relationship, institutions will be able to cost-effectively deploy wireless vending and mobile payment acceptance around campus and eliminate the cost, security and maintenance requirements associated with traditional Ethernet and data ... See all stories on this topic »

PayPal's big ambitions in the real world MSN Money By MSN Money partner 13 hours ago By Therese Poletti A David and Goliath face-off may be brewing in one sector of the nascent mobile payment arena. The Goliath is PayPal, eBay's (EBAY) successful online payments business, where PayPal is the preferred ... See all stories on this topic »

PayNearMe launches mobile solution for cash payments VatorNews Since deploying the mobile payment option, Greyhound says that it has experienced a high volume of mobile transactions, averaging 20% of its cash payments. But how many people without bank accounts or credit cards own smartphones? See all stories on this topic »

$1.3M in funding to social, mobile, payment startup Chirpify Mobile Payments Today The convergence of social media, mobile devices and payments has yielded a nice payday for start-up Chirpify. The company, billing itself as a "Twitter Commerce Platform," announced it has received $1.3 million in Series A financing from investors that ... See all stories on this topic »

Spindle to Introduce RhinoPay(R) Payments Platform at NAMA OneShow April 25-27 ... MarketWatch (press release) Spindle, Inc. is an innovator of mobile payment solutions for the banking industry, retail sector and consumer-facing companies. A pioneer in "Frictionless Finance," the company is actively developing new and improved ways for companies and end ... See all stories on this topic »

China's mobile payments market faces challenges but promises to be the largest ... Bobsguide (press release) The Chinese mobile payment market is virtually doubling in size every year and is expected to be worth more than US$80 billion with 441 million active users by 2015, according to the latest report from Kapronasia. China has already overtaken the US as ... See all stories on this topic »

OWNING THE MOBILE WALLET: Customers prefer banks, but could drift elsewhere ABA Banking Journal While the evolving mobile payment structure is and remains extremely intricate, the one simple thing that these nonbanks are doing in this area is to capitalize on the sense of community—a community connected electronically. "The concept of community ... See all stories on this topic » ABA Banking Journal

Cashless Policy - a Burden or Relief? AllAfrica.com The regulatory framework for mobile payment services released by the CBN imposes some restrictions on the volume of transactions a customer can do in a day. For the unbanked, for instance, who requires only his name and phone number to carry out ... See all stories on this topic »

Noon News: UK Launch of Lumia 900 Might get Delayed, Motorola Wins Xbox Patent ... ITProPortal The phone will get Google Wallet mobile payment application which makes it an excellent all rounder given that it has NFC capabilities and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The first Lumia 900 smartphones will land in the UK later than expected (although ... See all stories on this topic » ITProPortal

Visa exec: plastic's not dying soon Mobile Payments Today Buse told Dow Jones Newswires the old school plastic card will be around for some time, even in markets where Visa is using mobile payment products to reach unbanked consumers. "In those markets, you will have people who want feature-rich credit ... See all stories on this topic »

Digital Dining picks Tabbedout for mobile payment service Telecompaper (subscription) US-based provider of hospitality point-of-sale (POS) software Digital Dining has signed a partnership agreement with US mobile payment company Tabbedout. Digital Dining will add Tabbedout's mobile payment application to its product portfolio by the end ... See all stories on this topic »

Google offers unlocked Galaxy Nexus TG Daily It seems impossible to compete with that, but Google has said time and again that it is committed to the mobile payment market. There are ways it can offer value, such as partnering with stores to offer Google Wallet-exclusive deals. See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

China m-payments market set to be largest in world by 2015. Finextra The Chinese mobile payment market was estimated to be worth $7.6 billion at end 2011, rising to $84 billion by the end of 2015 - roughly doubling in size every year. China has already surpassed the US as the biggest smart mobile phone market worldwide. See all stories on this topic » Finextra

Buying U.S.-China Stocks At Bargain Prices Seeking Alpha The company is a leading provider of Mobile Payment Solutions ("MPS") and Mobile Value Added Solutions ("MVAS") in PRC. Trunkbow's solutions enable the telecom operators to offer their subscribers access to unique mobile applications, innovative tools, ... See all stories on this topic »

Orange, Canal Plus Afrique partner ITWeb By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist Canal Plus Afrique, the African arm of the French pay TV operator, is rolling out a mobile payment service to African markets, Digital TV Europe reports. The operator has teamed with Orange to enable mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

Acquistions to change how travel customers, mobile shoppers embrace content BizReport ADMobile offers mobile payment, content management and analytics for location based mobile shopping. ADFormat is a content generation tool allowing brands to launch customized video, image/graphic and other campaigns across digital screens. See all stories on this topic »

Google back in the smartphone sales game: unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ (GSM ... Engadget The handset ships with Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with Google Wallet pre-installed (including a $10 credit to get you started with the company's mobile payment service). As a refresher, it's not Google's first time in the smartphone ... See all stories on this topic »

Qeeping all over the world! openPR (press release) Steady improvement in our mobile payment systems and upcoming support of further smartphone operating systems will help us minimize monetization barriers and grow our global footprint." Qeep is one of the world's largest mobile social discovery ... See all stories on this topic »

AT&T HTC One X Vs Sprint Galaxy Nexus: Two Android Killer Smartphones Land On ... International Business Times Further keeping its promise, Sprint has also assured its customer, the availability of the Galaxy Nexus backed by the 4G LTE capability and the Google Wallet feature (the Google's mobile payment service missing in Verizon Galaxy Nexus). See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

ProgressSoft and ebpSource Announce Partnership at MEFTEC 2012, to Bring ... Zawya (registration) (press release) For the 7 th year in a row, ProgressSoft participates as MEFTEC Platinum Sponsor, presenting its renowned payment solutions, including nationwide mobile payment, electronic image-based check clearing and ACH payment solutions. See all stories on this topic »

Telesystem-Backed Adcentricity Merges with Bee Media TechFinance ... including mobile interfaces, shopping tools, location services, mobile payment, content management, analytics and reporting; and ADFormat, an automated content generation tool that allows advertisers to execute completely customizable campaigns of ... See all stories on this topic »

HTC to shift dependence from US market: CEO Focus Taiwan News Channel Unlike older products launched in Japan, the new HTC J will support more localized services such as mobile television and mobile payment in a market dominated by domestic Japanese manufacturers. To promote these new models and its flagship One series, ... See all stories on this topic »

Geek deals: $134.99 gets you a Galaxy Nexus on Sprint Geek Google Wallet uses built-in NFC chip, making the GNex one of the first phones to feature the built-in mobile payment hardware and a system with which to use it. The Nexus comes with all the top-grade internal goodies we've come to expect from new ... See all stories on this topic » Geek

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PayNearMe launches a mobile cash payment system — Tech News ... By Ryan Kim PayNearMe, a cash payment system that lets users pay for online purchases, bills and bus tickets at 7-Eleven stores, is now offering a fully mobile payment option. Users who don't have a card can complete their purchases without having to ... GigaOM

Operators face uncertainty in the expanding mobile payments value ... By Eden Zoller Among the most difficult challenges for operators to counter will come from OTT players that offer mobile payment services free of charge to end users and merchants. This shifts the business model to mobile advertising, where operators have ... Ovum

NASSCOM EMERGE Blog – An Initiative by the NASSCOM ... By jyotimakhija Alongside this growth in electronic payments, there has been a lot of focus being given on mobile based payment systems to provide anytime anywhere access to banking facilities. The Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) launch in 2010 ... NASSCOM EMERGE Blog - An Initiative...

Mobile won't kill card payments in emerging markets – Visa ... By Editor Despite the anticipated ubiquity of various mobile payment systems in emerging markets, such as Indonesia and India, the growth of the middle class in these countries means credit cards will still be sought by consumers. "In those markets ... Mobile Money Africa

PayPal's big ambitions in the real world | The Hand By The Hand A David and Goliath face-off may be brewing in one sector of the nascent mobile payment arena. The Goliath is PayPal, eBay's (EBAY) successful online payments business, where PayPal is the preferred payment method of eBay, and ... The Hand

Bee Media Confirms Acquisition of Adcentricity | Mobile Marketing ... By Michael A platform for location-based mobile shopping, including mobile interfaces, shopping tools, location services, mobile payment, content management, analytics and reporting. ADFormat. An automated content generation tool that allows ... Mobile Marketing Watch

10 Terms to Help You Spring into Better Payments | The Official Litle ... By Tom Pouliot Tom brings two decades of payment processing and bankcard industry experience to his role as Payment Evangelist. Tagged as: Credit card, Financial Services, Merchant Services, Mobile payment, Payment. Previous post: Fundamental ... The Official Litle & Co. Blog

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Pivotal Payments to Offer Mobile Payment App - American Banker ... Partnering with NetSecure Payments on solution for Canadian merchants. www.americanbanker.com/.../pivotal-payments-offer-mobile-a...

objective c - Mobile Payment Libraries iOS - Stack Overflow when i download Mobile Payment Libraries iOS from here paypal library demo example. the demo example worked on iPhone simulator 4.3 but when run it on ... stackoverflow.com/questions/.../mobile-payment-libraries-ios

Starbucks reaches 42M mobile payment transactions | Money ... The Starbucks app for iPhone and Android devices lets customers check their balance, reload their card with any major credit card and view their transactions. www.ibfsinc.com/.../starbucks-reaches-42m-mobile-payment-t...

Barclaycard launches PayTag mobile payment - Marketing news ... Barclaycard launches PayTag mobile payment marketing news. Read Barclaycard launches ... www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/.../Barclaycard-launches-PayT...

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NRF Urges FTC to Move Cautiously on Mobile Payments

April 26, 2012 11:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time 

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Retail Federation today urged the Federal Trade Commission to move cautiously in establishing regulations for mobile payments, and said any rules that are adopted should parallel those for the underlying form of payment and not be specific to the technology.

“Some of the best innovations on the Internet today might have been suspect a generation ago but today they are benefits few consumers would want to live without,” Duncan said. “The public very often embraces change as the ‘future’ becomes ‘now.’ Familiarity breeds content.”“Mobile technology and processes are just beginning to emerge and we won’t know which practices the public will like or what methods will provide new benefits until the technology begins to coalesce,” NRF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan said. “The government should not impose regulations that would forestall yet-to-be-imagined advances and innovation in order to avoid potential ‘harm’ based largely on speculation.”

Duncan is scheduled to participate in an FTC workshop on mobile payments today called “Paper, Plastic… or Mobile?” as part of a panel discussion on privacy issues.

Duncan noted that a phone itself is “just a device, not a payment” and that actual payment could take place via a credit or debit card, directly from a bank account, be processed through the user’s phone bill, or be made through other means. Any privacy rules developed for mobile payments should be no more restrictive than those for the underlying form of payment, he said.

“Retailers have always wanted to know their customers so they can serve them better and that doesn’t change simply because the method of payment changes,” Duncan said. “Mobile might help retailers get to know their customers more like they knew their customers generations ago, and offer more personalized service.”

Duncan said federal officials need to address a number of issues including a definition of what constitutes a mobile payment. While the term is largely used to mean a payment made in a bricks-and-mortar store using a smartphone, officials need to decide whether a payment made for an online purchase on the same device constitutes a mobile payment, or if payments made on a portable device like an iPad tablet or a laptop computer are “mobile.”

As the world’s largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, NRF represents retailers of all types and sizes, including chain restaurants and industry partners, from the United States and more than 45 countries abroad. Retailers operate more than 3.6 million U.S. establishments that support one in four U.S. jobs – 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.5 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy. NRF’s Retail Means Jobs campaign emphasizes the economic importance of retail and encourages policymakers to support a Jobs, Innovation and Consumer Value Agenda aimed at boosting economic growth and job creation. www.nrf.com

Identive Adds Online Custom NFC Tags to Its Industry Leading NFC Marketplace

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April 26, 2012, 9:09 a.m. EDT

Personalized NFC Tags Now Available

www.identiveNFC.com

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Apr 26, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Identive Group, Inc. INVE -1.98% (frankfurt:INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the identification, payment and NFC mobility markets today launched a new NFC tag online customization service to supply consumers and developers with personalized NFC tags. Customers can now order NFC tags, stickers and smart posters for advertising, promotion, information pick-up or social media check-in and can personalize their tags with their own designs, photos or logos, specify a URL destination, phone number or other data to be encoded, and place orders directly on www.identiveNFC.com .

"Industry analysts project the number of consumers with NFC-enabled smartphones to grow exponentially this year, making near field communication an exciting tool for promotions and advertising, and for making information about products or services easily accessible," said David Holmes, vice president Mobility & NFC Solutions for Identive. "With the wave of new NFC phones arriving, businesses and service providers are looking for ways to use this fun and convenient technology and give their customers a unique and positive experience. This new service makes it easy to quickly create custom NFC tags for virtually any environment."

Identive's personalized NFC tags comply with NFC Forum standards and are available in several sizes and form factors to suit specific needs and environments. The NFC tags can be used on posters or affixed directly to furniture or objects to create a fun and informative experience for users when they tap the tags to download special offers or promotions, view a video or movie trailer, check-in to or 'like' a business on social media sites, dial a phone number or enjoy any of the dozens of new phone-based activities that NFC is expected to enable. Custom NFC tags can be ordered now at www.IdentiveNFC.com .

Identive's online NFC marketplace, www.identiveNFC.com , is the world's most comprehensive NFC store, offering standard NFC tags, Google Places NFC tags, readers, reader modules, software development kits and now custom printed and personalized NFC tags.

About Identive Group

Identive Group, Inc. INVE -1.98% (frankfurt:INV) is focused on building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The company's products, software, systems and services address the markets for identity management, physical and logical access control, NFC and a host of RFID-enabled applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and transportation sectors. Identive's mission is to build a lasting business of scale and technology based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. For additional info visit: www.identive-group.com

Samsung to Drop Plastic IDs for NFC Smartphones at its HQ

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mobinetic | PayTag: payments pioneer or a step short of a mobile ... By James Richards Off the back of Pingit, Barclaycard is continuing its assault on the mobile payments world with the launch of its recent 'mobile' contactless offering PayTag. Positioned as the low-tech alternative to investing in an NFC-enabled handset, the ... mobinetic

Telkom Starts Trial Service on Mobile NFC Payment with NTT Data By Amir Karimuddin Starting October last year to February 2012, Telkom R&D team has been doing mobile NFC payment trial together with NTT Data and NTT Data Indonesia – a subsidiary of NTT Japan. This is the first in Indonesia, even though we all already ... Daily Social EN

Samsung to Drop Plastic IDs for NFC Smartphones at its HQ ... By Pradeep Samsung to Drop Plastic IDs for NFC Smartphones at its HQ. By Pradeep Chandrasekaran on 04/25/2012 10:26 PDT. nfc-mobile-payments. With NFC being used primarily for financial transactions and endeavors like file transfers like with the ... Uberphones

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Dorsey Squarely on Pace in Niche Coveted by PayPal

Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche Coveted by EBay

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Square Inc., maker of credit-card readers for smartphones and tablets, has increased its payment volume 25 percent since March, when EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal showed off a new mobile scanner and underscored growth in the field.

Square, founded in 2009, is processing transactions at an annualized rate of $5 billion, up from $4 billion a month ago, as more consumers embrace mobile payments, Chief Operating Officer Keith Rabois said in an interview. The San Francisco company is making cash from sales before 5 p.m. on any day available in merchants’ accounts on the next business day, compared with as many as five days out for other processors.

The market may top $170 billion in transactions by 2015, up from about $60 billion last year, according to Juniper Research Ltd. Square's rivals include Intuit Inc. and Paypal, which has said its mobile-payment volume will jump 75 percent this year to ...

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PayByPhone Adds NFC to Mobile Payments for Ottawa’s Parking Spaces

April 26, 2012 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time 

Ottawa becomes the first Canadian city to incorporate Near Field Communications for parking

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayByPhone, a leading international provider of systems for parking and urban mobility payments is pleased to announce Ottawa as the latest major North American city to implement its popular cell phone payment method for parking. PayByPhone parking allows drivers to pay for and extend their parking time using a mobile app, online, or calling a local phone number. Ottawa is the first Canadian city to incorporate near field communication (NFC) and QR code features for its parking payments.

“There has been a lot of hype around NFC recently and we’re pleased to implement this technology for real-world applications”

“We’re pleased to be the first Canadian city to offer a NFC option to PayByPhone users,” said Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. “The City of Ottawa is always looking at ways to provide better service to our residents, and PayByPhone is another way we’re doing that.”

Every Pay & Display machine in Ottawa has a PayByPhone sticker with instructions on how use the system. Embedded in that sticker is an NFC tag with the location number of the Pay & Display machine. Once signed up, customers who have an NFC compatible smartphone simply wave it over the logo on the sticker and the PayByPhone app or mobile web page is launched. The system recognizes the user, identifies the parking location, and the customer enters the amount of time desired. An optional text message is sent five minutes before the parking session ends, and if needed, allows additional time to be purchased via the phone (subject to time restrictions).

“There has been a lot of hype around NFC recently and we’re pleased to implement this technology for real-world applications,” said Neil Podmore, VP of Business Development at PayByPhone. “This is the first use of NFC for parking in Canada and we expect more widespread adoption in 2012”

Drivers without NFC capable phones can still use the service by manually launching the app or simply calling the local number. The signs also contain QR codes for a mobile web transaction.

Customers can sign up by downloading the PayByPhone app, online at paybyphone.com, or by calling 613-691-1700. PayByPhone stickers will be installed throughout the city over the next week and the service will also be available at non-gated City of Ottawa parking lots.

For more information, please visit ottawa.ca/paybyphone.

About PayByPhone

PayByPhone is a leading international provider of services to parking authorities allowing consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for their parking by credit or debit card. It has contracts in the Canada, UK, France, and the USA. PayByPhone is part of the PayPoint Group of companies.

About PayPoint

PayPoint is a leading international provider of convenient payments and value added services to major consumer service organisations in the utility, housing, water, telecoms, media, financial services, transport, retail, e-commerce, gaming and public sectors. PayPoint delivers payments and services through a uniquely strong combination of local shops, internet and mobile distribution channels and handles over $11 billion from over 600 million transactions annually for more than 5,000 clients and merchants.

NFC Bootcamp Announces Return Engagement in The Big Apple

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PayByPhone Adds NFC to Mobile Payments for Ottawa's Parking Spaces MarketWatch (press release) PayByPhone parking allows drivers to pay for and extend their parking time using a mobile app, online, or calling a local phone number. Ottawa is the first Canadian city to incorporate near field communication (NFC) and QR code features for its parking ... See all stories on this topic »

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O2 launches Wallet: Plays pay-by-text card, again Register By Bill Ray • Get more from this author Telefonica brand O2 has finally launched O2 Money version two: O2 Wallet, a pre-paid wallet held in the cloud and accessible from any mobile phone, regardless of the model or network. O2 Wallet is a cloud wallet ... See all stories on this topic »

Burning a hole in the pocket Telecoms.com (blog) Factor in the mobile phone and the options continue to stack up; Premium SMS (PSMS), NFC, carrier billing and the use of the mobile as just another internet terminal. Payment—mobile or otherwise—can be done. The transaction in itself is no longer the ... See all stories on this topic » Telecoms.com (blog)

Frost & Sullivan Lauds SMARTRAC NV for its Competitive Strategy Leadership in ... MarketWatch (press release) They cater to varied industry segments such as automotive, access control, animal identification, eID documents, E-payment, media management, public transport, and retail apparel across the US, Europe and Asia. "In 2011, SMARTRAC NV expanded its R&D ... See all stories on this topic »

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