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Why 96% Of Americans Are Nervous About Mobile Pay--And Why They Shouldn't Be

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Why 96% Of Americans Are Nervous About Mobile Pay--And Why They Shouldn't Be
Fast Company

A new study there implies that shoppers in the US aren't yet ready for the mobile payment movement. A large percentage of the American citizens questioned in a nationwide phone study called "Mobile Payments: Consumer Benefits and New Privacy Concerns"


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Apple Files Patent That Lets You Share Music By Tapping iPhones Together

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What Android might bring us from CTIA
CNET
Not much. by Scott Webster May 2, 2012 5:19 PM PDT Follow @swebster77 Next week as wireless fans descend on New Orleans for the annual CTIA Wireless how, we'll get one more peek at how the mobile landscape will unfold over the coming months.
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Apple Files Patent That Lets You Share Music By Tapping iPhones Together
Business Insider
It's an interesting idea, but the real news is that this suggests a next-generation iPhone will be NFC-capable. Apple will hardly be the first company to use this technology in its devices, but with mobile being such a huge part of its business, ...
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Navigating The Mobile Commerce Landscape

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Navigating The Mobile Commerce Landscape
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Seeking Alpha
Mobile-payment transactions will exceed $170 billion by 2015, compared to about $60 billion last year, according to Juniper Research. Many of the systems employ "near field communication" (NFC) technology, whereby a smartphone exchanges payment ...

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How NFC Will Boost the Nook
Mobiledia
The bookseller is adding NFC technology to the Nook, and plans to integrate mobile payments with its in-store browsing experience. "You can walk up to any of our pictures, any of our aisles, any of our bestseller lists, and just touch the book, ...
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Mobiledia
Lenovo and VeriFone Announce Mobile Point of Sale Platform with PAYware Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The ThinkPad Mobile POS meets or exceeds PCI 3, EMV 1 and 2, UKCC and Interac requirements, ensuring secure acceptance of all forms of payment, including EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa), NFC (near field communication), debit and gift cards, ...
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Near-field communication
Business Daily Africa
M-Pesa's runaway success has seen many mobile operators including the parent company Vodafone try to replicate its success with nothing to write home about in comparison. The next wave of innovation in mobile payments, I foresee being powered by NFC ...
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Business Daily Africa
ParraSync application beats out competitors to take home award
QR Code Press
The suburb of Parramatta has developed its own mobile payment system called ParraSync. The system can be used with physical payment cards as well as smart phones and other mobile devices. Both mediums must be equipped with NFC chips in order to conduct ...
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QR Code Press
Verizon takes HomeFusion nationwide; Sprint updates Galaxy Nexus
FierceWireless
Release > Barnes & Noble's CEO said NFC technology is headed to its Nook ereader. Article > Cox Media Group is rolling out CDS Mobile, a mobile advertising division that will let brands and agencies launch nationwide campaigns across the company's ...
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SMBs Take on Mobile to Increase Sales
MediaPost Communications
by Chuck Martin, 50 minutes ago Mobile impacts all businesses -- but it may affect them in different ways, depending on size. While many of the major brands have well-developed apps and some are beginning to embrace the mobile Web, ...
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Visa's V.me mobile wallet to launch fall 2012

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Visa's V.me mobile wallet to launch fall 2012
NFCNews
"V.me sits at the heart of Visa's future of payments," said Mariano Dima, executive vice president of Product and Marketing Solutions at Visa Europe. "For the first time, consumers and retailers will have a streamlined online checkout experience ...
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codeREADr Authenticates NFC Transactions On Wristbands
ITProPortal
Skycore LLC recently announced that the company is testing a mobile method to track and validate reusable, rewearable NFC-embedded wristbands. In order to validate the NFC wristbands, the user needs an NFC-enabled Android smartphone running on Ice ...
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ITProPortal
BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE to have a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, NFC
MobileSyrup.com
According to this slide it shows that RIM will be launching pack the 4G LTE PlayBook with an updated 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, NFC (Near Field Communication) and "always connected to email" with highlighting the BlackBerry Mobile Fusion feature.
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Philly public schools adding transit to existing contactless IDs
CR80News
ScholarChip is rolling out its near field communication (NFC) mobile phone application which will allow riders on the SEPTA system to use either their ScholarChip smart card or their NFC phone as a token. And the ScholarChip issuance system will be ...
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LG Optimus Elite 'Earth Day' Green Phone Launches on Sprint at $29
Technology Bloom News
The LG Optimus Elite is one of only a few current handsets which deliver Near Frequency Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box. That technology teams up with the Google Wallet payment processing app to provide nontraditional cash-free and charge ...
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33 Breaking Mobile Payment News Stories for May 2, 2012

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Illume Mobile Partners With Tabbedout to Enhance Mobile Options for the ...
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MarketWatch (press release)
Now, Illume Mobile and Tabbedout have entered into an agreement to include Tabbedout's robust mobile payment solution into Illume Mobile's DineSentral product, a flexible, branded mobile application for smartphones. With a direct link to customers, ...

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Payfirma Opens its Mobile Payment App for Integration
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Payfirma, the company creating simple, fast, and secure mobile point of sale products for businesses, has opened up its mobile payment platform to developers. Any third party mobile application ...
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SalesVu 2.0 Launches in the US and Canada
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Gains Technology Advantage over Mobile Payment Competitors Square and Intuit Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 Austin-based SalesVu just released its latest mobile payment application, SalesVu 2.0 for iPhone's and iPad's. The new update solidifies ...
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CHARGE Anywhere "Taps" into the Future with NFC Payment Acceptance on ...
Sacramento Bee
By CHARGE Anywhere SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, May 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CHARGE Anywhere ® LLC, a leading developer and provider of award-winning, secure mobile payment applications and payment gateway technology, will publicly introduce their latest ...
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XL Chooses TIBCO Software to Power New Mobile Payment Solution for More Than ...
Broadcast Newsroom
Its mobile payment platform will not only bring the advantages of mobile payment to consumers, but allow XL and its ecosystem partners of banks, merchants, transportation companies, billers and other remittance agents to develop new services that drive ...
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Why 96% Of Americans Are Nervous About Mobile Pay--And Why They Shouldn't Be
Fast Company
A new study there implies that shoppers in the US aren't yet ready for the mobile payment movement. A large percentage of the American citizens questioned in a nationwide phone study called "Mobile Payments: Consumer Benefits and New Privacy Concerns" ...
See all stories on this topic »

Fast Company
Payfirma opens its mobile payment platform to developers
Mobile Payments Today
The company has opened up its mobile payment platform to developers meaning developers of third party mobile apps for iOS and Android devices can add mobile payment acceptance using a credit card swipe on to their apps.
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Berlin-based Orderbird Gets $3.5M For Its iOS-Based Restaurant Ordering Solution
TechCrunch
As NFC continues to see growing adoption, we are still noticing mobile payment solutions that don't use the technology picking up more traction — and funding: one of the latest comes from Germany, where a Berlin-based company called Orderbird has ...
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E-wallets and mobile payments: the future for consumers?
Royal Gazette
However, the whole mobile payment discussion is very much up in the air right now and it's anyone's guess as to where it will end up. While PayPal was one of the first providers, having been in the prepaid payment game for over ten years, ...
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Verizon Wireless Offers Mobile Technology Tips For National Small Business Month
MarketWatch (press release)
With a mobile payment system like the Intuit GoPayment app, coupled with a smartphone or tablet, a small business can make a significant impact in their sales by accepting plastic, no matter where they conduct business. App-ccessorize!
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GoPago wants to do more than make payments mobile
Mobile Payments Today
It's been a big couple of months for mobile payment start-up GoPago. Back in February, the company received the support and financial backing of JPMorgan Chase. Along with the investment, Chase will be offering business customers the opportunity to ...
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XL Chooses TIBCO Software to Power New Mobile Payment Solution for More Than ...
Review seeker (press release)
... that PT XL AxiataTbk (XL), Indonesia's second largest mobile carrier, has chosen TIBCO software to power its new mobile payment solution, expanding its revenue opportunities and bridging economic barriers for the country's unbanked population.
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How High Can eBay Fly?
msnbc.com
PayPal faces a slew of small start-up competitors, the most threatening of which is Square, a company that's been taking the mobile payment world by storm. PayPal's polygonal response to the threat was a triangle-shaped payment-processing dongle, ...
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SalesVu Launches Mobile Payment App
Texas Tech Pulse
Austin-based SalesVu, an angel-backed developer of mobile payment applications, said today that it has launched a new version of its software for the iPhone and iPad. Although the firm's software works with any kind of business, the firm said SalesVu ...
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Record Number of Industry Stalwarts to Speak at CommunicAsia2012 Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
VeriFone will share its experience in working with wallet providers like Google and ISIS, and the elements necessary for a successful mobile payment business model. CommunicAsia2012 Summit's tracks will uncover the massive potential in mobile ...
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Australian company offers SMS-based mobile wallet for cross-border remittance
Mobile Payments Today
MHITs, a mobile developer and mobile payment company in Australia, announced a new mobile wallet based on SMS text messaging. The mobile wallet is meant to create a "remittance corridor" between Australia and Nepal. The mHITs Remit micro-remittance ...
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Heartland Payment Systems' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha
... from anywhere in the US Campus Solutions has launched 3 of their own mobile applications for higher ed institutions and students including the first-ever mobile payment application and virtual campus ID card for both Android and Apple iOS.
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Montreux Capital Corp. Proposed Acquisition of Kowops eCommunity Solutions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Once development is completed, the mobile payment platform will allow for goods and services to be paid for via SMS text messages from a cell phone. AFIs are alternative financial institutions including Credit Cooperatives (Credit Unions), ...
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Press Release: CHARGE Anywhere® "Taps" into the Future with NFC Payment ...
Berry Reporter (press release) (blog)
By Brad on May 01, 2012 with 0 May 1, 2012 (South Plainfield, NJ) – CHARGE Anywhere ® a leading developer and provider of award-winning, secure mobile payment applications and payment gateway technology, will publicly introduce their latest CHARGE ...
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Berry Reporter (press release) (blog)
ICT stakeholders shop for best consumer behaviour to cashless effort
Vanguard
With a purpose of examining how the Nigerian Telecoms Consumer will be affected by the Mobile Payment platform being promoted by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a means of achieving a cashless society, the organisers wove the theme of the symposium ...
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SalesVu 2.0 launches new m-payment app in the US, Canada
Telecompaper (subscription)
US-based company SalesVu released its latest mobile payment application, SalesVu 2.0 for iPhone and iPad. New retail functionality built into SalesVu 2.0 includes the ability to print receipts and scan barcodes for faster transaction processing.
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DropWallet m-payment service used by Real Simple
Telecompaper (subscription)
Mobile payment services provider DropWallet provided its digital content commerce platform for Real Simple's new Mother's Day Gift Guide app for iPhone. As a DropWallet partner, Real Simple, the first Time Inc. magazine brand to offer m-commerce ...
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TGI Friday's App Lets Customers Track Their Tab On Their Phone
PSFK
The mobile payment functionality, powered by Tabbedout, is available at more than 300 participating restaurants. It automatically integrates with Friday's point of sale software, enabling a seamless transaction for consumers and staff without the need ...
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PSFK
Net Mobile boosts sales by 9.53% to EUR 106.6 mln in 2011
Telecompaper (subscription)
Germany-based Net Mobile, international provider of mobile and value-added services and mobile payment solutions, has reported revenue of EUR 106.6 million for 2011, up by 9.53 percent from a year earlier. Profit was hit by a focus on long-term growth ...
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DudesCash, Spankmo Launch SelfShotBoys Mobile Website
XBIZ
According to the partners, the site is updated weekly and offers trial and recurring memberships, as well as mobile payment options to convert all mobile traffic. For more information on the mobile website visit Spankmo.com, DudesCash.com, ...
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Benchmark 'Comforts' Alliance In $2.5m Loss
Bahamas Tribune
Mobile payment is one of the fastest, aggressive growth areas in that space. It seems to me that your handheld phone or mobile device is going to act as the computer of the future. This could be a very good business.
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Equity Research on Discover Financial Services and SLM Corp. -- Economic ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Increasingly confident US retail customers and better spending are encouraging signs for card service providers like Discover Financial Services. Tapping into the growing mobile payment market will be important for such companies moving forward, ...
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Generation gallop
The Week
It offers data download at greater speed and a host of new services, such as mobile payment, mobile banking and video on demand. While 2G offers a data transfer speed of 128 kbps, in 3G it is up to 10 mbps. The concerns of 3G spectra getting crowded ...
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Arent Fox LLP | Paying on the Go: FTC Holds Workshop on Mobile Payment Systems
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
As the number and variety of mobile payment options has increased, so has the Federal Trade Commission's interest in the costs and benefits of these technologies. On April 26, 2012, the FTC held a day-long workshop — bringing together government ...
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Unearthing the Middle East
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Unearthed Online is free to play and micro-transaction based, we already implemented support for Paypal, Facebook credits and mobile payment. We are looking into several ways of integrating Unearthed Online with the main game in a way that rewards ...
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Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Record Crowds Converge In Las Vegas For NAMA OneShow; Innovation And ...
Vending Times
On display were the latest high-tech advances in vending and micromarkets, from mobile payment options and interactive touchscreen displays to enhanced remote monitoring technology and route management tools. A wide range of new products made their ...
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Vending Times
Rev Worldwide Adds Key Executives To Growing Operations
Review seeker (press release)
... CEO of Rev Asia Pacific; and David Clifton, SVP of Global Merchant Services By PR Newswire AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Rev Worldwide, a global leader in financial services and mobile payment products for underserved markets, ...
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Infographic: College graduates afraid of not finding job
CreditCards.com
Fed: Consumers wary of mobile payment security – Americans are embracing using cellphones to conduct financial business, says a March 2012 report from the Federal Reserve, but concerns about security hare holding back adoption .
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Blogs6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Illume Mobile Partners with Tabbedout to Enhance Mobile Options ...
By imadmin
Now, Illume Mobile and Tabbedout have entered into an agreement to include Tabbedout's robust mobile payment solution into Illume Mobile's DineSentral product, a flexible, branded mobile application for smartphones. With a direct link to ...
Illume Mobile
Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Berkeley Report: Mobile Payments ...
By privacy
Payment systems that allow people to pay using their mobile phones are promised to reduce transaction fees, increase convenience, and enhance payment security. New mobile payment systems also are likely to make it easier for businesses ...
Privacy Lives
Designer wallet of future will be virtual, but challenge is monetizing ...
By a MCD columnist
The future of mobile payment systems is promising – or threatening – to revolutionize the way we buy goods and services, with early movers such as Google, ISIS, Square and PayPal already in the game and Apple about to reveal its plans.
Mobile Commerce Daily
Scope of Mobile Money in Central Asia | CIOPakistan.com ...
By anoosha
MTN Mobile Payments and M-Paisa are only predecessors to the kind of mobile payment innovation expected in Central Asia. Suiting the region's geography and history, it seems to be the need of the hour for many. Tagged with: Scope of ...
CIOPakistan.com - Business Technology...
Why Mobile Payments Are in Trouble
By lowes1
They range from industry-wide collaborative initiatives like the upcoming Isis payment system to mobile payment dongles that attach to tablets and smartphones, like those from start-up Square. It's a lot of market activity for a technology that ...
Mobile Innovators
Why 96% Of Americans Are Nervous About Mobile Pay--And Why ...
A new study there implies that shoppers in the U.S. aren't yet ready for the mobile payment movement. A large percentage of the American citizens questioned in a nationwide phone study called "Mobile Payments: Consumer Benefits and ...
eWallstreeter

Web6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Long delayed 'O2 wallet' mobile payment system finally launches ...
Telefonica UK's O2 mobile network has struck the first blow in the mobile payment war, launching its O2 Wallet, a virtual wallet that exists on mobile phones to ...
mobile-financial.com/.../long-delayed-o2-wallet-mobile-paym...
Mobile Payments - Friday Five: Mobibucks' Ziad Alshobaki ...
Most mobile payment solutions require the presence of an actual phone — but not so with Mobibucks, a California-based startup with $10 million in investor ...
pymnts.com/.../Friday-Five-Mobibucks-Ziad-Alshobaki/
Experts: Mobile Wallets Will Become the Payment Method of Choice ...
VeriFone's mobile payment milestone ... PayPal Partner on New Payment Option · Isis, VeriFone Pool Resources to Target C-stores for Mobile Payment Launch ...
www.csnews.com/top-story-experts__mobile_wallets_will_bec...
Orange tie-up offers Canal+ subscribers mobile payment option
A new partnership will enable a number of Canal+/Canalsat subscribers in Africa the option to pay their subscription fees on their mobile phones.
www.communicationsafrica.com/.../1218-orange-tie-up-offers...
Bank Freedom selects FIS for mobile payment offering
Bank Freedom, a subsidiary of US provider of financial services in the prepaid debit card industry PrepaYd, has selected US banking and payments technology ...
www.thepaypers.com/news/mobile.../bank.../747394-16
MasterCard rolls out mobile payment service in South Africa ...
The global card giant is bringing its mobile payment service, MasterCard Mobile, to South Africa in collaboration with Oltio, a local mobile payment and financial ...
www.paymenteye.com/.../mastercard_rolls_out_mobile_paym...


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