Friday, July 6, 2012

42 "Mobile Payment" News Stories from Around the Globe

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Telefonica signs mobile payment agreement with Facebook, Google, Microsoft ...
Computing
O2 parent company Telefónica has signed global agreements with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM to provide customers with a way to pay for digital goods and services directly through their phone bill. The mobile operator said that eliminating the ...
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Computing
Trunkbow Completes Re-Audit of 2009 Financial Statements
MarketWatch (press release)
Trunkbow International Holdings (NASDAQ:TBOW) 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 ...
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Telefonica and Visa to develop Europe-wide mobile payment services
Mobile Entertainment
Firms will co-invest in mobile wallets, contactless payments, and merchant offers.
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Mobile Entertainment
Telefónica and Visa Europe form mobile money partnership
Finextra
The Europe-wide strategic alliance makes Visa Europe Telefónica's preferred partner for the issuance of branded payments cards and the development of related mobile payment services. The pair plan to work together on developing merchant offers, mobile ...
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Finextra
Paymate OnTheGo offers merchant payments on smartphones and tablets
The Australian
NO cash? No worries. A newly launched solution hopes to turn smartphones and tablets into instant mobile payment registers that could accept credit and debit cards on the fly.
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Payments on the move a FlexiGroup option
The Australian
FlexiGroup head of e-commerce Andrew Pipolo said the market potential for mobile payment systems is expected to grow significantly in Australia with only two providers, FlexiGroup and PayPal. There are 2.7 million small businesses countrywide and 61 ...
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Malaysia Airlines partners with PayPal to offer mobile payments for ticketing
Mobile Payments Today
Malaysia Airlines announced a new partnership with payment processor PayPal. Customers of the airline can now reserve and book travel on their smartphones using the airline's website or MHmobile app and pay for the tickets in as little as two clic.
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Commonwealth Bank to launch Facebook banking
IDG News Service
Commonwealth Bank to launch Facebook banking ( Industry Verticals ) The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is to offer banking via Facebook by the end of this year, and has further announced that its Kaching mobile payment application is now available for ...
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Sales by Swipe
San Antonio Business Journal
Luis Morales, owner of Humble House Foods, was missing out on customer sales by accepting cash and check only. Since using Square, a card-swiping mobile payment system, Morales estimates credit-card transactions account for one-quarter of the sales ...
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Google May Expand Mobile Wallet Services Overseas
Mobile Marketing Watch
This week, reports surfaced that Deutsche Telekom AG is in protracted discussions with Google – not to mention other top credit card companies and banking institutions – to expand its mobile-payment platform. Thomas Kiessling, the company's head of ...
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Mobile Marketing Watch
CASE STUDY: Landor helps Monetise Group and Visa change perception of ...
Campaign Asia-Pacific
Monetise Group, an international mobile payment company, enlisted Landor to design the brand identity of a new mobile finance service for India in collaboration with Visa, Movida. Marketing, Moves.
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Seamless Distribution Rises as CEO Buys Shares: Stockholm Mover
Bloomberg
By Kim McLaughlin - 2012-07-06T07:13:03Z. Seamless Distribution AB (SEAM), a Swedish developer of software for mobile payment solutions, rose the most in six weeks after Peter Fredell, the company's Chief Executive Officer purchased additional shares.
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Sina.com, HTC Ink Social Media Deal For Mobile Blogging And Photo Sharing ...
ChinaTechNews.com
Sina.com and HTC have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Taiwan, stating that the two parties will work together on product account systems, mobile payment systems, and customized devices. Under the agreement, Sina.com and HTC will ...
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Visa Europe becomes Telefonica's favourite m-payment partner
Telecompaper (subscription)
... relationship in markets such as the UK and Ireland, formalising it at a Europe-wide level and establishing Visa Europe as Telefonica's preferred partner for the issuance of branded payments cards and the development of related mobile payment services.
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Axis Bank Now Allows Cross Border Inward Remittances Via Mobile Phones
MediaNama.com
Last week, Blackstone backed mobile financial services firm FINO had acquired Nokia Money service in India to launch a prepaid mobile payment service 'Takatak Money' which focus on prepaid payment services and offer services such as money transfers, ...
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CBA launches new mobile banking innovations
Dynamic Business (blog)
Now, the Commonwealth Bank has announced that the 'peer-to-peer' mobile payment app is now available for Google Android smartphones. "As promised, today we gave Android users access to Kaching, which will particularly appeal to the youth market ...
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Dynamic Business (blog)
Social banking on the way
Sydney Morning Herald
The global MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index scored Australia 35.3 (out of 60) in mobile payment readiness, just above the global average of 33.2. Singapore, considered the most advanced country in mobile payment readiness scored 45.6.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Telefonica Signs Mobile Payments Deals With Facebook, Google, Microsoft
TechWeekEurope UK
Telefonica, parent company of O2, has signed global mobile payment agreements with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM. The operator has signed framework agreements to offer direct billing to its new partners and has started to roll out the capability ...
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TechWeekEurope UK
Samsung GALAXY S III finally hits the stores in Kenya
Capital FM Kenya
The phone will revolutionize modes of transaction through a mobile payment application, accessible through its advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. This enables the user to make payments by placing the phone near or on a payment pad.
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Capital FM Kenya
Seamless' SEQR platform available at McDonald's in Stockholm
Telecompaper (subscription)
Swedish mobile commerce software company Seamless announced that its QR code-based mobile payment platform SEQR was launched by four McDonald's restaurants in Stockholm. SEQR is also available in the Hemkop restaurant chain. The roll out of ...
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Telefónica and Visa form strategic relationship to develop m-commerce across ...
The Next Web
This will see Visa become Telefónica's preferred partner for branded payments cards in Europe, and related mobile payment services. Back in March, mobile payments platform Boku secured a whopping $35m in funding from Telefónica Digital and a host of ...
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The Next Web
Apple cannot be trusted with customer data, says DataCash
Computing
You may also like. Google's Nexus 7: where will it fit in a maturing tablet market? Airline industry braced for Apple-induced turbulence · Analysis: Mobile payment technology, developing in leaps and bounds · Google rolls out its Wallet app to Nexus S ...
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Computing
New Apps Allow Android Phone Owner to Make Banking Transactions
International Business Times AU
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) announced the availability of the Kaching mobile payment app on Friday. However, the bank clarified that the key feature of Kaching in iPhones is not available to Android users even if the different mobile phone ...
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International Business Times AU
Five years after the iPhone, carriers are the biggest threat to innovation
The Verge
And when Verizon did eventually release the Nexus, it was stripped of Google's Wallet functionality — forestalling the growth of Google's mobile payment system while Verizon works on its own solution. And while the big companies are happy to sidestep ...
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Telefónica Digital signs deals on direct carrier billing, financial services
Mobile Payments Today
Spanish telecom announces agreements with Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
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Retailers want to go local with technology
InternetRetailer.com
13% of retailers in the study report already having a mobile payment system that allows customers to checkout with their smartphones or mobile devices in stores and 19% plan to have one in the next 12 months. Geo-location and mobile payment systems are ...
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Telefonica Ties Up With Google, Facebook, Microsoft and RIM
ValueWalk
In order to strengthen its position in direct-to-bill payments, Telefónica made a strategic investment earlier this year in mobile payment specialist, BOKU. Telefónica's O2 division already offers operator billing on Google Play in Germany. Tags: BOKU ...
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ValueWalk
Ten Must-Have iPad And iPhones Apps For Small Business Owners [Feature]
Cult of Mac
Square's mobile payment system (and PayPal's competing solutions) get a fair amount of coverage in mainstream and tech media stories, for example. There are, however, many great apps for small business users in the App Store that don't get that kind of ...
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Blogs11 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Report Predicts China Mobile Game Players Hit 192 Million by Year ...
By Gang Lu
Meanwhile, lacking of sophisticated mobile payment solution and attractive mobile titles are the other factors that hinder mobile monetization across the board. screenshot of Wei Zhuang, a popular mobile game by Tencent. Related posts: ...
TechNodeTechNode | TechNode
Visa Europe becomes Telefónica's preferred mobile payments ...
By krowne
... markets such as the UK and Ireland, formalising it at a Europe-wide level and establishing Visa Europe as Telefónica's preferred partner for the issuance of branded payments cards and the development of related mobile payment services.
Contactless Intelligence
Online Payments & Smart Mobile Technologies – How Will ...
By Staff Writer
Join the conversation on twitter >. How would you most like to pay for items under £20? Cash 100% Chip & Pin Credit or Debit Card 0% Contactless Credit or Debit Card 0% NFC Mobile Payment 0% Mobile Payment through The Cloud ...
Transaction Age | Payments Industry...
Malaysia Airlines Partners PayPal for Faster and Safer Mobile ...
By Admin
The Malaysia Airlines' customer experience is further enhanced with the introduction of PayPal's faster, safer mobile payment service. Booking and paying for an airline ticket can be done in half the time when paying via PayPal as compared ...
Biz DailyBiz Daily | Biz Daily
Mobile and the Importance of Educating Your Customers ...
By Nancy Sullivan
Cumberland Farms: Mobile Payment App: Screenshot of EMail. Yes, they've sent out a simple but effective email that educates their customers about a new mobile initiative. It also provides a bit of an incentive for customers to try it out. There is ...
interlinkONE, Inc.
Current First Placecast HTML5 White label Mobile Wallet for Credit ...
By admin
Current First Placecast HTML5 White label Mobile Wallet for Credit Card Companies and Mobile Operators; Present Location-based Mobile Payment Related Offers. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2012. Today, Placecast announced a ...
ieeehomelandsecurity2007 ...
Technologies you can use while being mobile
By admin
It is a mobile payment system that allows users to store credit cards, loyalty cards, gift cards etc, while enabling a secure, fast and convenient payment system through any 'Pay-Pass enabled terminal' at the check out. A Google Wallet in fact ...
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Telefonica Joins Forces with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM ...
By Shawn Hess
The mobile provider is hedging its bets by speaking to many companies about their mobile payment options. Deutsche Telekom Looks to Expand Mobile Payments · Yahoo Homes Partners with Zillow for Content Listing. Yahoo Homes creates ...
WebProNews
Kensington Introduces new iPad and iPad 2 Essentials for Mobile ...
By Marc Jacob
... leading vendors will meet, network and discuss for the second time in Beijing, to address the industrial and technical hot topics, panel-talk on trends and prospects of global and Chinese markets, such as EMV IC Card and mobile payment ...
Global Security Mag Online
Sina.com, HTC Ink Social Media Deal For Mobile Blogging And Photo
By ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor
Sina.com and HTC have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Taiwan, stating that the two parties will work together on product account systems, mobile payment systems, and customized devices. Under the agreement, Sina.com and ...
ChinaWirelessNews.com
Mastercard and Visa draw the lines in Europe over Mobile Payments ...
By Crompton-Reid
mobile payment telefonica deutsche telekom mastercard telefonica. "There's a lot of it this week – on Monday (2/7/12) Deutsche Telekom announced their partnership with MasterCard to roll our NFC-based mobile payments in Poland and ...
The Wall

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NetCracker. Mobile Payment Solution
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Fino buys Nokia's mobile payment services business | Mobile ...
URL : http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/BusinessComputing-Updates/ Fino-buys-Nokia-s-mobile-payment-services-business/SP-Article1-880049.
mobile-financial.com/.../fino-buys-nokias-mobile-payment-ser...
Mobile Payments - Mobile Payment Firm ZooZ Partners with ...
ZooZ, a mobile payment startup that specializes in in-app payments within a mobile commerce environment, has partnered with MobiCart, which develops ...
pymnts.com/.../Mobile-Payment-Firm-ZooZ-Partners-with-Mo...

Telefónica picks Visa for mobile payments in Europe


Commbank launches Kaching on Android, adds 'Bump' payments for iPhone
NFCNews
Australia's Commonwealth Bank has announced that its Kaching mobile payments app is now available on 13 Android mobile devices, including the NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S3. Android Kaching users can perform standard mobile banking functions ...
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Telefónica picks Visa for mobile payments in Europe
NFC World
Telefónica Digital has appointed Visa Europe as its preferred mobile payments partner for its O2 and Movistar networks in Europe in a deal described as "
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NFC World
NFC payments at the London Olympic Games are not safe, McAfee warns
Inquirer
"One can get excellent results by targeting the OS and its NFC-handling libraries," McAfee mobile security researcher Jimmy Shah said in a blog post today. "Fuzzing the hardware, which involves feeding corrupt or damaged data to an app to discover ...
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NatWest to pilot mobile payments for iPhone
Mobile Payments Today
U.K. bank NatWest has said it will begin testing a new contactless payment product called TouchPay. Unlike other mobile payment products that rely on NFC-enabled handsets or stickers to facilitate the payment, NatWest's TouchPay is aimed at iPhone.
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MasterCard Brings Mobile Payments to Europe
TheStreet.com
The collaboration with Deutsche Telekom and Visa's recent agreement with Google(GOOG) to launch a smartphone with payment services could well spark off a revolution in the continent. The NFC technology is gaining acceptance among mobile companies.
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Guest Post: The London Olympics showcase for mobile money
GoMo News
The London Olympics has long been touted as the perfect platform to accelerate the roll-out and adoption of mobile banking and mobile payments across the UK. More than 3000 NFC terminals will be installed across Olympic venues, suggesting that the ...
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NFC Payment Test at Olympics Will Inspire Mobile Attackers to Go for the Gold - McAfee


NFC Payment Test at Olympics Will Inspire Mobile Attackers to Go ...
About Me. Jimmy Shah Jimmy Shah is a Mobile Security Researcher specializing in analysis of mobile/embedded threats on existing ... Read More ...
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July 2012 Archives • NFC World
NFC World logo. The near field communication news source – NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more. Skip to content. Home · About NFC ...
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NFCNews | Paydiant's mobile wallet receives appSecure ...
The service will include NFC payments at the point of sale a la Google Wallet, as well as mobile offers in conjunction with Microsoft's Local Scout app and gift ...
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CNET: All there is to know about NFC


All there is to know about NFC
CNET Australia
Many of us think of NFC as a tool solely for mobile payments — its implementers included. The Commonwealth Bank describes it as "the technology that enables you to pay others or make purchases at stores using your smartphone". But, as the campaign at ...
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Mobile Payment Update: Who Will Take the Lead This Summer?
Blogger News Network (blog)
Meanwhile, Wired reports that Isis, a mobile payment system developed by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, has reached agreements with a number of major retailers including Coca-Cola, Food Locker, and Macy's to implement their system in stores nationwide ...
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NFC Key Fob Allows for Payments via iPhones and Android Devices

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RFID Keychain with NFC Allows for Payments via iPhones and Android Devices
RFID World Canada
The company has introduced the latest NFC (near field communication) tag-03 in a keychain to read with iPhones and Android devices. Each NFC tag keychain contains a unique NFC chip to let people pay by simply tapping the tags on their mobile phone.
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