0-37 Million in 5 Years: The Rise of the iPhone

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39 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for Sept 12, 2012

ePaymentNews  39 new results for "Mobile Payment"

New Research Gauges Small Merchants' Adoption of Mobile Payment Technology PYMNTS.com The rise in mobile device use, combined with an increasing number of technology offerings for mobile payment acceptance, is disrupting "business as usual" for small merchants. Those who have relied on a credit card machine for card-present payments and ... See all stories on this topic »

Net Element Partners with Number One Mobile Telecom Provider in Russia and ... PYMNTS.com The agreement, effective as of August 1, 2012, calls for MTS to allow Net Element's mobile payment platform, TOT Money, to facilitate the payment processing for MTS subscribers. In first month of processing for MTS, TOT Money processed about 80 million ... See all stories on this topic »

Alipay: Payment on Mobile is 60 Seconds Faster Than on PC Tech in Asia At day two of the China Internet Conference, Xu Ji, product engineer director at Alipay, revealed an interesting stat that mobile payment on Alipay is one minute faster than on PCs. For folks who are new to Alipay, it is a popular payment wallet ... See all stories on this topic » Tech in Asia

DeviceFidelity exports its NFC mobile wallet to Europe Mobile Payments Today DeviceFidelity, which recently updated and re-released its moneto NFC mobile wallet app, announced that it has joined with Vincento Payment Solutions Ltd. and MasterCard to launch a European version of moneto. The U.K. will be the first European ... See all stories on this topic »

Carta Worldwide Selected to Present at FinovateFall 2012 PYMNTS.com By leveraging its underlying proven technology platform, Carta reduces setup and deployment costs, and minimizes the technical investment required for banks and MNOs to deliver mobile-payment products to market. Offered as an end-to-end product, ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Payments Manager Bizcommunity.com Advise on the group's mobile payment strategy along with the head of banking. Research mobile payments per market and gain an understanding of all applicable solutions including and not limited to, mobile wallet solutions, banking options, cash loading ... See all stories on this topic »

Large Retailers Launch In Store Mobile Payment Services VendingMarketWatch Retailers like Starbucks, Nordstrom and Finish Line are giving mobile payment systems a boost by launching mobile checkouts, according the Indy Star Newspaper. These retailers allow credit/debit payments anywhere in the to a clerk carrying a specialty ... See all stories on this topic »

QR Codes, Mobile Payments Especially Popular for Food Businesses Mashable The latest, and seemingly most convenient, mobile payment option is paying via a QR code. In San Francisco's Metreon, a gourmet sandwich shop called Split Breadis the latest eatery to offer such service. Each tabletop has a metal stripe with a QR code ... See all stories on this topic »

NPCI Extends Interbank Mobile Payments Service To Merchants MediaNama.com NPCI Wants To Make Mobile Payment Platforms Inter-Operable - DoT Allocates USSD Code For NPCI Mobile Payments - IMPS To Pilot Merchant Transactions; Should Not Increase Rates - Why Are Banks Not Promoting The IMPS Money Transfer Service? See all stories on this topic »

New Google Wallet update to optimize shopping experience The Mobile Indian Google has announced a change of plan regarding its mobile payment app called Google Wallet. With the new improved Google Wallet API, registered users will not have to feed in their credit card or other payment details again. The new Google Wallet API ... See all stories on this topic » The Mobile Indian

BPC Banking Technologies Introduces New Payment Switch RFPConnect.com The solution also provides an online interface to link external devices – such as ATMs and POS terminals, to the Internet and mobile payment systems, and to route transaction data to issuers. The HP Integrity NonStop server is the platform of choice ... See all stories on this topic »

Pay Yours Ltd Helps Turn Smartphones into Chip & PIN Card Payment ... PR Web (press release) PayYours is a Manchester-based business aiming for the self employed, small company business market that are out and about trading with customers wherever they are, and therefore need a mobile payment solution that works, but equally need a low ... See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

New Apple mobile software to get maps, Siri update DailyFinance ... to Cut Kids' Lunch Costs: A Back-to-School Idea Roundup · Best Bed Bug Removal Option for Your Budget -- Savings Experiment · Wall Street Watch Tuesday: Zynga Execs Keep Bolting · Moving to Mobile Payment: Put the Right App in Your Digital Wallet ... See all stories on this topic »

Seagate Technologies and Other Alternatives to Apple Fox Business Rumored features include a thinner body, longer touch screen, better resolution, better camera, faster processor, longer battery life, 4G LTE support and a mobile payment component. Sales of the next-generation smartphone are expected to break records, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Business Finance Store Discusses Trends in the Mobile Industry Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) With the growing popularity of mobile payment options such as PayPal and Square, the Business Finance Store discusses the significance of the mobile movement. Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) September 11, 2012. Currently, PayPal and Square are popular ... See all stories on this topic »

Today In APIs : Intuit Opens up API, Recognizing Developers, Killer Mashup ... ProgrammableWeb (blog) PayGround Express Checkout API: PayGround's Express Checkout is a remote payment service that operates through PayGround's Mobile Payment system. It is designed to allow consumers to complete transactions quickly, using only their mobile number. See all stories on this topic » ProgrammableWeb (blog)

Banks need to transform to boost margins People's Daily Online It is time for China's banks to transform as they are facing profit growth slowdown due to narrower interest margin from market-driven interest rates, and also competition from new businesses such as Internet-based mobile payment and direct lending, ... See all stories on this topic » People's Daily Online

Google Nexus 7 Can Earn You $10 Latinos Post The $10 incentive is to try and get people to sign up for a prepaid card through Google's mobile payment service, Google Wallet.The offer will end on September 17, as Google Wallet moves away from prepaid cards now that the payment system accepts major ... See all stories on this topic » Latinos Post

The End of the Cash Register? NACS Online Companies like Square have taken mobile payment systems out from behind the counter and into the hands of consumers and businesses alike. "The market is ripe for mobile payment adoption, and we've been seeing this on our end," said Square ... See all stories on this topic »

Three Critical Business Dilemmas The iPhone 5 Will Create [Feature] Cult of Mac Whether Apple will use NFC as its mobile payment technology like Google does isn't certain. Apple could use scannable onscreen codes, location-based payments in the model of Square and Tabbedout, or even develop a payment system around existing ... See all stories on this topic »

Why NFC-Enabled Computers Will Usher In The Future Of Online Shopping Gizmodo Australia For starters, we're already in the midst of a mobile payment revolution. PayPass, Square and Google Wallet are some of the payment options available now in the US, and electronic/NFC-based payments are less and less of a foreign thing to the average ... See all stories on this topic »

The Basics of Visa DailyFinance ... Best Bed Bug Removal Option for Your Budget -- Savings Experiment · Wall Street Watch Tuesday: Zynga Execs Keep Bolting · Moving to Mobile Payment: Put the Right App in Your Digital Wallet · L.A. Jury Awards Casino Mogul Steve Wynn $20 Million in ... See all stories on this topic »

Jack Dorsey of Square And Twitter Urges TechCrunch Audience To Aim For ... San Jose Mercury News Meanwhile, he continues his day job as CEO of Square, which is making huge waves in the mobile payment space. Dorsey kicked off the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this week, and his 12-minute talk is well worth watching. Consider this one of those ... See all stories on this topic »

Marketing terms that will reach the boardroom in 2012: Part III Marketing Week More successfully, Yes Bank, one of India's leading private banks, has developed a mobile payment system that allows money transfer via mobile phones without the need for a bank account. This makes use of the country's phone infrastructure, which ... See all stories on this topic » Marketing Week

The iPhone 5: What could it mean for consumers? Appolicious Apple has the ability to excel in the mobile payment space due to its large collection of customers who already have credit card data enabled for one-click purchasing. Many would argue that this group of consumers is one of the most valuable that ... See all stories on this topic »

CSR Team Message: Compliance is Profitable at Western States Acquirers ... PYMNTS.com New Research Gauges Small Merchants' Adoption of Mobile Payment Technology · Conrad Hotels & Resorts Announces The Luxury of Being Yourself Offer · Amazon Studios Turns Supernatural Horror Tale "Blackburn Burrow" into Digital Comic to Test Story ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Passbook may let you kiss wallet goodbye Tucson Citizen Worldwide mobile payment transactions will grow to $617 billion in 2016, from $171 billion in 2012, researcher Gartner says. According to Wu, the long-range game plan for Apple is to have the smartphone do everything — start the car, lock it, open the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Raiffeisen's CardMobile contactless payment product launches in ... By krowne ... Set for Launch in Europe wp.me/p1Jrjn-Rr 43 minutes ago; The C-ITV Daily is out! bit.ly/bBnhCN ▸ Top stories today via @VeriFone @BankInnovation 47 minutes ago; Taiwan: Banks Participate in Mobile-Payment Project bit.ly/QOUgBm 1 ... Contactless Intelligence

Megafon acquires mobile content and service publisher VAS Media ... By East-West Digital News ... rubles, approximately $30 million, for the first half of 2012 The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The asset will be integrated with Megalabs, an existing subsidiary of Megafon that develops, in particular, mobile payment solutions. East-West Digital News - Russian...

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Fiserv Launches SpotPay Mobile Payment Solution | Business Wire Fiserv, Inc. today unveiled SpotPay™, a mobile card reader solution for financial institutions to offer to their small business customers that e. www.businesswire.com/.../Fiserv-Launches-SpotPay-Mobile-P...

CorFire Delivers Completely Virtual Mobile Payment Capabilities to ... From Yahoo! Finance: CorFire™, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA and the industry-leading mobile technology expert, is providing virtual mobile ... finance.yahoo.com/.../corfire-delivers-completely-virtual-mob...

Fiserv Launches SpotPay Mobile Payment Solution - Yahoo! Finance From Yahoo! Finance: Fiserv, Inc. , a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today unveiled SpotPay™, a mobile card reader solution ... finance.yahoo.com/.../fiserv-launches-spotpay-mobile-paymen...

iPhone 5 With NFC: Is This What the Mobile-Payment Market Needs ... The mobile payments market has been taking baby steps, encouraged by a progression of factors. Will an NFC-enabled iPhone 5 put the market into overdrive? mobile.eweek.com/.../iPhone-5-With-NFC-Is-This-What-the-...

UK mobile wallet payment scheme gets go ahead | News | TechRadar ... were opposed to the payment scheme. Three because it thought Project Oscar was monopolistic and Google looked to be protecting its own mobile payment ... www.techradar.com/.../uk-mobile-wallet-payment-scheme-gets...

Dunkin' Donuts selects CorFire for mobile payment ... - The Paypers CorFire, the mobile commerce business of global provider of SK C&C USA, has been selected by doughnut and coffee retailer Dunkin’ Donuts for its ... www.thepaypers.com/news/mobile.../dunkin.../748547-16

Soft Space will launch its certified Mobile Payment Terminal in ... Mobile payment platform provider, Soft Space has received their full certification and approval from Europay, MasterCard & Visa (EMV) on 20 August 2012. vsdaily.com/soft-space-will-launch-its-certified-mobile-payme...

MobAppSecTriathlon: Mobile payment systems approaching boiling ... In my recent Computerworld column, I talked about the state of mobile payment systems today, as well as some near-term developments that are coming down ... mobappsectriathlon.blogspot.com/.../mobile-payment-systems-...

Mobile payment app LevelUp supports 'Causes' - BostonHerald.com Mobile app payment platform LevelUp unveiled a new feature designed to "help make the world a better place," the company said today. Consumers who ... bostonherald.com/.../20220830mobile_payment_app_levelup...

Meritus Payment Solutions Launches Mobile Payment Service Another payment processor has jumped on the mobile payments bandwagon, as Meritus Payment Solutions announces in new solution, Meritus Mobile.... www.cardpaymentoptions.com/.../meritus-payment-solutions-l...

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Last-minute rumor claims Apple will include NFC chip in 'iPhone 5'

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Last-minute rumor claims Apple will include NFC chip in 'iPhone 5' Apple Insider Last-minute rumor claims Apple will include NFC chip in 'iPhone 5'. By AppleInsider Staff. A prominent developer continues to believe that Apple will include a near-field communications chip in its next iPhone, though it may not be used for mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

Image via CrunchBase RIM Wants BlackBerry With NFC to Replace Security Badges Gotta Be Mobile While a lot of the attention behind NFC, or near field communications, technology has been focused with the digital mobile wallet in the past, Canadian smartphone-maker Research in Motion is putting an enterprise twist to the technology to enable ... See all stories on this topic »

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NFC: Weapon of Mass Disruption

ePaymentNews  for NFC Mobile Payment

Weapon of Mass Disruption Finextra There has been a lot of publicity over the last few years around the potential benefits of NFC in payments and shopping. ... There should be no doubt that at some stage NFC will be available in every single mobile phone, as common as a camera or email. See all stories on this topic »

Thinaire(TM) Launches the First Ever NFC Enterprise Marketing Platform MarketWatch (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MarketWatch (press release) NFC is the frictionless (i.e., no app required), secure and flexible connectivity technology that is being enabled in nearly all new mobile devices, but until now the focus of its implementation has been primarily on payments. As Google Wallet, Isis ... See all stories on this topic »

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IHS: 'iPhone 5 will transform the market for mobile content'

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ePaymentNews    1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment

IHS: 'iPhone 5 will transform the market for mobile content' TabTimes IHS notes that there have been conflicting reports as to whether the iPhone 5 will include a near-field communication (NFC) chip for electronic mobile payments. While Apple's held off so far, Android competitors have been aggressive in NFC adoption, ... See all stories on this topic »

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First NFC Enabled iPhone Prepaid Wallet Set for Launch in Europe

Blogs  4 new results for NFC Mobile Payment

Finextra: DeviceFidelity brings NFC-enabled iPhone pre-paid wallet ... US vendor DeviceFidelity has teamed up with Vincento Payment Solutions and MasterCard to launch its NFC pre-paid mobile wallet app for the iPhone in Europe, beginning with the UK. 1922 views 1 comment. The moneto pre-paid mobile ... Finextra Research Payments channel

First NFC Enabled iPhone Prepaid Wallet Set for Launch in Europe ...By Rebecca Kaufman"The UK is one of the fastest growing prepaid and contactless payments markets, and ranks among the top markets for NFC and contactless POS enablement." The moneto prepaid mobile wallet uses a combination of the MasterCard® ... MasterCard (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MasterCard Social Media Newsroom

The Official Lookout Blog | 5 Mobile Payments Safety Tips for Your ... By Rachel Torres Even with all the mobile payment buzz in the air, the U.S. Federal Reserve found that only 21% of mobile phone users have used banking apps in the past year. The lack of ... Use NFC payment stations with caution. At DEF CON 2012, Charlie ... The Official Lookout Blog

Replace Physical Access Badges with BlackBerry Smartphones ... By Luke Reimer BlackBerry smartphones have been leading the way in mobile payments for some time, becoming the first smartphones to be certified by MasterCard® and Visa® for NFC-based payments, and now we're first to be available as an access ... Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog

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