Monday, September 17, 2012

19 Mobile Payment News Stories for September 17th, 2012

ePayment News "Mobile Payments"

Discover finds partner in evolving mobile payments
Chicago Tribune
PayPal says its plastic card, using the Discover merchant network, could replace all of the credit and debit cards in consumers' wallets and eventually be phased out as mobile payment technology improves. (Beck Diefenbach, Reuters). In a memorable ...
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Chicago Tribune
Mobile Payment Guidelines Issued
BankInfoSecurity.com
Toward that end, the PCI Council has just issued its PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines, targeting software developers and mobile device manufacturers with guidance on how to design appropriate security controls that can thwart growing ...
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Payment startup Square valued at $3.25 billion
Fortune
Square, whose mobile payment technologies are making it ever easier for consumers to do away with cash, began its fundraising effort this spring. People close the company said its executives were hoping that a successful IPO from Facebook (FB) might ...
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Fortune
Carbon Credits International Secures Agreement With The March Of Dimes ...
Daily Markets
17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Carbon Credits International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CARN) (“CCI” or the “Company”) developer of Text-A-Day, a mobile payment solution technology, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with the nation's ...
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A Digital Wallet for the Unbanked: Mobile Finance Goes Downmarket
DailyFinance
In Kenya, for example, where the majority of the country lacks much of an ATM and banking infrastructure, citizens rely on mobile payment through the service M-Pesa. In a country with 40% unemployment and a per capita GDP of just $1,800, a technology ...
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Nigeria: Etisalat Launches easywallet Mobile Payment Platform
Ventures Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – Etisalat Nigeria has launched easywallet, a secure commerce feature with user-friendly SIM application for mobile money payments and transfers, offering partnership with leading Nigerian banks including First Bank, GT Bank, Stanbic ...
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Ventures Africa
Mobile payment service 'Isis' gets delayed
Afterdawn.com
Mobile payment service 'Isis' gets delayed The launch of the mobile payment service 'Isis,' jointly announced by T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T, has been delayed. As of today, the launch has been delayed without a time table and Isis is not really ...
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Tech Mahindra buys 51% of Bharti Group's mobile VAS firm Comviva for $48M
VC Circle
Tech Mahindra Limited, India's sixth largest software exporter, has struck a deal to acquire 51 per cent of Comviva Technologies Limited, a Bharti Group company engaged in providing mobile Value Added Services (VAS), mobile money and mobile payment ...
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New electronic payment system threatens credit card firms
The Korea Herald
Payment gateway companies will facilitate the transfers, and leading mobile payment service providers such as Inicis and Danal are likely to jump into the offline transaction business. By Kim So-hyun (sophie@heraldcorp.com). 이 기사의 번역•원어민 음성 ...
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Experts to Brainstorm On Cashless Policy
AllAfrica.com
It provides the platform for policy debate whilst drawing on international comparators and global best practices, and the forum to discuss the risks and challenges associated with deploying electronic and mobile payment systems and potential solutions.
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Get The Answers: SMEs slow to upgrade their e-commerce solutions
New Zealand Herald
Putting the hype to one side, there are plenty of examples of businesses dealing in ad hoc retail and service transactions that are successfully using eftpos/mobile terminals for mobile payment applications. More businesses are also blending their web ...
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Seamless to add targeted offers to SEQR m-payment platform
Telecompaper (subscription)
Swedish mobile payments company Seamless will broaden its mobile payment platform with the addition of targeted offers for those who have adopted its QR code-based mobile payment service SEQR. The new service will be introduced in October and is ...
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New Credit Card Processing Opportunities Available to Pawn Shops and ...
Equities.com
Since standard credit card terminals are not portable, a mobile payment solution can be crucial for both pawnbrokers and salvage companies. Merchant Data Systems offers the very best in state-of-the-art mobile payment solutions for these merchants to ...
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Blogs6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile... - InvestEgate
Innovative architecture combines mobile application and cloud services to enable turn-key deployment of mobile payment with NFC. Paris, 17 September 2012 - Atos Worldline, Atos core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Services, launches ...
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IRCTC Incorporates Interbank Mobile Payment Service; Will It Boost ...
By Alap Naik Desai
Online ticket booking web-portal for the Indian Railways, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has added yet another milestone by allowing.
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Guest Post: The 6 Mobile Apps Restaurant Owners Need to Know
By Stephanie Shih
Tabbedout is a mobile payment app. With Tabbedout, a customer can not only manage his or her tab, but also pay through their smartphone. Each item ordered will show up automatically on the tab. When the customer is ready to pay, he or ...
Tork Better Business Center
Nigeria: Experts to Brainstorm On Cashless Policy : Microfinance ...
By Microfinance Africa
Other themes include 'Deploying effective mobile payment services'; 'Financial inclusion – Access to payment services'; 'Consumer and retailer adoption', and 'Facilitating e-Business and e-Government through e-payment initiatives'.
Microfinance Africa
Tech Mahindra Acquires Comviva For Rs 260 Crore - MediaNama
By Anupam Saxena
Technologies, a Bharti Group Company, and a provider of mobile Value Added Services (VAS), Mobile Money and Mobile Payment solutions, for a value of Rs 260 crore. The deal will be subject to regulatory approvals, and the company will ...
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With $8bn in payments processed annually, Square raises Series D ...
By Matt Brian
Notifying investors and consumers of its recent Series D financing round — which includes Citi Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management and Starbucks — mobile payment processing company Square announced today it is now processing more ...
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Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile Wallet

Atos
Atos (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile Wallet
Reuters

Innovative architecture combines mobile application and cloud services to enable turn-key deployment of mobile payment with NFC. Paris, 17 September 2012 - Atos Worldline, Atos core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Services, launches a ready-to-go, ...
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Atos Worldwide launches Visa & Mastercard NFC mobile payments service

News1 new result for "Near Field Communications"
Atos Worldwide launches Visa & Mastercard NFC mobile payments service
The Drum

Atos Worldwide has announced that it has deployed a ready-to-go Visa and Mastercard compliant Near Field Communications mobile payment service. By swiping a compatible mobile phone against a custom terminal and entering a PIN the service allows ...
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The Drum



Isis Scraps Summer Mobile Payments Launch

In the Absence of Truth
In the Absence of Truth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
ePaymentNews for NFC Mobile Payment
Isis Scraps Summer Mobile Payments Launch
Wireless Week
Isis has scrapped plans to launch its NFC-based mobile wallet before summer ends next week, delaying the debut of a product designed to provide AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA with an on-ramp into the potentially lucrative mobile payments ...
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