Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Economic Confidence Rises in September, According to the Discover U.S. Spending MonitorSM


Consumer Confidence in the Economy and Personal Finances Lifts Index, Reversing a 4-Month Decline
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--()--An increase in economic confidence at the end of September pushed the Discover U.S. Spending Monitor up 2.7 points to 91.3 in September, reversing a 4-month decline. The Monitor is a 5-year-old daily poll tracking economic confidence and spending intentions of nearly 8,200 consumers throughout the month. The 91.3 reported in September’s Monitor is 14.3 points higher than what was reported a year ago.
 
Highlights of Discover U.S. Spending Monitor Results
 July August September
  2012 2012 2012
Discover U.S. Spending Monitor Index 89.3 88.6 91.3
U.S. Economy Improving 28% 26% 30%
Personal Finances Improving 23% 20% 23%
 
More Consumers Believe Economy is on the Mend
The percent of consumers rating the U.S. economy as good or excellent increased 2 points to 13 percent from August, and those viewing it as poor remained at the same level as August at 56 percent. However, this is 10 points lower than the 66 percent of consumers who rated the economy as poor in September 2011.
  • The number of male respondents who rate the economy as poor in September declined 14 points year-over-year to 56 percent; female respondents with the same rating declined 8 points year-over-year to 56 percent.
  • Respondents expecting the economy to improve increased 4 percentage points from the prior month to 30 percent. This is also up year-over-year by 18 points.
  • Consumers with an income of greater than $75,000 had the highest percentage of any income level in September expecting the economy to improve, at 39 percent, versus 29 percent for those making between $40,000 and $75,000, and 25 percent for those making less than $40,000.
Increasingly Optimistic Views About Personal Finances After 4-Month Decline
While consumers’ current views about their personal finances remained the same as August, they were increasingly optimistic that their personal finances will improve in the month ahead.
  • 23 percent of respondents expect their personal finances to improve, an increase of 3 points from the previous month, and reversing a 4-month decline.
  • There was an increase in the number of women who expect their personal finances to get better, up 5 points from August to 23 percent. Men expecting their personal finances to improve increased 1 point during the same timeframe to 24 percent.
  • Additionally, more women believe they would be able to maintain their current lifestyle for six or more months if their current income was lost, up 5 points from August to 21 percent. Twenty-seven percent of men believe the same, a 2-point increase from last month.
  • Despite this positive outlook, little changed in how respondents currently rate their personal finances in September, with 34 percent rating their personal finances as good or excellent, equal to August, 40 percent rating them as fair, up 1 point from August, and 24 percent rating them as poor, unchanged from August.
Discretionary Spending Intentions Decline, as Household Expenses Increase
Despite the brighter economic and financial outlook from consumers, overall spending intentions declined. While 49 percent of consumers plan to spend the same next month, down 1 point from August, those planning to spend less next month increased 2 points to 19 percent.
  • 50 percent of consumers expect to spend less on discretionary entertainment expenses next month, unchanged from August, while 9 percent plan to spend more, down 1 point.
  • 48 percent expect to spend less on major personal purchases like a vacation, up 2 points from August, while only 10 percent plan to spend more, down 5 points from the prior month.
  • 48 percent plan to spend less on household improvements, unchanged from August.
  • 45 percent of consumers expect to spend more on household expenses, such as gas and groceries, in the next month, up 1 point from August. This number is also up 6 points year-over-year.
About Discover U.S. Spending Monitor
The Discover U.S. Spending MonitorSM is a monthly index of consumer spending intentions and capacity that is based on interviews with a random sample of 8,200 U.S. adults conducted at a rate of 275 per night. In addition to spending, the survey asks consumers their opinions on the U.S. economy and their personal finances. The Monitor began in May 2007 with a base index of 100. Surveys are conducted by Rasmussen Reports, an independent survey research firm (http://www.rasmussenreports.com).
About Discover
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company operates the Discover card, America's cash rewards pioneer, and offers home loans, private student loans, personal loans, online savings accounts, certificates of deposit and money market accounts through its direct banking business. Its payment businesses consist of Discover Network, with millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories. For more information, visit www.discoverfinancial.com.


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Intel Capital Announces 10 Investments at Intel Capital Global Summit

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$40 Million in New Investments to Help Innovative Companies

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
  • At the Intel Capital Global Summit, Intel Capital announced approximately $40 million of investments in 10 innovative technology companies.
  • The 13th annual Intel Capital Global Summit brings together over 1,000 Intel Capital-funded entrepreneurs and Fortune 2,000 industry executives for collaboration.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--()--Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment and M&A organization, kicked off its annual Intel Capital Global Summit by announcing investments in 10 innovative technology companies. Intended to help these companies grow to the next level, the investments reinforce the Global Summit’s 2-day agenda focused on company building. Totaling approximately $40 million, they cover a range of technologies from collaborating in the cloud and delivering enhanced digital entertainment to simplifying mobile payments and enabling new forms of device interaction.
“Our annual Global Summit and the ongoing Intel Capital Technology Days provide our portfolio companies with unmatched access to the decision-making executives critical to revenue-generating sales or partnerships. The 10 new investments in innovative companies announced today stand to benefit greatly from these longstanding company-building resources.”
The investments include secure content sharing platform Box; Bollywood and South-Asian content distributorHungama.com; integrated circuit design house FocalTech; social radio platform Jelli; social game developer LIFO Interactive; mobile proximity platform NewAer; e-payment platform PagPop; cloud services provider Tier 3; 3-D game developer Transmension; and mobile advertising provider UUCun. Financial details of each investment were not disclosed.
In its thirteenth year, this year’s Global Summit brings together approximately 1,000 Intel Capital-funded entrepreneurs and executives from market-leading Fortune 2,000 companies to exchange ideas and lay the groundwork for potential revenue generating partnerships and business deals. Designed to immerse attendees in a world of networking, the Global Summit includes a full agenda of keynote presentations, expert panels and more than 1,700 targeted meetings between portfolio company CEOs and key business executives.
“Business deals happen when Intel Capital brings together our vast global network with our portfolio company innovators,” said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and Intel executive vice president. “Our annual Global Summit and the ongoing Intel Capital Technology Days provide our portfolio companies with unmatched access to the decision-making executives critical to revenue-generating sales or partnerships. The 10 new investments in innovative companies announced today stand to benefit greatly from these longstanding company-building resources.”
New investments:
Box (Los Altos, Calif.) is one of the fastest-growing private enterprise software companies in the world, delivering an intuitive, powerful and secure content sharing platform that users and IT department’s love. Box is available on the Web, iPad*, iPhone*, Android* and Windows Phone* applications, and integrated into enterprise applications such as NetSuite*, Jive* and Salesforce*. To date, Box has attracted more than 11 million individuals and 125,000 businesses globally, including 92 percent of the Fortune 500, with major customers such as AAA, DreamWorks, Proctor & Gamble, Random House Inc. and TaylorMade.
Hungama.com (India) is India’s leading digital entertainment company with the country's first and largest on-demand digital entertainment storefront. The storefront has over 2.5 million pieces of content across genres and languages in the form of music tracks, movies, music videos and mobile content. Hungama Movies has more than 5,000 Bollywood, Hollywood and regional movies and television series available in both HD and SD quality, powered by Intel® Insider™. With more than 20 million users, the Web site is accessible from a PC along with mobile, tablets, TVs and other connected devices, consumers can enjoy all this content via download and streaming.
Jelli (San Mateo, Calif.) is a social radio platform that combines the reach of radio with the engagement of the Web. Jelli’s consumer experience allows listeners to control radio playlists through real-time voting and game elements via free iPhone and Android apps and Web experience. Jelli’s advertising platform enables real-time ad serving and listener engagement across social, mobile and broadcast platforms, creating unique insights for advertisers. Jelli is available online and on FM radio stations across the United States.
LIFO Interactive (Korea), founded in 2010, is a social game developer. Its best-known game on Facebook, Train City*, attracted more than 8 million users worldwide last year. The company is currently developing a mobile version of the hit game, scheduled for release later this year, and has several mobile games in development for iOS*, Android, and Windows 8* app stores.
NewAer (Los Angeles) has created a proximity platform enabling any phone, tablet or computer to automate actions based on who or what is detected nearby. Developers add NewAer’s mobile scanning engine software development kit to their apps and then tie into NewAer’s back-end interface to enable service “triggers.” For example, ToothTag*, NewAer’s showcase app for Android devices, allows users to “tag” people, places or things based on their wireless presence and set rules like automating call forwarding when leaving the home or office. NewAer’s platform breaks the limitations of GPS point references, making possible the next generation of smart location-based services based on elastic geofence events.
PagPop (Brazil) operates a mobile payment online platform that allows professionals and small business owners to accept credit cards for payment. PagPop’s technology transforms any feature phone, computer, landline or smartphone with a swipe device, into a credit card payment machine. As a result, payments can be made anytime, everywhere in an easy, affordable and secure manner.
Tier 3 (Bellevue, Wash.) is a leading provider of enterprise-class cloud services, combining both infrastructure (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) in a comprehensive cloud management platform. The Tier 3 Cloud* increases IT operational efficiency and flexibility through advanced cloud orchestration and management capabilities that support the entire business application portfolio, from development to production environments and business-critical applications.
Transmension (China) is a television-focused gaming service provider. The company specializes in providing and enabling the delivery of high-quality games to TV screens via IPTV, smart TVs and cable TV carriers. Transmension has collaborated with leading game studios to distribute their games to millions of families.
UUCun (China) is a mobile Internet ad platform connecting phone makers, app developers and advertisers. The company’s solution has been deployed in approximately 20 million newly shipped smartphones this year. The company is expanding its platform and technology to enable not only mobile advertisements but also more value-added services (e.g. mobile payment and mobile gaming), and also to support cross-device function aimed at tablets and smart TVs.
Other investments, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions:
FocalTech (Taiwan) is an integrated circuit (IC) design house specializing in digital signal processing algorithm and mixed-signal circuit design for applications including touch panel controller ICs, and it continues to expand into various new applications. The company has shipped over 100 million units of capacitive touch controller ICs. In addition to China, FocalTech is also a supplier to the largest brick-and-virtual bookstore in the world. FocalTech’s products are widely used all over the world.
About the Intel Capital Global Summit
The Intel Capital Global Summit is Intel Capital’s pre-eminent technology networking event. The 2012 event brings together more than 1,000 registered attendees from Intel Capital portfolio companies, Intel’s global customers and partners and industry leaders from around the world. The Intel Capital Global Summit 2012 is sponsored by Aon Corporation, Archpoint Partners, Credit Suisse, Evercore Partners, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, KPMG, Morrison & Foerster, NASDAQ OMX, Needham, Nosal Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and TriNet.
About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, health, consumer Internet, digital media, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$10.7 billion in over 1,257 companies in 53 countries. In that timeframe, more than 201 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and more than 308 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2011, Intel Capital invested US$526 million in 158 investments with approximately 51 percent of funds invested outside the United States and Canada. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com or follow @Intelcapital.
Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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Elavon's Chip and PIN MobileMerchant Enables Irish Businesses on the Move

U.S. Century Bank Headquarters in Doral,FL
U.S. Century Bank Headquarters in Doral,FL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


Micro businesses and companies with mobile staff can now accept card payments quickly and securely, anywhere, anytime
ATLANTA--()--Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and a leading global payment solutions provider has just announced the Irish launch of its secure Chip and PIN MobileMerchant smartphone card processing solution. This follows its highly successful, first-to the-world-market launch in the UK in January 2012MobileMerchant is now used by an array of small business owners throughout the UK.*
“Not only does our solution enable mobile commerce but it has in-built EMV Chip and PIN security, so small business owners and their customers can confidently process credit and debit card payments, knowing that they are fully protected”
Akin to Elavon’s VirtualMerchant Mobile, the company’s mobile solution in North America, MobileMerchant is an innovative, secure, complete payment solution that transforms mobile devices into payment terminals, allowing businesses to accept card payments quickly and securely anywhere, anytime, without a major investment of money or effort. MobileMerchant’s payment app is paired with a Chip and PIN card reader, allowing payments to be processed using BlackBerry® or Android® smartphones and tablets.
The solution combines the ease of using a mobile phone for payments, with pricing options including an affordable, easy-to-understand rate programme, making it the ideal solution for small businesses on the go, or for companies that have mobile field operatives that would like to extend the convenience of credit and debit acceptance to their customers.
“Elavon is excited to extend this innovative and secure solution to businesses in Ireland, helping to make them more efficient and more profitable. This solution is perfect for the thousands of very small, often mobile, businesses that have previously not been able to accept card payments easily or cost effectively,” commented Guy Harris, Elavon Managing Director, Europe. “Not only does our solution enable mobile commerce but it has in-built EMV Chip and PIN security, so small business owners and their customers can confidently process credit and debit card payments, knowing that they are fully protected,” Harris concluded.
“With Elavon MobileMerchant I can now take Chip and PIN payments on my mobile phone – that says it all! MobileMerchant will open up new opportunities for me. As a beautician, I don’t want to be tied to my salon. Elavon has provided me with a payment solution that I can take with me to my customers’ homes, to wedding parties or other out of salon events,” Deirdre Keogh, The Beauty Spot, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
MobileMerchant works with an array of mobile device types -- regardless of carrier -- to ensure freedom of choice. Setup is quick and easy; the business user simply downloads the App to their smartphone, and enters account configuration credentials provided by Elavon. The solution provides full security and support for Chip and PIN cards, magnetic stripe cards and card-not-present transactions. Cardholder data is securely captured and encrypted using a Bluetooth-connected PIN pad, ensuring that no information is captured and stored by the smartphone device. A transaction receipt is sent to the customer by email or text message. A secure and easy-to-use online data management system offers users access to credit and debit card transaction data. Users can also monitor and analyse card transactions, manage user rights, and even run transactions using a secure Virtual Terminal application contained on the portal.
MobileMerchant is an extension of Elavon’s full portfolio of payment solutions, and is built on 20 years of experience delivering flexible and secure payment solutions to more than one million businesses around the world.
* Click here to watch a video demonstrating how J&K Cleaning Service a UK-based cleaning service, is improving customer service by accepting payments on-the-spot using a smartphone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy03UKgDDM4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
To learn more about Elavon's MobileMerchant, visit http://www.tellmemore.elavon.com/mobilemerchant/
About Elavon (www.elavon.com): Elavon is wholly owned by U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and provides end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than one million merchants in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Elavon markets solutions including credit and debit card processing, electronic gift cards, dynamic currency conversion, multi-currency support, and cross-border acquiring through multiple alliance channels including financial institutions, trade associations, third party sales agents; as well through direct sales. Elavon’s suite of solutions is tailored to meet the needs of merchants in specialised markets such as retail, hospitality/T&E, health care, education and the public sector.
More information and videos on MobileMerchant at www.tellmemore.elavon.com/mobilemerchant
About U.S. Bank
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $353 billion in assets as of June 30, 2012, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 3,080 banking offices in 25 states and 5,085 ATMs and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp and its employees are dedicated to improving the communities they serve, for which the company earned the 2011 Spirit of America Award, the highest honor bestowed on a company by United Way. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com.
In July 2011 U.S. Bancorp was named “Best Bank in the US” by Euromoney magazine.


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31 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for October 3rd

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Credorax Partners with ZooZ to Bring an In-app Payment Solution to Mobile Apps
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About ZooZ ZooZ offers a fast, secure, and easy-to-use mobile payment solution that enables developers and businesses to increase shopping conversion rates. Through its developer-friendly SDK, mobile app developers around the world can quickly ...
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PayMate's mobile Kisan Credit Card ropes in 7000 farmers in a year; to go pan ...
VC Circle
Tweet; | 0 Comments. Mobile payment company PayMate's credit delivery solution for farmers Mobile Kisan Credit Card (mKCC), developed by PayMate in collaboration with NABARD, Pallavan Grama Bank and Indian Bank, has roped in 7,000 farmers so far.
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MoviePass Location-based Mobile Payment Card for Theater Tickets
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Many medium and large-scale companies have been increasingly looking to adopt mobile payment systems to add value to customer service and streamline the receivables process, however many solutions remain cumbersome with too many moving parts, ...
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Elephant Talk subsidiary ValidSoft joins Electronic Transactions Association ...
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ValidSoft joins some of the biggest players in the mobile payment sector, including the four US mobile carriers, as well as Google, Isis, VeriFone and Intuit, as part of the new Mobile Payments Committee, which was established in August 2012 by the ...
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FNB seals deals with mPowa, Mxit
Bizcommunity.com
First National Bank (FNB) said yesterday, Tuesday 2 October 2012, it planned to introduce a new mobile payment device for merchants following an agreement with mPowa‚ the first company to introduce the technology in the UK. The bank's eWallet service ...
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Mobile Coupons: Worth the Screen Time?
Smartmoney.com
In the year since its launch, Google Wallet, the search giant's (US:GOOG) mobile-payment feature, has built up a similar roster of offer partners, including Macy's Inc. (US:M), American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (US:AEO) and Jamba Inc.'s (US:JMBA) Jamba Juice.
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Square Competitor Scoops Major Deal With Bank
IT News Online
Mobile payment innovator mPowa has announced that it is working with First National Bank, the second largest bank in South Africa, to introduce a new mobile payment device to the bank's merchant services offering in the coming months. The announcement ...
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Comment: Project Oscar and mobile payments
Retail Gazette
Again, the ability to instantly turn loyalty points or vouchers into cash as a mobile payment is made is highly attractive for consumers. Lost or forgotten cards form disincentives to purchase, but an app on a smartphone is much less likely to be ...
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M for Mobile announces the 2nd annual Mobile Payments Latin America ...
The Costa Rica Star
... unbanked and 90% on the same population owning a mobile phone, Latin America is a region with excessive opportunity for banks, MNOs, retailers, solution providers, hardware manufacturers and more – to capitalize on the mobile payment revolution.
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Seamless' m-payment platform SEQR adopted by Kjell & Company
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Swedish mobile payment services provider Seamless has signed a contract with retail chain Kjell & Company, which means that the retailer's customers will soon be able to pay for bought products using their smartphone via Seamless' QR-code based ...
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Digital River Buys LML Payment In An Attempt To Restore Profitability And ...
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The company intends to leverage LML's ecosystem of banking, merchant, reseller, and developer relationships to expand Digital River's World Payment solution, and expand LML Payment Systems' white-label channel and mobile payment solutions.
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Intel Capital Announces 10 Investments at Intel Capital Global Summit
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PagPop (Brazil) operates a mobile payment online platform that allows professionals and small business owners to accept credit cards for payment. PagPop's technology transforms any feature phone, computer, landline or smartphone with a swipe device, ...
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Starbucks: A million pay by cell-phone each week!
Oregon Business News (press release)
Starbucks: A million pay by cell-phone each week! October 3, 2012. Starbucks Leads the Way in Mobile Payments By Oregon Small Business Association. Ordering a double-shot latte is easier and faster these days using Starbucks' mobile payment program.
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Bank of America tests image scanning payments
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The bank is partnering with Paydiant for the trial. Paydiant's technology enables mobile payments via QR codes and can also be adapted to other mobile payment methods. Paydiant is testing its technology with five banks and financial services companies.
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Monitise seeks eMerit and new payment opportunities
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Monitise, a mobile banking and payments specialist, is teaming up with eMerit Solutions to develop new mobile payment opportunities for businesses, especially at the Point-of-Sale (PoS). The partnership with eMerit comes as Monitise executes its ...
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MICROS implements Isis SmartTap m-commerce app at restaurants
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MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, has announced the integration of the Isis SmartTap mobile commerce application into the MICROS Simphony point of service (POS) platform ...
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Sheetz Signs On for Merchant Customer Exchange
CSNews Online
"Merchants recognize mobile payment adoption will be limited until it can be used where consumers regularly shop. MCX offers unmatched scale, representing merchants with more than $1 trillion in annual sales across nearly every merchant vertical." ...
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Did you know you could do this with Apple iOS 6?
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The new operating system has more than 200 new features, ranging from apps that may hint at Apple's future ambitions (like mobile payment enabler Passbook) to incremental improvements that ease routine annoyances (a one-touch button to copy a Web ...
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Online Is The Future - 9 Stocks To Watch
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Good Day GDC Morning WACH 10-3-12
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Blogs3 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Merchant mobile payment effort gains traction | Near Field - NFC
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Merchant Customer Exchange, the merchant-driven mobile payment consortium, is growing. The group announced that a new tranche of restaurants and retailers will join its effort to bring a mobile payment and commerce solution to market.
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European Square Clone Payleven Introduces 'Chip & PIN' solution
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Payleven, the mobile payment solution provider that was incubated by Germany's Rocket Internet, today announced at the Apps World conference in London that it is first to market with a 'Chip & PIN' solution for mobile payments in Europe.
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Intel Capital Invests About $40 In 10 Companies, Including Box And ...
NewAer's platform breaks the limitations of GPS point references, making possible the next generation of smart location-based services based on elastic geofence events. PagPop (Brazil) operates a mobile payment online platform ...
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Visa CEO talks consumer tech, future of mobile payments - USA Today
But the credit card-processing company, which is moving its headquarters to nearby Foster City, Calif., in October, sees vast potential in the mobile-payment ...
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Gemalto to include Western Union in mobile payment services ...
A week after opening its mobile payment platform to MoneyGram, Gemalto is expanding its mobile payment software solution to include Western Union Money ...
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Gemalto Expands Mobile Payment Software Solution with Western ...
AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, September 25th 2012 BUSINESS WIRE / ME Newswire -- Regulatory News:Gemalto Euronext NL0000400653 GTO, the worlds leader ...
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PrivatBank in Ukraine Selects Gemalto for Contactless Mobile ...
PrivatBank in Ukraine Selects Gemalto for Contactless Mobile Payment. Amsterdam, Sept 27, 2012 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader ...
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SFR to launch NFC mobile payment card
The French cellular operator SFR is to issue its own branded rechargeable MasterCard PayPass card as a first step towards providing its own near-field ...
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