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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Mobibucks Reports Increasing Momentum in Mobile Payments Market in MENA Region



http://www.mobibucks.comMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobibucks, a leading global provider of mobile payment solutions, today announced that it has seen a significant increase in demand for its products in the last six months in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Mobibucks offers unique payment and incentive products for making purchases using a mobile phone number.
“Emerging needs for payments in the global digital economy demand new payment tools. By using a consumer’s mobile phone, a device that over two billion people already have, Mobibucks’ is the ultimate solution and the future of payments”
“Mobibucks has rapidly established itself in MENA with its innovative mobile commerce solutions,” said Ziad Alshobaki, managing director of Mobibucks FZ LLC in Dubai Internet City DIC, UAE. “It’s been less than a year since we opened our office so it’s exciting to see how our approach is gaining traction. MENA is leading the way in mobile commerce.”
Mobibucks invested in the Middle East for two important reasons, according to Jorge Fernandes, CEO of Mobibucks. “MENA is a huge market for mobile payments – not only because it’s a fast-growing mobile market, but also because cash transactions are much more prevalent than the use of credit or debit cards. Second, we think that having a team in the region able to provide superior customer service will give us a competitive edge,” he noted.
Mobibucks is a patented cashless, cardless, and contactless solution that targets everyday purchases made by consumers looking for the convenience of virtual payments and by merchants looking to attract the millennium generation utilizing a mobile commerce offering. It allows banks to provide customers convenient and affordable access to their money from any mobile phone. It lets consumers use their phone to make secure payments at locations such as cafes, gas stations, grocery stores, movie theaters and convenience stores. It allows merchants to capture, inform and motivate consumer spending.
Some of Mobibucks key features include:
  • Secure and instant opening of accounts

  • Cost effective marketing

  • Conversion of cash into electronic payments with a cell phone without the cell phone present

  • No need for consumers to purchase a new cell phone or merchants to set up a new payment system

  • Builds loyalty to business or brand

  • Elimination of critical issues such as cell phones running out of power or operating in unsafe or unreliable conditions

“Emerging needs for payments in the global digital economy demand new payment tools. By using a consumer’s mobile phone, a device that over two billion people already have, Mobibucks’ is the ultimate solution and the future of payments,” said Alshobaki.
Mobibucks FZ LLC is located in the Dubai Internet City DIC.
About Mobibucks
Mobibucks is a free, fast and secure mobile payment solution enabling consumers to make cashless transactions. Mobibucks is led by a combination of payment industry veterans and innovative entrepreneurs working together with leading edge retailers to create the next generation payment infrastructure. Jorge Fernandes, founder and former CEO of ViVOtech, Dave Barram, a senior Silicon Valley executive at Apple, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard, and Tom Recktenwald, Co-Founder of Stored Value Solutions, a leading gift card provider, established Mobibucks. For more information, please visit http://www.mobibucks.com/.


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Mobibucks Reports Increasing Momentum in Mobile Payments Market in MENA Region



http://www.mobibucks.comMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobibucks, a leading global provider of mobile payment solutions, today announced that it has seen a significant increase in demand for its products in the last six months in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Mobibucks offers unique payment and incentive products for making purchases using a mobile phone number.
“Emerging needs for payments in the global digital economy demand new payment tools. By using a consumer’s mobile phone, a device that over two billion people already have, Mobibucks’ is the ultimate solution and the future of payments”
“Mobibucks has rapidly established itself in MENA with its innovative mobile commerce solutions,” said Ziad Alshobaki, managing director of Mobibucks FZ LLC in Dubai Internet City DIC, UAE. “It’s been less than a year since we opened our office so it’s exciting to see how our approach is gaining traction. MENA is leading the way in mobile commerce.”
Mobibucks invested in the Middle East for two important reasons, according to Jorge Fernandes, CEO of Mobibucks. “MENA is a huge market for mobile payments – not only because it’s a fast-growing mobile market, but also because cash transactions are much more prevalent than the use of credit or debit cards. Second, we think that having a team in the region able to provide superior customer service will give us a competitive edge,” he noted.
Mobibucks is a patented cashless, cardless, and contactless solution that targets everyday purchases made by consumers looking for the convenience of virtual payments and by merchants looking to attract the millennium generation utilizing a mobile commerce offering. It allows banks to provide customers convenient and affordable access to their money from any mobile phone. It lets consumers use their phone to make secure payments at locations such as cafes, gas stations, grocery stores, movie theaters and convenience stores. It allows merchants to capture, inform and motivate consumer spending.
Some of Mobibucks key features include:
  • Secure and instant opening of accounts

  • Cost effective marketing

  • Conversion of cash into electronic payments with a cell phone without the cell phone present

  • No need for consumers to purchase a new cell phone or merchants to set up a new payment system

  • Builds loyalty to business or brand

  • Elimination of critical issues such as cell phones running out of power or operating in unsafe or unreliable conditions

“Emerging needs for payments in the global digital economy demand new payment tools. By using a consumer’s mobile phone, a device that over two billion people already have, Mobibucks’ is the ultimate solution and the future of payments,” said Alshobaki.
Mobibucks FZ LLC is located in the Dubai Internet City DIC.
About Mobibucks
Mobibucks is a free, fast and secure mobile payment solution enabling consumers to make cashless transactions. Mobibucks is led by a combination of payment industry veterans and innovative entrepreneurs working together with leading edge retailers to create the next generation payment infrastructure. Jorge Fernandes, founder and former CEO of ViVOtech, Dave Barram, a senior Silicon Valley executive at Apple, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard, and Tom Recktenwald, Co-Founder of Stored Value Solutions, a leading gift card provider, established Mobibucks. For more information, please visit http://www.mobibucks.com/.


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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Card Cloning Quickly Becoming a Global Affair

Skimming and counterfeiting credit and debit cards is quickly becoming a global affair as these news stories attest: Remember the slogan "Don't Leave Home Without It"? I

t's safe to say those days are over as the time is ripe for shopping "at home" using your very own personal magnetic card reader with PIN entry capability. No home should be without one. See: Reverse Matriculation, Bringing the POS Device Home


Take a look at the video I embedded into this post showing "how easy" it is for your credit card information to be swiped, downloaded onto a laptop and transferred over to a blank card. It's amazingly easy The video can be found on the bottom of this post..


42% of Dubai Bank customers hit by ATM fraud
ArabianBusiness.com, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago

Leading banks play down fallout of card fraud
GulfNews
PIN fraud sparks bank alert
The National
Banks Call on Customers to Change ATM Card PIN to Protect Accounts
Khaleej Times
all 36 news articles »

Credit card scam
Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand
Credit card scammers hit Kiwis visiting UK Newstalk ZB
all 22 news articles »

Hialeah pair arrested after traffic stop turns up illegal credit cards
Naples Daily News, FL - 1 hour ago
Ramon Rodriguez, 20, and Yanet Leyva, 21, were each charged with possession of counterfeit credit cards and illegal use of credit cards. ...

Petrol station fraudsters in credit card scam
Chester Evening Leader, UK - 20 hours ago

The village of the cloned
BBC News, UK - 22 hours ago






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