Friday, May 18, 2012

Mobile payments already exceed checks - Finextra

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If you believe the pundits, mobile payments are years away from being mainstream. But that's not at all an accurate assessment of the state of the industry. Firstly, a mobile payment can be many things. There are seven primary models for mobile-enabled ...

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New Leaked Images of Sprint's LG Eclipse 4G LTE Confirms NFC, Removable Battery
Gotta Be Mobile
The image was originally posted on Brief Mobile. The device will have a 4.67-inch HD display, which is close in size to the HTC EVO 4G LTE's 4.7-inch screen, 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 13-megapixel camera, 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM, and a capacious ...
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Mobile money transforming transactions in the Pacific
Matangi Tonga
Cell phone users in Tonga can now use their mobile phones in much the same way as they can use a plastic banking card to pay for goods and services in shops; and they do not need a bank account to transfer and receive money from overseas.
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Are NFC and smartphones-as-credit-cards dumb ideas?


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Are NFC and smartphones-as-credit-cards dumb ideas?
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Finally, this year we may finally reach this near field communication (NFC) nirvana, of simply waving our smartphone over a retail payment terminal instead of a credit or debit card to pay for our copiously consumed commodities.

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Global leaders in electronic cards and payments call for focus on customers and innovation at Cards and Payments Middle East 2012


Over 3,500 attendees are gathering in Abu Dhabi at the Cards & Payments Show Middle East 2012, which opened its doors today to thousands of leading figures from the region's biggest stakeholders in the cards and payments industries.

Top of today's agenda is the development of e-government services and digital governance, how e-identity can be merged with other industries, and innovative strategies in online and mobile payments and money transfers across retail, banking and telcosorganisations.

Laurent Le Moal, Vice President and General Manager Continental Europe and Middle East & North Africa Region for global leader PayPal, called for a focus on the customer and innovation. She said: "This is time to focus outward, on the customer and on innovation. Merchants across this region need to get ready to service customers through contactless payment methods that are secure and trust worthy. The goal should be to leverage all existing payment connections and bring them to ecommerce and mobile strategy. When adopting mobile strategy, merchants should be aware that mobile is not just about payments, but includes more comprehensive solutions such as mobile commerce, promotion coupons, loyalty solutions, self-scanning and self-checkout provisions and so forth".

H.E. Dr. Ali Al Khouri, Director General of Emirates Identity Authority, the official government partner of the show welcomed delegates this morning and highlighted the importance of developing and integrating electronic government and identity services, saying: "We look forward to hearing about the latest solutions and technologies from leading experts and specialists and evaluating how they can be effectively used to upgrade government services to keep pace with the global competitiveness and abreast of the developments of the digital world we live in and contribute to a knowledge-based economy."

Now in its 13th year, Cards & Payments Middle East 2012 brings together professionals in banking, telecoms, retail and government organisations in one place to discuss the Middle East's paperless revolution in contactless payment solutions during the two day event taking place at ADNEC Abu Dhabi - 15th - 16th of May.

Over 120 exhibitors feature at the free- to -attend exhibition including the world's leading solution providers and smart card developers Emaratech and Bell ID, through to global industry players Nokia, 3M and Dermalog.

Mathew Wallhead, General Manager of Terrapinna business media company and organiser of the show highlighted the show's success: "The prolific rise in cards and contactless payment capabilities has revolutionized the way consumers, issuers and merchants interact with each other. Cards and Payments Middle Eastprovides a platform in the Middle East for the biggest stakeholders in the cards and payments, ecommerce and ID industries to explore ways to benefit from this rapidly growing market.In addition, the open forum provides fantastic networking opportunities for professionals across industries to identify solution providers and partners in the region."

The exhibition and conference includes over 70 free seminars and specific paid-to-attend conferences on key topics of interest including Digital ID World, Pre Paid Cards Conference, NFC Conference, Mobile Money World Conference, and RFID World Conference. Over 60 speakers from around the world including HE Thani Abdullah Alzaffin, Director General and Board Member of Emaratech,Osama Al Rahma, GM and Director of Al Fardan Exchange, and Mohamood Al Bastaki, Director General of Dubai Trade,will be presenting at the conference.

Cards & Payments Middle East2012takes place from 15th to 16th May at ADNEC Abu Dhabi from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

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Opinion: Apple's Mobile Payment Plans and Its Vision for Retail

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Opinion: Apple's Mobile Payment Plans and Its Vision for Retail
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Pablo Saez Gil of ResearchFarm has some interesting ideas on mobile payments in retail and why he thinks Apple will bypass NFC for another technology, Bluetooth 4.0. Read some of the highlights below, or head over to The Retail Bulletin for the entire ...
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Breaking Down Why Aaron Rodgers Is the Best QB in NFC North
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As the NFL has shifted into a passing focused league, so too has the NFC North. The quest for a premiere quarterback has been something the once ground-and-pound division has embraced wholeheartedly, adding some of the best passers in the business to ...
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NFC parking Hits Oakland

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Parkmobile USA Inc. is bringing NFC–enabled mobile parking payment to another city. The company announced that commuters in Oakland, Calif., will now be able to feed the meter with a tap of their phone. Oakland joins seven other West Coast cities that ...

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iMPak launches NFC-enabled heart monitoring app
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iMPak Health has announced the launch of RhythmTrak, an NFC-enabled mobile application that enables users to track their cardiovascular health at home. RhythmTrak is a handheld, credit card sized electrocardiogram (ECG) device that both documents heart ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Identive Introduces Cloud-Based NFC Tag Management

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Identive Introduces Cloud-Based NFC Tag Management
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SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, May 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:INVE) (frankfurt:INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, payment and NFC mobility markets, today announced the release of ...

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What the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 Need to Win Me Back from Android
TechnoBuffalo
I'm probably the only person in the world that's drop-dead excited for mobile payments and NFC, but I'm OK with that. I hope Apple introduces the technology in its newest phone so I can make purchases by tapping my phone against a mobile payment system ...
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Total System Rolls Out Service Tool
Zacks.com
The new service is characterized by three themes: payments, communications and commerce. Near Field Communications ("NFC") technology clubbed with cloud-based products within the payments theme enable easy payment and acceptance facilities.
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Facebook, Yahoo, GMail and Hotmail Users Hit By Zeus Debit Card Scam



Researchers at Trusteer uncovered a version of the notorious Zeus Trojan being used to steal financial data in a series of scams targeting Facebook, Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo.

A malware campaign targeting Facebook, Google Mail, Hotmail and Yahoo user debit card data has been linked to the infamous Zeus Trojan.

Zeus is one of the most prevalent pieces of financial malware on the Web. During the past several years, Zeus variants have been linked to major criminal operations around the globe, including one that prompted the FBI to issue a warning in January. In that case, a variant known as Gameover was observed stealing password and username information for financial institutions.

According to security firm Trusteer, the attack uses a peer-to-peer version of Zeus and varies slightly from site to site. In the Facebook version of the attack, the malware uses Web injection to present victims with a fake 20 percent cash back offer if they link their Visa or MasterCard debit card to their Facebook account. The victim is then prompted to enter their debit card number, expiration date, security code and PIN and told that that once they registers their information, they can earn cash back by purchasing Facebook points.

In the case of the Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo versions of the scam, the attack offers what appears to be a new way to authenticate to the 3D Secure service offered through the “Verified by Visa” and “MasterCard SecureCode” programs. The 3D Secure service allows customers to create a password to protect and validate online transactions. As part of the scam, the victim is told that by linking their debit card to their webmail accounts, any future 3D Secure authentication can be performed through Google Checkout and Yahoo Checkout.

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Parkmobile USA, Inc. Launches NFC-Enabled Mobile Parking Payment Solution in Oakland, CA


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May 17, 2012, 10:06 a.m. EDT


With the launch of Parkmobile, visitors and residents of Oakland, CA will be able to conduct their parking transactions by mobile phone

OAKLAND, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Parkmobile USA, Inc. announced today that their revolutionary new mobile payment service has been implemented in Oakland, CA. Not only can customers now pay for parking with their cell phone using Parkmobile's native mobile applications for the iPhone, Android, Windows 7, and Blackberry smartphones anywhere in the city, but they can also choose to pay with NFC-enabled mobile phones by waving or tapping their phone on any of Parkmobile's NFC-enabled stickers.
To use the new Parkmobile system, customers register for free at www.parkmobile.com . Once registered, they can use a mobile app, the internet, QR Code, NFC sticker or call toll free at 1-877-727-5718 to pay for parking. After setting up the account, customers can immediately start using the system with their registered mobile phone. They can also select the option to receive both text message or email alerts and reminders.
"Parkmobile is very excited to launch our mobile payment parking service in Oakland," said Albert Bogaard, CEO of Parkmobile USA, Inc. "With this technology, customers no longer have to search for change at their destination. With the addition of NFC to our suite of payment options, our mobile payment service continues to be an example of innovative technology that can make our lives easier and more efficient."
The program is offered citywide at all on-street parking meters in Oakland. Parkmobile's progressive technologies and services will enhance the experience of motorists. Parkmobile's mobile payment solution is an ideal parking option, and is simple and convenient.
"The City of Oakland is excited to offer motorists a hassle-free and convenient payment option at parking meters," said Noel Pinto, Director of Parking Operations with City of Oakland. "Motorist can now pay for parking at a meter by utilizing their cell phone and seamlessly buying time to park at a metered space; no more digging for coins, no more frustrations and no more stress. Parking in Oakland is no longer an adventure but rather as easy as parking at a meter, making a phone call and walking away. The City of Oakland and Parkmobile are working together to make parking in Oakland a convenience and not a challenge."
Oakland marks the seventh West Coast market following Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Sausalito, Long Beach, Newport Beach and the University of Southern California, that offers the Parkmobile mobile payment solution.
For additional information and locations, please visit: www.parkmobile.com .




DeviceFidelity unveils iCaisse4X for iPhone

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DeviceFidelity unveils iCaisse4X for iPhone
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When equipped with Device Fidelity's In2Pay microSD, the iCaisse4X enables iPhone users to fully utilize NFC features such as card emulation, NFC tag reading and writing, mobile payments and peer-to-peer data exchange while offering an extended battery ...

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POS Portal to distribute Ingenico NFC/EMV readers in U.S.
NFCNews (blog)
Under the agreement, POS Portal will distribute Ingenico's Telium countertop terminals, NFC-enabled mobile devices, and customer-facing terminals, enabling merchants to accommodate all forms of payment including contactless, EMV, NFC mobile, ...
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We Like Our Smartphones, But We Love Our Apps
RedOrbit
It's been called the "New Gold Rush": Mobile phone applications have been a part of a booming industry, and as everything goes mobile, so too goes the money. Apps range from essential to silly to mundane, giving us the ability to cash checks, ...
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NFC to figure prominently in NTT Docomo summer line-up of 19 new handsets
Finextra
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its 2012 summer lineup of 19 models for launch in or after June, including 16 smartphones, a tablet and a mobile phone for children as well as a mobile Wi-Fi® router, many of which will be compatible with DOCOMO's Xi™ ...
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Vizibility Introduces the First Mobile Business Card for the New Mobile Wallet


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May 17, 2012, 11:00 a.m. EDT


Identity Management Goes Mobile with Wireless NFC and QR Codes

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Vizibility Inc., provider of the online identity management platform for professionals and the enterprise, today announced the first-ever NFC Mobile Wallet Card as a standard feature for premium subscriptions. The NFC (Near Field Communication) beta program that was announced at the South By Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference in March is now closed. Learn more at http://nfc.vizibility.com .
Vizibility helps businesses and professionals control, share and track their professional online presence on the Web or on the go. Vizibility mobile business card users can now use NFC in addition to QR codes to wirelessly exchange contact information, share hand-picked profiles, video bios and other curated online content, view connections they have in common on LinkedIn and Facebook, download vCards, and track when and where their business cards are scanned. Through Vizibility's patented "Find Me in Google" feature, users can even pick and rank the Google search results they want to show first and find out who is Googling them.
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It has never been more critical for professionals to have an easily accessible mobile online presence. More than half of all local searches now originate on mobile devices. Facebook has 500 million users who have accessed their site with a mobile device. LinkedIn reported that mobile accounted for 22 percent of unique visitors during the quarter, up 8 percent from the same period last year. However, most companies do not yet have mobile-friendly websites, and today's social networking sites want users to download proprietary apps that make instant networking difficult. Vizibility's mobile business card is an HTML5 Web app and "just works" in the mobile browser with most QR code scanning apps and NFC-enabled smartphones on iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. Vizibility is the first company to leverage the potential of NFC for mobile personal branding.
"The ubiquity of smartphones and growing popularity of mobile wallet services all underscore the importance of establishing and controlling a mobile presence online," noted James Alexander, Vizibility founder and CEO ( http://viz.me/james ). "Credit cards aren't the only thing we keep in our wallets today. Business cards and other networking tools will also find their place in our mobile wallets. Vizibility's personal mobile branding solution is affordable, enterprise-friendly and sends the message that you and your firm are hip and innovative."
Vizibility is a sponsor of this year's TiECON 2012 Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center, and will provide individualized mobile business cards to thousands of attendees that can be easily accessed from a personal QR code printed on each attendee badge. Stop by booth 174 to see the first commercially available mobile business card using QR code and NFC technologies.
About Vizibility Inc.
Vizibility Inc. ( http://www.vizibility.com ) delivers the world's first online identity management platform for individuals and the enterprise. Vizibility is in use at numerous professional firms, including Duane Morris, Loeb & Loeb, Lowenstein Sandler, McCarter & English, Novak Druce + Quigg, among others. The company's platform is integrated into the offerings of ALL-STATE LEGAL, Hubbard One (a unit of Thomson Reuters), 6FigureJobs, BlueSteps, Salary.com and many other websites offering online identity management solutions geared toward tech-savvy professionals. U.S. Patents 7,831,609, 7,987,173 and 8,095,534. Other patents pending.




MasterCard and C-SAM Join Forces to Offer Mobile Wallets in Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East

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C-SAM and MasterCard Join Forces to Offer Mobile Wallet Solution in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa

CHICAGO--()--C-SAM today announced a joint initiative with MasterCard (NYSE:MA) to offer a white label mobile wallet solution based on C-SAM’s flexible Mobile Transaction Platform (MTP) enabling seamless integration with MasterCard’s pre-paid platform, offers, PayPass Wallet Services and rich informational services.
“Our partnership with C-SAM offers telcos in the region a NFC solution that comes pre-packaged with prepaid instance issuance, TSM integration and coupon redemption at the point of sale and offers a path to a truly multichannel payment wallet through PayPass Wallet Services”
This integrated offering will provide an attractive, scalable and flexible mobile wallet solution to mobile operators, retail banks and payment providers in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa looking to launch a wide range of mobile contactless payment services blended with offers, coupons and rich value added services to their customers. The joint solution will solve complexities of managing multiple mobile devices & operating systems, secure elements, and connections to multiple third party systems. Mobile operators and financial institutions will be able to offer a best in breed user experience to their customers while staying focused on relevant, customizable and profitable mobile services.
“Our partnership with C-SAM offers telcos in the region a NFC solution that comes pre-packaged with prepaid instance issuance, TSM integration and coupon redemption at the point of sale and offers a path to a truly multichannel payment wallet through PayPass Wallet Services,” said Raj Dhamodharan, Regional Head of Mobile and Ecommerce for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa for MasterCard.
Commenting on this partnership, Felix Marx, CEO, C-SAM said “We are very proud to be working with MasterCard to offer this innovative solution. The synergistic combination of MasterCard’s deep expertise in payments systems with C-SAM’s extensive experience in mobile wallet technology and deployments has resulted in a powerful and flexible solution that we believe effectively addresses the needs of major players across the mobile ecosystem for an integrated mobile services offering.”
About C-SAM
C-SAM, Inc. is a pioneer in secure mobile transactions technology offering a range of mobile phone based applications for financial as well as non-financial services. C-SAM is based out of the USA, with operations in Singapore, Japan and India. The Company licenses technology and provides turnkey services to carriers, banks, merchants, settlement networks, healthcare providers, and large infrastructure providers. C-SAM has launched commercial services in the US, Japan, China, India, Singapore, and Mexico. C-SAM’s highly scalable mobile wallet management platform and comprehensive SDK bundled with over twenty-five reference services has evolved through extensive research and development over the last twelve years for which twelve patents have been issued and over forty applications are pending. The platform supports different handset environments and mobile carrier networks, as well as near-field-communication (NFC) based secure proximity transactions for payment as well as non-payment applications. C-SAM’s unique security architecture enables providers to configure different trust models, and effectively aggregate applications from disparate domains without adversely affecting their existing risk management practices. For more information, visit http://www.c-sam.com.
About MasterCard
MasterCard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com, is a global payments and technology company. It operates the world’s fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. MasterCard’s products and solutions make everyday commerce activities – such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more efficient for everyone. Follow us on Twitter @MasterCardNews, join the conversation on The Heart of Commerce Blog and subscribe for the latest news.





Mobile Wars: VeriFone Caught Copying Square's User Agreement



By Ryan Kim on May 16, 2012 Square is by now used to watching a parade of established payment companies try to duplicate its mobile payment system, including most recently VeriFone, which rolled out its SAIL platform earlier this month.
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