Wednesday, July 11, 2012

One-Third of US Consumers Now Use Mobile Payments: IDC Research

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DNP and C-SAM Collaborate on Global Mobile Services Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
The C-SAM MTP addresses the complexities of managing multiple mobile devices & operating systems, secure elements, and connections to multiple third party systems for conducting secure NFC and/or Barcode transactions related to payments, rewards, ...
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One-Third of US Consumers Now Use Mobile Payments: IDC Research
US Banker
PayPal continues to dominate the online and mobile payment world, with Amazon and Apple close behind. ... One idea McPherson takes away from this research is that although industry observers, banks, merchants and other players in the payment system ...
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Mobile commerce adoption sluggish among SME retailers
QR Code Press
Some retailers are beginning to invest in the technology for its uses in mobile commerce. These retailers have adopted and installed NFC-enabled payment terminals that are capable of facilitating mobile payments coming from consumers.
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USPTO publishes Apple iTravel patent with Passbook-like features and NFC tech

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USPTO publishes Apple iTravel patent with Passbook-like features and NFC tech
9 to 5 Mac
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a series of Apple-granted patents today related to iTravel that reek of Passbook and Near Field Communications. According to Patently Apple, the "boarding pass and express check-in" feature spotlighted in ...
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Mobey Forum White Paper Reveals the Hidden Controls Holding Back Mobile Payments

News4 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Apple Wins Patent for NFC-Enabled 'iTravel' Transportation Ticketing App
Mac Rumors
With Apple announcing its new Passbook digital wallet app for iOS 6 last month, speculation regarding the inclusion of near field communications (NFC) and mobile payment capabilities for future iOS devices has begun to increase. The speculation comes ...
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Mac Rumors
Olympics a potential security headache for mobile payments
Mobile Payments Today
Unfortunately, the Olympics could be a security nightmare for mobile payments as well. According to Jim Shah, a mobile security specialist with McAfee, hackers could use the event to find vulnerabilities in NFC technologies and mobile payments. In a ...
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Mobey Forum White Paper Reveals the Hidden Controls Holding Back Mobile ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Mobey Forum Claims That There Is A Case For NFC Mobile Payments And Shows The Market How To Implement. October 12, 2011. HELSINKI--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The white paper highlights what needs to happen to make NFC contactless ...
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Apple concerned about mobile payment security
IDG News Service
Apple concerned about mobile payment security ( Mobile Internet Security ) Google already offers Google Wallet payments via Android phones and Microsoft is set to launch its own digital-wallet service, but Apple isn't yet willing to enable credit card ...
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Google's Android Shipments (1m per month) Among Hopeful Signs for NFC

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OpenOffice.org Forum :: Android NFC equipment 1 million units a ...
Although many people think that the future of the NFC not optimistic, hold wait- and-see attitude for prospect of its application in mobile payment. But had to admit ...
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ompeting bids to gain dominance in the growing global mobile payment sector. Carrier billing and Near-Field Communication (NFC) solutions were two of the ...
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Apple Missed NFC Mobile Payment Because of Adoption And ...
iphone5-nfc. The reports of WSJ say that Apple started sightseeing mobile payments past year, after some time Google started its own Google Wallet system .
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Google's Android Shipments Among Hopeful Signs for NFC
... near-field communication (NFC) capability has renewed industry speculation about when NFC-based mobile payments will become a mainstream service.
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NFC Keychain for iPhones and Android Devices from China RFID ...
This NFC keychain (NFC: Near field communication) is easily carried to bring comforts to NFC payment, such as mobile payment and loyalty services. And as an ...
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Apple wins Passbook-like, NFC-driven 'iTravel' patent

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Apple wins Passbook-like, NFC-driven 'iTravel' patent
Apple Insider

First filed with the USPTO in 2008, the invention describes a system for ticketing and identification via near-field communications on a portable device like an iPhone. "The handheld device may store and transmit travel reservations and traveler ...
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36 "Mobile Payment" News Headlines From Around the Globe, July 10th

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Paydiant, mobile payment platform, raises $12m
ZDNet
Summary: The cloud-based, white label mobile payment and offers platform doesn't require proprietary hardware to work.
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Paydiant Closes $12M in Series B Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
While other mobile payment solutions require consumers to buy new phones or retailers to invest in costly new payment terminals, Paydiant works with existing smartphones, POS systems, and payment terminals, including entry-level countertop devices.
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Paydiant adds $12M for mobile payment tech
Upstart (blog)
Boston mobile payments startup Paydiant said Tuesday it's raised a $12 million Series...
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Mobile payment use rises in US
Warc
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Star Micronics Partners With SalesVu
MarketWatch (press release)
SalesVu's mobile payment and point of sale solution is designed to significantly improve efficiency for retail stores, restaurants, and mobile businesses. SalesVu is comprised of a payment application for the Apple(R) iPhone(R), iPad(R) and iPod touch ...
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Paydiant Gets $12M More To Build Out Its White-Label Mobile Payments API
TechCrunch
The first is that it is completely white-labelled and does not have a direct retail play of its own: that means a potentially more ubiquitous service, if the banks and merchants sign on to use Paydiant, backend for their own mobile payment and offer ...
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UK mobile payment JV may get regulatory go-ahead
Mobile Payments Today
The Financial Times is reporting that Project Oscar, the codename for the mobile payment joint venture between rival mobile operators in the U.K.,
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Apple Not Rushing Into Mobile Payments
NACS Online
Phil Schiller, Apple's head of worldwide marketing, said digital wallet mobile payment services are "all fighting over their piece of the pie, and we aren't doing that." While Apple has revolutionized music and mobile phone industries, it isn't often ...
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First App for Mobile Meal Payments Hits Apple® App StoreTM
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The first app that turns an iPhone® into a mobile payment system for school meals is now available for download in the Apple® App StoreTM. The free MyPaymentsPlus app by Horizon Software International – developers of the ...
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Mobile payments surge in the US
Utalkmarketing
By contrast the closest Apple has got to this stage is through talks of Passbook, a mobile payment app that stores barcodes and can be used instead of printing off tickets, essentially keeping all rewards cards in one place. However industry analysts ...
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Study: 1 in 3 US consumers have used mobile payments
Mobile Payments Today
The number of payments made via mobile phone more than doubled in the past year, according to IDC Financial Insights' annual Consumer Payments Survey. The survey also found that one in three respondents have used a mobile payment method.
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Digital Media Firm Unites Parking Meters, Smartphones and Payment Solutions
mediacaster
"We are very proud to have designed and implemented the mobile payment ecosystem for Stationnement de Montréal, including custom deployment to all major platforms," said Ghislain Dallaire, Senior Director Mobile Operations at TC Media. "Thanks to the ...
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Mobile payments app for school meals hits App Store
Finextra
The first app that turns an iPhone into a mobile payment system for school meals is now available for download in the Apple App Store. 9 views 0 comments. The free MyPaymentsPlus app by Horizon Software International - developers of the popular ...
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SegPay Expands Mobile Offerings With Spankmo Partnership
AVN News (press release)
Additional revenues can be earned through offering web-to-mobile upsells, as well as Segpay's EU Debit and Spankmo's mobile payment options for international markets. "The partnership between SegPay and Spankmo is all about expanding options for ...
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Technology Giants Focus on Mobile Devices
Business Review India
Mobile Payment Apps. Payment preferences of the consumers are shifting from online to mobile payments. Mobile Wallet services are likely to replace credit/debit cards and net banking. Organizations other than financial institutions will also invest in ...
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Report: Apple cautious about entering mobile payments
Mobile Payments Today
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Apple Inc. considered adding mobile payments and NFC technologies to its most recent iPhone 4S model. The i.
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Apps turn smartphones into digital wallets
The Australian Financial Review
Industry officials and analysts acknowledge that when a mobile payment is made, the money moves through more hands than it would with a cash or credit payment. In addition to the smartphone manufacturer – Apple or Samsung, for example – the payment ...
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Ultrabroadband Wireless Helps Mobile Workers Go Farther
Electric Light & Power
The technology is vital to business, and it is used daily from enabling 24/7, two-way communication in the field to automating meter reading and mobile payment collection. One only can imagine what Gross would say about the utility industry; the ...
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Olympic Athletes May Be A Testbed For Hackers
2d-code
Back in May Samsung Electronics and Visa announced that a Samsung Galaxy S III, enabled with Visa's mobile payment application, will be given to athletes and trialists during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The use of the smartphone's Near Field ...
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Seamless offers credit account for SEQR mobile payments
Telecompaper (subscription)
Seamless has teamed up with Swedish financial services company Collector to offer customers a credit account for purchases made using Seamless' QR code-based mobile payment platform, SEQR. The service is called SEQR Fakturakonto and it allows ...
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Watch for New Attacks Aimed at Mobile Devices
Blogger News Network (blog)
Only download mobile payment applications from a reputable app store. Check user reviews of the app and make sure to read to app's privacy policy on what data of yours it is accessing and sharing. Don't do any mobile transactions over unsecured Wi-Fi ...
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Freak Using Facebook to Buy You Lunch
NBC Bay Area (blog)
It's almost stereotypical... but the recently struggling pitcher has partnered with mobile-payment app GoPago to distribute the $10 vouchers, according to a release. Freak will post the first of four codes to his Facebook page beginning July 10. Each ...
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Charts: If you're concerned about privacy, don't use your cell phone
GigaOM
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Apple: Taking Their Sweet Time On Building The Future
RedOrbit
According to the Wall Street Journal piece, there were some Apple engineers who wanted to be aggressive with their mobile payment strategy and roll out a solution sooner. Apple, as they often do, chose to take a slower approach, letting those first out ...
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RedOrbit
Middle East Start Ups Thrive in Beirut
Wall Street Journal (blog)
However, Hassan Baydoun, founder of the mobile payment application, says the event did help him meet the co-founders of his company—which the following year won first place at the annual regional technology conference Arabnet. Lebanon,; MENA ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Internet of things is coming to a grocery store near you
GigaOM
... creating tomorrow's health care · Connected world: the consumer technology revolution · The Internet of Things: What It Is, Why It Matters. If you like this story, please share it. Tweet · Previous · Paydiant raises $12M for white label mobile ...
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Samsung Galaxy S III now available in Kenya
Bizcommunity.com
The Galaxy S III is powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which enhances usability and practicality. The handset comes with a 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display to enhance the viewing experience. The phone also has mobile payment applications ...
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Blogs8 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Popularity of mobile payments doubles - postalnews blog
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Of those that had made a mobile payment, more than half used PayPal Mobile (56%), with Amazon Payments and Apple's iTunes service statistically tied at about 40%. In addition, prepaid cards showed strong growth, particularly in the ...
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By Stephanie Christensen
... All About GoPayment's New Card Reader · Getting Started with Your Intuit GoPayment Credit Card Reader · 5 Tips for Starting an Ice Cream Truck Business · Intuit GoPayment Wins Best Mobile Payment Award at 2011 Mobile Excellence ...
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T.G.I Friday's relies on iAd to increase mobile ordering app downloads
By Rimma Kats
"Driving app downloads is a smart way to deliver a POS-integrated mobile payment tool, especially since Friday's can reward consumers for trying it and learn about ways to engage via mobile commerce, as the space matures. Smart retailers ...
Mobile Commerce Daily
Researchers test privacy and mobile ID - forum OCOVA
With the emergence of Google Wallet and the slow migration toward mobile payment transactions, researchers at the University of Toronto had an idea. How about creating an app just for identification purposes? It would act as a simple form of ...
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The Retail Email Blog: AM Inbox: Google Wallet + mobile optimization
By Chad White
Despite the rapid adoption of smartphones and mobile apps, mobile payment systems like this don't appear to be attracting much interest, as evidenced by the lack of promotion by retailers. Mobile coupons that can be read in stores are ...
The Retail Email Blog
Square: The Mega-Disrupter Everyone Wants to Be In, Even the ...
By Sarah Lacy
And Square — unquestionably the leader of the mobile payment pack in terms of innovation, vision, cash, team, and buzz — wisely has created something that isn't just iPhone dependent. It fits into a headphone jack, something every phone ...
PandoDaily
NewNet Communication Technologies
By admin
NewNet is uniquely poised to support the competitive marketplace in providing applications such as mobile payment and broadband wireless data services. I look forward to working with RCA and its members," said P.J. Louis, NewNet CEO.
NewNet Communication Technologies
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Web1 new result for "Mobile Payment"
5th Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit | NFC Times ...
China Mobile Signs Deal with Payment Network UnionPay to Cooperate on Mobile Payment. Published: Jun 21 2012. China's giant mobile operator, China ...
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London's Underground won't adopt slow-coach NFC - GigaOM

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London's Underground won't adopt slow-coach NFC
GigaOM
Following its 2010 trial, Transport for London had initially said mobile NFC would be introduced from 2012. But technology standards in the emerging mobile payments area are still being thrashed out, with rival manufacturers each adopting varying ...
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BI REPORT: How Apple Can Make Mobile Payments Real

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Blogs5 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
BII REPORT: How Apple Can Make Mobile Payments Real
By Business Insider
Vascellaro reported that Apple executives are nervous about diving into mobile payments, as Apple's hardware engineers have struggled to implement Near-Field Communications (NFC) options without hurting the iPhone's battery life.
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Report Claims Apple Holding Back on Mobile Payment System ...
By Alex Jordan
... will preexisting barcode scanners and other payment technologies. Still, I believe Passbook is the sleeper hit of iOS 6, and will become a big deal as mobile payment technology moves forward, especially if NFC catches on with consumers.
iSource
iPhone 5 May Debut Without NFC Mobile Payments: Why? - Mobile ...
By Johnny Wills
After Apple showed off the Passport app during the launch of iOS 6, reports poured in that Apple will also feature NFC radios in the next iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5. The tech giant is reportedly testing NFC chips on its next generation iPhone, ...
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The Evolution of Google: Communications, Content, Commerce and ...
By seopressrelease
The report analyzes key areas such as how Google is positioning itself to be a dominant player in mobile commerce. The research also includes competitive analysis of Cloud Payments vs. NFC, Google Now vs. Apple Siri, SWOT analysis of ...
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Paydiant raises $12M, tackles mobile payments like it ain't no thang ...
By Devindra Hardawar
Paydiant's mobile payment technology supports QR codes and existing cellphone cameras, so consumers won't have to wait for NFC phones to take advantage of it. (Paydiant is also working on NFC support, but it's not a primary concern for ...
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Paydiant raises $12M for white label mobile payment platform

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Paydiant raises $12M for white label mobile payment platform
GigaOM
Paydiant's software platform allows banks and merchants to add mobile payments and offers right into their existing banking and retail apps for iPhone and Android. The cloud service will work with near field communication (NFC) hardware but also offers ...
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Apple Is Waiting Before Stepping Into This Ring
DailyFinance
Looking to broaden their revenue streams, wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have been jointly building their own mobile payment network called ISIS for years, also using NFC technology. Or not to NFC ... eBay's (NAS: EBAY) payment ...
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Apple Concerned About Mobile Payment Security

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Apple Concerned About Mobile Payment Security
PCWorld
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple's head of iPhone software Scott Forstall is interested in providing the technology for NFC (Near Field Communication) payments via the iPhone. WSJ sources claim Forstall's engineering team has been ...
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Will NFC trials at Olympics draw wallet hackers?

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News2 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Apple 'holding back' on entering NFC mobile payment game
DABCC.com
Apple has adopted a wait an see attitude towards mobile payments after deep-rooted discussions within the company, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Will NFC trials at Olympics draw wallet hackers?
NFCNews (blog)
The prevalence of NFC payments at this summer's Olympics in London may draw the attention of thieves using "fuzz" attacks on mobile devices, according to McAfee. London will serve as a major test ground this summer for NFC payments. Samsung and Visa ...
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Near Field Communications Payments Report, 2012-13

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One third of US consumers have used mobile payments

News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
One third of US consumers have used mobile payments
Mobile Entertainment
The whole world, it seems, is piling into mobile payments – a space that loosely comprises using the phone bill to pay for digital goods, NFC contactless payments and mobile apps that use the phone as a channel for more conventional payments mechanisms ...
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