Wednesday, July 25, 2012

37 "Mobile Payment" Headlines for July 25th, 2012

News19 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Zappli Launches InstaBuy(TM), a Universal 2-Click Mobile Payment Solution for ...
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Business Review USA (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 24, 2012) - Zappli, Inc. (www.zappli.com) today announced the launch of InstaBuy.co (www.instabuy.co), an instant online checkout solution for mobile shopping applications. InstaBuy enables consumers to create a ...

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Visa showcases future of payments at the London 2012 Games
NFCNews (blog)
A limited edition of the Samsung GALAXY S III will be provided to Visa sponsored athletes and trialists, featuring an Olympic-branded version of Visa's mobile payment application, Visa payWave. In addition, contactless cards will enable visitors to the London ...
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Braintree Wants to Make Mobile Payments History
Forbes
Braintree provides online and mobile payment technology to fast-growing consumer-facing services like OpenTable, Fab.com, Airbnb, Uber, Angry Birds, and Living Social. And it is gaining market share because these companies can integrate the product in ...
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Onebip launches one-click mobile purchasing for frictionless browser-based ...
InternetRetailing.net
Onebip, a mobile payment business unit of global mobile commerce company Neomobile, is pioneering a new single-click purchase feature for its mobile payment solution, Onebip Mobile Browser to simplify mobile payments. Brands, mobile companies and ...
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Wipit offers new payment option for unbanked
Mobile Payments Today
Mobile payment company Wipit, Inc. announced it has launched its new web payment service. This complements its existing mobile in-app payment service, the company said. Wipit's web payment offering lets e-commerce websites (including mobile web and ...
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edo Hires Seasoned Mobile Commerce Executive to Lead SMB Market Expansion
Business Review USA (press release)
He will focus on expanding edo partnerships with major merchant acquirers, mobile payment providers, major media publishers, and scaling the reach of the edo offer and content network to maximize business value for merchants. Through its 140 bank ...
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Square $200 million funding sought
SlashGear
Mobile payment innovator Square is looking for another $200 million in funding in a deal that would value the entire company at $3.25 billion, a testament to just how powerful the once-lonely startup has become. These days, the Square brand is one of the ...
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Zappli unveils two click mobile shopping application
Computer Business Review
Zappli said InstaBuy's streamlined user experience offers a mobile payment application that can enhance conversion rates for comparison shopping engines, shopping websites and mobile applications. The new application frees mobile shoppers from the ...
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Kenya dominating global mobile payments industry, posing monopolistic threat ...
Financial Post
The rise of mobile payment services has transformed much of the continent, providing basic banking services for millions of people who previously had no access to a bank. It's also created thousands of direct and indirect jobs as telecoms such as Safaricom ...
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Financial Post
The Ten Commandments of Payments
Mobile Payments Today (blog)
What people often forget when delivering new payment services is that the execution of the capability is more important that the capability itself. New services are not successful because of the technology they use, or even how they have been marketed.
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Report: Square to raise $200M for $3.25B valuation
VatorNews
Square, one of the first mobile payment services, is reportedly about to announce a new fundraising round that should help it stay in front of the pack. Electronic payment service Square is getting ready to close a $200 million fundraising round, the New York ...
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Square Getting $200 Million To Fight The Mobile Payments War: Report
Huffington Post
I hope they have a very strong strategy with them since they'll have to face some big time competitors in the market i.e. PayPal, etc. Mobile payment is a big market, and I wish square all the very best for this new plan. http://bit.ly/NIXVSu. Shamp0o: Its a good ...
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Journey towards Cash-less Economy
THISDAY Live
"We are also encouraging the integration of mobile payment with PoS and ATMs to facilitate cash-back services without human agent(s)," Umeano added. On is part, an Assistant Director, at the CBN, Mr. Samson Agboola, revealed that the banking sector ...
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Opportunities in the Ghanaian Payments Market
Mobile-Financial.com
RBC updates Electronic Access Agreement to reflect new era of mobile payments · Adyen: iPad leads mobile payment market · NFC stickers introduced in Germany to fill void in mobile commerce · BofA, Wells Fargo rolling out new mobile banking services ...
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CommBank Reaches For a Piece of the Mobile Pi
Business 2 Community
But the question has to be asked … why not just partner with an organisation like Square – the card reader that turns an iPhone into a mobile payment gateway? It seems that the answer is Leo (yes, as in DaVinci) - a "strap on" or cradle for iOS devices like ...
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News bites: Apple falls short of analysts' expectations
The Hill (blog)
Square's value has soared in a short period of time and the mobile payment company is close to raising another $200 million in funding, the New York Times says. Apple argued in court filings that Samsung owes it more than $2.5 billion dollars in damages for ...
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The Morning Download: State Street Takes Its Cloud in Hand
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Just ask Square. Mobile-payment company Square is on the way to raising $200 million, giving the company an implied valuation of $3.25 billion reports the NYT's Evelyn Rusli. The investment is the company's third in less than two years. Founded by Twitter ...
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New Orleans, La. Newspaper Interviews Vendor Marc Whitener On Vending ...
VendingMarketWatch
... Automatic Merchandiser State of the Vending Industry Report notes that technology investment rose in 2011, but it rose at a very slow rate. Meanwhile, competing retail channels are investing in mobile payment, cashless transactions and mobile marketing.
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Boxpay greases the path for Smart TV app payments
VentureBeat
Boxpay customers can make a mobile payment using carrier billing since Boxpay has relationships with 280 carriers in 65 countries. Boxpay is now looking for both Smart TV manufacturers and app developers. "We are still in the early days of Smart TV," ...
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Blogs6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Inside Apple's Approach to Mobile Payments | weareallmukmuks.com
By MrMukMuk
Mobile payment is a new battlefield in the wireless industry, with companies fighting to offer consumers a way to pay for purchases with their smartphones instead of wallets. Mobile-payment transactions are expected to exceed $600 billion ...
weareallmukmuks.com
Kenya dominating global mobile payments industry, posing ...
By Editor
The rise of mobile payment services has transformed much of the continent, providing basic banking services for millions of people who previously had no access to a bank. It's also created thousands of direct and indirect jobs as telecoms ...
Mobile Money Africa
Mobile Transactions Here To Stay
By Hadi Khatib
Worldwide mobile payment transactions are anticipated to increase by more than 60 per cent this year alone, with over 212 million uses amassing transactional values surpassing US$171.5 billion," he said. Hamilton-Clark said that it is the ...
Capital Business
Square $200 million funding sought - Gaming - eWallstreeter
Mobile payment innovator Square is looking for another $200 million in funding in a deal that would value the entire company at $3.25 billion, a testament to just how powerful the once-lonely startup has become. These days, the Square brand ...
eWallstreeter
Is there too much hype in the mHealth app world? « mHealth Insight ...
By 3gdoctor
... before targeting Smartphone App Stores which have been forced to be much more up front with users about what information is being shared and when as a result of the development of mobile payment scams (eg. crazy frog subscriptions, ...
mHealth Insight: the blog of 3G Doctor
How to brainstorm a great business name | Entrepreneurindia.in
By Julie Sam
So let's say you're launching a business that facilitates mobile payment. You might do one word association around the idea of "payment," and one around the idea of "on the go." Everyone in the room is encouraged to shout out any words that ...
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Web12 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Merchants Will Drive Mobile Payment Ignition, Says NPCA CEO
In testimony before the U.S. Senate, expert Thomas Brown attributed much of the genuine excitement about new mobile payment technology to the notion that ...
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Mobile Payment At The Point Of Sale With A Visa PayWave-enabled ...
Visa, a worldwide partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, today announced that during the London 2012 Games, it will showcase the latest ...
www.thestreet.com/.../mobile-payment-at-the-point-of-sale-wit...
The Evolution of the Starbucks Mobile Payment Experience ...
The Evolution of the Starbucks Mobile Payment Experience. July 12, 2012. Android users can now pay with PayPal at Starbucks. I'm really excited to see this ...
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Comparing Square and PayPal Here: Mobile Payment Options for ...
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How Mobile Payment Systems Increase Sales
This article details how mobile payment processing can help improve customer convenience, the security it entails, and its ease of use.
www.switchpay.com/mobile-payment-systems-increase-sales/
Mobile payment fraud – mitigating the inevitable risks « GFG Group
Mobile payment fraud - mitigating the inevitable risks As for any other financial service, the potential for fraud in mobile payments is a very sensitive issue.
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Zappli Launches InstaBuy(TM), a Universal 2-Click Mobile Payment ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/24/12 -- Zappli, Inc. ( www.zappli.com : ctt.marketwire.com/?release=912143&id=1833850&type=1& .. ) today ...
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Mobile Payment: What are the biggest players in mobile payment ...
I have heard of Intuit GoPayment, Square and now card.io(Paypal). Also does anyone know the market share of these companies?. Answer 1 of 1: It will depend ...
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Mobile Payment Systems Archives « Payments Market Directory ...
Mobile Payment Systems. 13 Results Found. Home; category "Mobile Payment Systems". list; grid. save this search view saved searches new email alert ...
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myTaxi App Activates Mobile Payment System in Germany | Mobile ...
URL : http://www.dailydealmedia.com/789mytaxi-app-activates-mobile-payment- system-in-germany/Article Summary: German company Intelligent Apps, ...
mobile-financial.com/.../mytaxi-app-activates-mobile-payment...
Payment sticker equips cell phones for mobile payment
The Seccos Mobile payment sticker is certified for the MasterCard contactless payment method PayPass. This allows bank customers worldwide to pay bills at ...
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MOLPay - Buy Everywhere Pay Anywhere | Mobile ProCheckout
By leveraging on MOLPay ProCheckout implementation (or standard integration with MOLPay), you can take advantage of the mobile payment experience ...
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SAP and Airplus to offer NFC to Biz Travelers

News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
SAP and Airplus to offer NFC
NFC World
SAP and business travel payment specialist Airplus International plan to offer NFC mobile payment facilities to business travellers, the enterprise resource planning leader has announced. SAP's cloud-based Travel OnDemand solution is designed to let ...
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NFC World



Wi-Fi, cell phones could spell the end of debit & credit cards says Deloitte

News4 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Photo Release -- Innovative Identive Payment Tag for Mobile Phones Used at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
tomPAY(TM) can be used as conventional contactless cashless payment card or the NFC Tag portion can be peeled off and affixed to a mobile phone. When placed on a mobile device, tomPAY(TM) enables contactless mobile payments and also can be used ...
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A new balance in banking
SC Magazine UK
With the rise in popularity of mobile payment and banking services, how can providers leverage strong security whilst maintaining a positive customer experience? The popularity of mobile payment and mobile banking services looks set to soar, ... Unlike ...
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Making the customer journey a seamless experience
Marketing Week
NFC mobile payments help the shopper marketer deliver the means, motive and opportunity to convert consideration to purchase and fully integrates the on and offline world for both product and retail brands. Research from the US has shown that an ...
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Marketing Week
Wi-Fi, cell phones could spell the end of debit & credit cards says Deloitte
IT News Africa
The major technologies presently testing out the new mobile playing field are Near Field Communication (NFC) applications and the Mixit cellphone-based geo payment system named 'Gust' launched in May 2012. "Gust burst on the scene while business ...
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NFC Mobile payments set to exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017

Web5 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC Mobile payments set to exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017 ...
NFC Mobile payments set to exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017. Published on Monday, July 23rd by Submit Release. As NFC payments becomes a ...
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Are NFC Payments Something That I Can Use?
One of the buzzwords in the realms of mobile technology at the moment is 'NFC payments', with talk of a near future where purchases can be made by simply ...
blog.paymentsystemscorp.com/.../Are-NFC-Payments-Somethi...
NFC mobile payments set to exceed $180bn worldwide by 2017
NFC mobile payments set to exceed $180bn worldwide by 2017. Visit Wireless Magazine for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, features and interviews ...
www.wireless-mag.com/.../NFC_mobile_payments_set_to_exc...
Dutch partners drop plans for NFC joint venture, Articles | Mobile ...
KPN, Vodafone and three banks have decided not to go ahead with a proposed joint venture for offering NFC-based mobile payment services in the Netherlands ...
www.mobilemoneylive.org/articles/dutch-partners.../24681
mobile-web.me – Touch 'n Go is testing NFC in Malaysia
Touch 'n Go, a Malaysian mobile payment provider, is testing NFC smartphone payments which will be accessible to customers in 2 months. Touch 'n Go has ...
mobile-web.me/touch-n-go-is-testing-nfc-in-malaysia/

Gumball machine becomes NFC app dispenser

Blogs5 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC mobile payments to exceed $180 billion by 2017 | MacNews
By dsellers
Major technology infrastructure standards were finalised, many mobile network operators committed to the market and NFC payment pilots from both mobile operators and financial institutions transitioned to commercial service. Above all ...
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Guest Post: NFC payment test at Olympics will inspire mobile ...
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by Jimmy Shah Mobile Security Researcher with McAfee Visa is testing out its PayWave contactless payment service at the Summer Olympics in London. Every athlete will get a Samsung Galaxy SIII phone enabled with near-field ...
GoMo News
Thanks for the Gum ball Mickey
Gumball machine becomes NFC app dispenser – Cell Phones ...
By Matthew Humphries
The modified machine uses a Galaxy Tab as a display, two Arduino microcontrollers, and an NFC reader embedded in the front to allow delivery of the paid-for digital content. ... Recent Mobile Activity. Popular; Article Comments; Forum Talk ...
Geek.com
This Week's Payment & Digital Media News | The VeriFone Blog
By Jeff Wakefield
China Mobile preps NFC payments phone– www.nfcworld.com – 7/11/12 – "The world's largest mobile network operator has completed development of a China Mobile Wallet running on an NFC version of the Coolpad 8870 smartphone and ...
The VeriFone Blog
Security researchers will disclose vulnerabilities in Embedded, ARM ...
By noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter)
Security researchers are expected to disclose new vulnerabilities in near field communication (NFC), mobile baseband firmware, HTML5 and Web application firewalls next week at the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference. The Black Hat ...
The Hacker News [ THN ]



Does latest Juniper research show a watershed for NFC?

News2 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC mobile payments to hit $180bn by 2017
BusinessTech
A new study from Juniper Research finds that near-field communication (NFC) retail payments will bring in over $180 billion globally by 2017. The report looks at NFC in 2011 and notes a growing trend in the adoption of the technology by almost all ...
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BusinessTech
Does latest Juniper research show a watershed for NFC?
TelecomsTech
A report from Juniper Research has revealed that the mobile payments and NFC market will exponentially increase and eventually exceed $180bn in five years' time – a sevenfold increase over this year. Just over a third of that figure (35%) will be ...
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Visa: Mobile payments will hit mainstream in 2 to 3 years

News8 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
Visa: Mobile payments will hit mainstream in 2 to 3 years
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CNET

Visa is using the Olympics as an international showcase for mobile payments. The company has hooked up 140000 payment terminals in London with near-field communication, or NFC, chips that enable the tap-and-pay process. The locations include 5000 ...


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NXP Semiconductors 2nd-qtr beats on growing NFC sales
Reuters
Google Inc has chosen NFC as the standard for mobile payments on its Android platform, and Apple Inc is widely expected to follow suit by incorporating it in the upcoming iPhone 5. Demand from banking customers and mobile phone makers for NFC chips is ...
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Razorfish dispenses mobile content with NFC bubble gum machine
NFC World
Instead of dispensing bubble gum in return for inserting a coin, the Razorfish concept device, dubbed "Digital Gum Goods", allows consumers to download digital content to their NFC phone in return for a small payment. The device "is packed with all ...
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NFC World
NFC retail payments market to be worth $180bn in 5 years
MediaTel Newsline
The company forecasts that North America, Western Europe and Far East regions will contribute 90% of this market value, as smartphones with NFC payment technology become standard. Juniper Research welcomed developments in the mobile market in ...
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Visa showcasing mobile payments at Olympics
Mobile Payments Today
It features an Olympic-branded version of the Visa mobile payment application, Visa payWave, to facilitate tap-and-go payments using NFC technologies. Contactless Retail Locations: More than 140000 payment terminals throughout the U.K. will accept Visa ...
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First mobile banking service launches in Burkina Faso
Developing Telecoms (press release)
Development Agenda. Mobile Finance & NFC · Humanitarian Projects · Security · Green Telecoms. LATEST NEWS: 3G licences raise EUR60 million in DRC auctions Liberalisation to boost ... operator has launched its own mobile money platform in partnership ...
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Visa's Earnings Will Show Spending Improvement Despite Macro Headwinds
Trefis
More than 140000 contactless terminals are expected to be setup across the UK, which will allow customers to make payments on-the-go via Visa's mobile payment application, Visa payWave using Near Field Communication (NFC) payment facility. (See Visa ...
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ING to pilot NFC in Poland
NFC World
The two hundred pilot testers, all employees of Bank Slaski or its partners Visa Europe and Oberthur, will use BlackBerry NFC phones or iPhones equipped with an NFC add-on to make mobile payments at merchants equipped with contactless point-of-sale ...
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NFC World



REPORT: Why Square Is Winning The Mobile Payments Race

News                                                      3 new results for "Near Field Communications"
Boom ahead for NFC payments

Inside Retailing


Near Field Communications payments - where shoppers use their mobile phones to pay wireless for purchases instead of cash or credit cards - will evolve into a massive $180 billion global market by 2017. That's the projection of a new report this week ...

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A tipping point for NFC
Upstart
Juniper Research's new study is projecting that the near-field communications payment market will exceed $180 billion globally by 2017—a sevenfold increase over 2012—and that more than one in four mobile users in the United States and Western Europe ...
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BII REPORT: Why Square Is Winning The Mobile Payments Race
Business Insider
In a recent report, BI Intelligence explains why card readers -- and not near-field communications, carrier billing, or apps -- combined with software and services are in the best position to win. We also detail why Square has the edge over larger ...
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What Do You Know About KYC?

News4 new results for NFC Mobile Payment
NFC Mobile payments set to exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017
GoMo News
Major technology infrastructure standards were finalised, many mobile network operators committed to the market and NFC payment pilots from both mobile operators and financial institutions transitioned to commercial service. Above all, NFC-enabled ...
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GoMo News
What Do You Know About KYC?
Developing Telecoms (press release)
Regulation and compliance requirements are still evolving in many markets when it comes to mobile commerce. This is not a new channel for operators alone: Many banks also lack experience with mobile payments, remittance and other transactions. Various ...
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Mobile commerce pilot project launched in Malaysia
QR Code Press
Mobile commerce relies heavily on NFC technology, which is becoming more widely available. The technology is capable of turning mobile devices into payment platforms. The technology has been seeing a great deal of use in the financial sector, where ...
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QR Code Press
Accelerate Success With Universal Commerce Focus
Small Business Trends
Even more, new solutions today enable offer publishers to electronically attach deals, eCoupons and loyalty programs to one or more payment cards that can be stored and tracked in their mobile wallet for a streamlined and automated offer redemption ...
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