Monday, September 17, 2012

19 Mobile Payment News Stories for September 17th, 2012

ePayment News "Mobile Payments"

Discover finds partner in evolving mobile payments
Chicago Tribune
PayPal says its plastic card, using the Discover merchant network, could replace all of the credit and debit cards in consumers' wallets and eventually be phased out as mobile payment technology improves. (Beck Diefenbach, Reuters). In a memorable ...
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Chicago Tribune
Mobile Payment Guidelines Issued
BankInfoSecurity.com
Toward that end, the PCI Council has just issued its PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines, targeting software developers and mobile device manufacturers with guidance on how to design appropriate security controls that can thwart growing ...
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BankInfoSecurity.com
Payment startup Square valued at $3.25 billion
Fortune
Square, whose mobile payment technologies are making it ever easier for consumers to do away with cash, began its fundraising effort this spring. People close the company said its executives were hoping that a successful IPO from Facebook (FB) might ...
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Fortune
Carbon Credits International Secures Agreement With The March Of Dimes ...
Daily Markets
17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Carbon Credits International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CARN) (“CCI” or the “Company”) developer of Text-A-Day, a mobile payment solution technology, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with the nation's ...
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A Digital Wallet for the Unbanked: Mobile Finance Goes Downmarket
DailyFinance
In Kenya, for example, where the majority of the country lacks much of an ATM and banking infrastructure, citizens rely on mobile payment through the service M-Pesa. In a country with 40% unemployment and a per capita GDP of just $1,800, a technology ...
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Nigeria: Etisalat Launches easywallet Mobile Payment Platform
Ventures Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – Etisalat Nigeria has launched easywallet, a secure commerce feature with user-friendly SIM application for mobile money payments and transfers, offering partnership with leading Nigerian banks including First Bank, GT Bank, Stanbic ...
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Ventures Africa
Mobile payment service 'Isis' gets delayed
Afterdawn.com
Mobile payment service 'Isis' gets delayed The launch of the mobile payment service 'Isis,' jointly announced by T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T, has been delayed. As of today, the launch has been delayed without a time table and Isis is not really ...
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Afterdawn.com
Tech Mahindra buys 51% of Bharti Group's mobile VAS firm Comviva for $48M
VC Circle
Tech Mahindra Limited, India's sixth largest software exporter, has struck a deal to acquire 51 per cent of Comviva Technologies Limited, a Bharti Group company engaged in providing mobile Value Added Services (VAS), mobile money and mobile payment ...
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New electronic payment system threatens credit card firms
The Korea Herald
Payment gateway companies will facilitate the transfers, and leading mobile payment service providers such as Inicis and Danal are likely to jump into the offline transaction business. By Kim So-hyun (sophie@heraldcorp.com). 이 기사의 번역•원어민 음성 ...
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Experts to Brainstorm On Cashless Policy
AllAfrica.com
It provides the platform for policy debate whilst drawing on international comparators and global best practices, and the forum to discuss the risks and challenges associated with deploying electronic and mobile payment systems and potential solutions.
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Get The Answers: SMEs slow to upgrade their e-commerce solutions
New Zealand Herald
Putting the hype to one side, there are plenty of examples of businesses dealing in ad hoc retail and service transactions that are successfully using eftpos/mobile terminals for mobile payment applications. More businesses are also blending their web ...
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Seamless to add targeted offers to SEQR m-payment platform
Telecompaper (subscription)
Swedish mobile payments company Seamless will broaden its mobile payment platform with the addition of targeted offers for those who have adopted its QR code-based mobile payment service SEQR. The new service will be introduced in October and is ...
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New Credit Card Processing Opportunities Available to Pawn Shops and ...
Equities.com
Since standard credit card terminals are not portable, a mobile payment solution can be crucial for both pawnbrokers and salvage companies. Merchant Data Systems offers the very best in state-of-the-art mobile payment solutions for these merchants to ...
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Blogs6 new results for "Mobile Payment"
Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile... - InvestEgate
Innovative architecture combines mobile application and cloud services to enable turn-key deployment of mobile payment with NFC. Paris, 17 September 2012 - Atos Worldline, Atos core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Services, launches ...
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IRCTC Incorporates Interbank Mobile Payment Service; Will It Boost ...
By Alap Naik Desai
Online ticket booking web-portal for the Indian Railways, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has added yet another milestone by allowing.
WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising...
Guest Post: The 6 Mobile Apps Restaurant Owners Need to Know
By Stephanie Shih
Tabbedout is a mobile payment app. With Tabbedout, a customer can not only manage his or her tab, but also pay through their smartphone. Each item ordered will show up automatically on the tab. When the customer is ready to pay, he or ...
Tork Better Business Center
Nigeria: Experts to Brainstorm On Cashless Policy : Microfinance ...
By Microfinance Africa
Other themes include 'Deploying effective mobile payment services'; 'Financial inclusion – Access to payment services'; 'Consumer and retailer adoption', and 'Facilitating e-Business and e-Government through e-payment initiatives'.
Microfinance Africa
Tech Mahindra Acquires Comviva For Rs 260 Crore - MediaNama
By Anupam Saxena
Technologies, a Bharti Group Company, and a provider of mobile Value Added Services (VAS), Mobile Money and Mobile Payment solutions, for a value of Rs 260 crore. The deal will be subject to regulatory approvals, and the company will ...
MediaNama: Digital Media in India
With $8bn in payments processed annually, Square raises Series D ...
By Matt Brian
Notifying investors and consumers of its recent Series D financing round — which includes Citi Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management and Starbucks — mobile payment processing company Square announced today it is now processing more ...
The Next Web



Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile Wallet

Atos
Atos (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
News1 new result for NFC Mobile Payment
Atos Worldline launches ready-to-go, NFC Mobile Wallet
Reuters

Innovative architecture combines mobile application and cloud services to enable turn-key deployment of mobile payment with NFC. Paris, 17 September 2012 - Atos Worldline, Atos core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Services, launches a ready-to-go, ...
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Atos Worldwide launches Visa & Mastercard NFC mobile payments service

News1 new result for "Near Field Communications"
Atos Worldwide launches Visa & Mastercard NFC mobile payments service
The Drum

Atos Worldwide has announced that it has deployed a ready-to-go Visa and Mastercard compliant Near Field Communications mobile payment service. By swiping a compatible mobile phone against a custom terminal and entering a PIN the service allows ...
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The Drum



Isis Scraps Summer Mobile Payments Launch

In the Absence of Truth
In the Absence of Truth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
ePaymentNews for NFC Mobile Payment
Isis Scraps Summer Mobile Payments Launch
Wireless Week
Isis has scrapped plans to launch its NFC-based mobile wallet before summer ends next week, delaying the debut of a product designed to provide AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA with an on-ramp into the potentially lucrative mobile payments ...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

38 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for Sept. 14, 2012

ePaymentNews for "Mobile Payment"
ET in the classroom: Inter-Bank Mobile Payment Service
Economic Times
Did you know you could use your mobile phone to make instant payments for your rail tickets, credit card and DTH mobile recharges? Or transfer funds to your friend? All of this can be done just through an SMS or an app. This retail fund-transfer system ...
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Middle TN businesses offer mobile payments to bypass checkout lines
The Tennessean
Nordstrom has a mobile-payment system in all of its stores, including in The Mall at Green Hills, and JC Penney plans to follow suit next year. About 2,000 Home Depot stores began accepting PayPal earlier this year. And 15 major retailers, including ...
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Best practices for mobile software developers
Help Net Security
The PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines offer software developers and mobile device manufacturers guidance on designing appropriate security controls to provide solutions for merchants to accept mobile payments securely. The guidance ...
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Help Net Security
Mobile payment solutions company sets up shop
TechCentral.ie
TechTrade | 14 Sep 2012 : Mobile payment company SumUp is to establish a customer, technical support and development centre in Dublin, creating 40 jobs. The investment is supported by IDA Ireland. SumUp supplies merchants with a mobile app and card ...
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TechCentral.ie
PCI Council issues mobile application rules for software developers
TechTarget
The PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines (.pdf) urge developers to support encryption of data being processed and stored in the device and ensure its protection when it is transmitted. It recommends mobile application developers password ...
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New system soon to book train e-tickets
Zee News
New Delhi: The railways are introducing another system to book e-tickets. This will involve the Interbank Mobile Payment Service, railway sources said Friday. "Even if one does not have a credit or debit card or net banking facility, he may still be ...
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Zee News
New Credit Card Payment Services Available for Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Shops
Equities.com
More and more each day, mobile payment processing is becoming a must-have for many businesses as well. To that end, a great number of merchants, both large and small, have searched for the best merchant services providers available. For both online ...
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New tools to help SMBs create more streamlined shopping experience
BizReport
The launch of Apple's Passbook mobile payment tool and a new offering from Monetate are likely to help merchants large and small better engage shoppers - in store and online. by Kristina Knight. From Monetate, the new Merchandiser tool is set up to ...
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TSYS announces its new NFC payment suite
Mobile Payments Today
Apple may have left NFC capabilities off its new iPhone, but the contactless mobile payment market marches on. Today TSYS announced its new NFC payment solution as it prepares to launch a new product with financial institution CIBC. The new TSYS NFC ...
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Google Wallet use has doubled since Google began accepting all debit and ...
Mobile Burn
Since expanding the mobile payment option's list of supporters to include any debit or credit card in the U.S. last month, use of Google Wallet has more than doubled. Google notes that the rise in transactions occurred immediately after launching ...
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Big four US banks collaborating on mobile P2P system
Mobile Payments Today
A single payment network used by all four major banks to handle electronic transactions linking bank accounts to proxy data such as email addresses or mobile numbers would be a boon to mobile payment. It would reach nearly 40 percent of U.S. bank ...
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Mobile coupon, marketing provider edo raises $15M in Series C funding
Mobile Payments Today
Edo Interactive, a company that provides offers and discounts to consumers through their credit cards, debit cards and mobile devices, has secured $15 million in Series C financing. The round was led by VantagePoint Capital Partners and included Baird ...
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Mobile banking changing the world - Ecobank
postzambia.com
He said at least 600 mobile payment platforms have sprawled over the last decade but only 10 per cent of those have been successful, especially in developing countries. Celpay, which had been operating locally as Celpay Zambia Limited for the past 10 ...
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Google Wallet usage has doubled since allowing all major credit cards
Android Community
Today Google is looking to gain a little more traction in the eCommerce world by announcing that their Google Wallet mobile payment system has nearly doubled in usage since opening up the app to all major credit and debit cards in the latest update.
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Android Community
SingTel unveils m-commerce plans
Telecompaper (subscription)
It will also progressively launch a range of consumer mobile commerce services throughout the year that will complement its existing Near Field Communications (NFC) contactless mobile payment services. SingTel's mobile remittance service, named mRemit ...
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Indian payments council enables mobile merchant payments
Finextra
Inter-Bank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) is a payments platform created by NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) in collaboration with Member Banks. IMPS enables Bank customers to make payments instantly, 24*7, anytime, anywhere via mobile ...
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E-commerce Billing and Payment Solutions Made Easy, Asahi Technologies ...
PR Web (press release)
To help firms learn more about Billing and Payment Solutions, Asahi Technologies provides a free online consultation to clients letting them understand their custom Integration and Installation options. The firm also offers customized mobile payment ...
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Payments solutions provider Oxigen launches mini-ATM-cum-PoS device ...
VC Circle
Processing ATM services like cash-out and cash-in through Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS). Processing business transactions like mobile and DTH recharge, bill payments, etc. It can also make merchant payments through IMPS. Sending and ...
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Media Digest (9/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
DailyFinance
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will not support a new mobile payment standard. (Reuters). The board of Xstrada is expected to support Glencore's new bid. (Reuters). Commercial and industrial loans become a larger part of bank activity. (WSJ). Goldman Sachs ...
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DailyFinance
Carbon Credits International Continues Pursuit of Non-Profit Market Niche ...
Review seeker (press release)
Growing Number of Foundations Look to Carbon Credits International for Mobile Payment Solutions By PR Newswire PHOENIX, Sept.??13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --??Carbon Credits International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CARN) ("CCI" or the "Company") developer ...
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Iphone 5 chances of success
Big News Network.com
What? Really the S2 to S3 was a thinner lighter bigger screen with mobile payment and faster Processor. Everything the iphone 5 is and that is considered innovative and the iphone is considered junk? The Iphone came out what like 3 months after the S3?
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Canadian Economy Reaps the Benefits of Electronic Payments
Equities.com
Many of them like the convenience of online shopping and the added benefits of going cashless," says Richard McLaughlin, Senior Vice President, MasterCard Canada. "As more and more people embrace mobile payment options, we will continue to see the ...
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Blogs12 new results for "Mobile Payment"
ISIS mobile payment service delayed indefinitely - BGR
By Dan Graziano
ISIS, the joint mobile payment venture that is backed by AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and T-Mobile, was previously set to debut in select markets a.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
NewsDaily: Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard
By Alistair Barr and David Henry
EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands for "Not For Commerce" - and dismisses the prospects of Near Field Communication technology used to turn cellphones into mobile wallets.
NewsDaily: Business Headlines
Isis Mobile Payment System Delayed, Update on Progress Coming ...
By - droid-life.com
Isis, the NFC mobile payment system created by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, will not launch this summer and has been delayed. The payment system was.
Android Headlines
Why No NFC In The iPhone 5 Should Work Out for Apple
By Brian Proffitt
When Apple revealed its new Passbook mobile payment system as part of the iOS 6 preview in June, many industry watchers expected the addition of near-field communications capability on the next version of the iPhone that would ...
ReadWriteWeb
Healthy Payments Competition for Industry | Transaction Age ...
By Staff Writer
KPMG have predicted that global mobile payment transactions are going to grow by 97% year on year for the next three years – a bold prediction. And Berg Insight has forecasted that there will be 894 million users of mobile banking by 2015.
Transaction Age | Payments Industry...
HMS News: Mobile Payments Made Live!
By Steve Myers
Success. I was now armed with a fully operational mobile payment telephone, a pair of brand new wrist guards and some art supplies that I needed. This took the idea of buying things with a wave of my phone from concept to cold, hard reality.
Google Wallet usage has doubled since allowing all - Phone Arena
By Phone Arena
No longer forcing card issuers to set up a connection with Google Wallet, Google's use of the cloud helps to streamline the entire process as card issuers no longer have to pay to allow their customers to take part in the mobile payment service.
PhoneArena - News
What are the most popular mobile ads formats ? « Hi-media Group ...
By Eglantine Dever
... Internet usage iPad m-commerce Micropayments Mobile mobile ad spend mobile advertising Mobile Apps Mobile Commerce Mobile Internet Mobile marketing Mobile Payment Monetization online online ad spend Online Advertising Online ...
Hi-media Group
Why No NFC In The iPhone 5 Sho… | AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog
By Gretchen Glasscock
Why No NFC In The iPhone 5 Should Work Out for Apple: When Apple revealed its new Passbook mobile payment system... http://t.co/GjtDyzlr.
AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog
PCI Council issues mobile application rules for software developers
By Philip Fiore
Added Sep 13, 2012, Under: IT Security. Guidelines, aimed at developers and device manufacturers, support the need for more secure development practices for mobile payment acceptance. Add to digg · Add to StumbleUpon · Add to del.icio.
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Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard – Reuters
By lowes1
Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard. Reuters NFC technology, which has uses beyond mobile payments, is backed by Isis, a mobile wallet joint venture between Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA. Isis' financial ...
Mobile Innovators
New system soon to book train e-tickets | Blog/Opinion, World Snap ...
By IANS
New Delhi : The railways are introducing another system to book e-tickets. This will involve the Interbank Mobile Payment Service, railway sources said Friday. "Even if one does not have a credit or debit card or net banking facility, he may still ...
World Snap

Web4 new results for "Mobile Payment"
ISIS mobile payment service delayed indefinitely - Yahoo! News
News: ISIS, the joint mobile payment venture that is backed by AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and T-Mobile, was previously set to debut in select markets at the end of ...
news.yahoo.com/isis-mobile-payment-delayed-indefinitely-23...
Mobile Payment Technology Awareness & Acceptance - ControlScan
Download this free white paper for a detailed analysis of mobile payment technology awareness and acceptance among Level 4 merchants.
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The Number One Roadblock To A Mobile Payment Boom ...
(By Louis Basenese) A reader recently emailed, "Do you believe the transition to electronic cash, digital payments and mobile payments will wipe out cash as we ...
www.istockanalyst.com/.../the-number-one-roadblock-to-a-mo...
ISIS delays trials of mobile payment service | PhoneDog
We first got wind of ISIS, a mobile payment service that's a joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, way back in late 2010. The first trials of the service ...
www.phonedog.com/.../isis-delays-trials-of-mobile-payment-s...



Isis "Isn't" Ready Yet, Delays Trial Run

Isis
Isis (Photo credit: Shelby PDX)
ePaymentNews for NFC Mobile Payment
iPhone 5: Why no NFC?
Computerworld
Google Wallet, a mobile payment system that was launched a year ago, relies on NFC and can be used in several Android phones. Some Android phones, such as the Galaxy S III, only use the NFC chip to make quick data transfers between phones.
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Passbook: Apple's Answer to the Mobile Payment Question
MacNewsWorld
Unlike NFC, a combination hardware and software solution for mobile payments and sharing, Passbook is a software-only approach that uses components already in the phone, namely the camera and display, to function. Since Apple revealed in June that ...
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Isis mobile payment service hits snag, delays trial runCNETThe idea of mobile payments has attracted large number of companies, from Visa to PayPal, all with their own take on how they should run. Many, although not all, have agreed upon a technology called NFC, which allows for the tap-and-pay function. While ...See all stories on this topic »
Delays Strike Mobile-Payments TestWall Street JournalGoogle Inc. last year launched its own NFC-powered mobile-payments product, called Google Wallet, on Android devices. A group of more than a dozen merchants, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and 7-Eleven Inc., are developing their own ...See all stories on this topic »
US telco mobile payments venture Isis to delay launch againReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Isis, a venture of three big U.S. mobile providers, is delaying the launch of its mobile payments service for the second time this year, an executive for the company said on Thursday. Isis is an effort by Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc ...See all stories on this topic »
iPhone 5 NFC snub explained by Apple
CNET UK
The vast investment in NFC mobile contactless payments and services is not going to wane. And with the NFC-enabled Android, Windows 8 and RIM handsets dominating the smartphone market NFC is going to progress at a pace without Apple. This could be ...
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Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard - Reuters

ePaymentNews5 new results for NFC Mobile Payment

Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands for "Not For Commerce" - and dismisses the prospects of Near Field Communication technology used to turn cellphones into ...
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No NFC for iPhone 5 Could Be a Gift at the Checkout Counter
Wired (blog)
A lot of infrastructural change has to occur that Apple can't control before NFC "just works." But no NFC doesn't mean Apple has abandoned paying with your phone. In fact, the iPhone 5 could do more to make mobile payments commonplace than any other ...
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Wired (blog)
CBA includes Android in search for NFC support for iPhone 5
ZDNet
While the bank supported Apple devices via an iCarte case, it did not do the same for Android devices, and despite bringing its mobile payment app Kaching to Android, it was unable to take advantage of native NFC support built in to selected handsets ...
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iPhone 5 Junks NFC Technology, Poised to Become Largest-Selling Smart ...
FxPips.com (blog)
(Nasdaq: APPL) scrapped the use of NFC (near field communication) system for its new gadget – the iPhone 5 – a move that experts said the firm might later on regret. However, many mobile payment analysts pointed out that Apple might actually have come ...
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FxPips.com (blog)
Apple: NFC not needed for iPhone 5
TechRadar UK
NFC has seen its way onto many phones like the Google Nexus S and can be used to pay for groceries or share data in person. Schiller said that Apple's ... to any of today's problems. Passbook, he said, fulfills most of customers' current needs, saying ...
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Apple's Passbook excuse for NFC-free iPhone 5 rates a 'fail'

ePaymentNews  for "Near Field Communications"
Apple wants to replace your wallet
Image representing Apple as depicted in CrunchBase
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Business Spectator
Unlike the Google Wallet, the Passbook, however, neither uses Near Field Communications nor stores credit card or other financial data – for now at least. The consolidation of your life's transactions into a single point, such as your smartphone, is ...
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Apple's Passbook excuse for NFC-free iPhone 5 rates a 'fail'iTWireYet on near field communications (NFC) it is now well behind the curve. NFC was expected in the iPhone 4 and never appeared. It was very widely expected to be a feature of the iPhone 5 but there is still no sign of NFC in Apple's plans. In an interview ...
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Not Including NFC Major Loss for Apple's iPhone 5
Imassera News
September 13, 2012- Apple's decision to not include near-field communications (NFC) on its new iPhone 5 is predicted, by advocates of the technology, to be a loss for the company. Near-field communications is seen as the next major mobile technology to ...
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Here's What's Missing From The iPhone 5 That Will Help Square Dominate

ePaymentNews for NFC Mobile Payment

Here's What's Missing From The iPhone 5 That Will Help Square Dominate ...Business InsiderIn a recent report, BI Intelligence explains why Apple was and is uniquely positioned to make NFC work as a mobile payments solution, and how without them, card readers like Square are in the best position to dominate the mobile payments space. We also ...
Square Readers Throughout History
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Lack of NFC Tech Slightly Deflates iPhone 5's Balloon
E-Commerce Times
"The announcement of a new iPhone without NFC capabilities is unlikely to dissuade anyone from purchasing it," Colwell acknowledged. "But it does hinder growth of the nascent mobile payments space, which needs more major smartphone makers to ...
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Why NFC is Irrelevant To the Mass Market
Tech.pinions
Changing the in-store shopping experience in a way that address the challenges retailers are having is not something NFC solves. I believe in mobile payments and I believe in machine to machine communication. I am just not sure NFC is the way forward ...
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China Mobile bypasses NFC for m-payments
Rethink Wireless
Apple was in good company when it omitted NFC from its new iPhone - the world's largest cellco, China Mobile, is doing the same thing. The operator has introduced its own mobile wallet, and characteristically is taking what it calls a "China-style ...
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SingTel to launch money transfer service via mobile phones by year end
Channel News Asia
This will come about after Singapore's infrastructure for mobile payments using NFC technology is rolled out progressively. Experts said gaining consumer's trust will be key to the widespread use of NFC technology. Managing director (Southeast Asia) of ...
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Zaptap's new NFC platform adds social twist to mobile ecommerce
ITBusiness.ca
Canadian startup Zaptap isn't fazed, moving ahead just a day later with the official launch of its new platform that melds mobile commerce with social media using NFC-enabled smartphones. With Zaptap, shoppers can use their NFC smartphones to get ...
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Sydney's The Rocks to make use of NFC technology
QR Code Press
Though the technology is famous in the realm of m-commerce, it has other uses beyond payments. The Rocks ... The project is currently being called the Mobile Concierge, and serves as a culmination of NFC-based content developed by a variety of sources.
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