| Mobile Payments World
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News
PayPal Targeting Mobile Phone-Based Payments
PayPal is seeking to challenge credit card companies' domination of the brick-and-mortar retail sector by developing software that turns cell phones and ...
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Texan banks roll out m-payment stickers
Texan banks American National and Guaranty Bond have begun offering customers 'BlingTag' contactless stickers from mobile outfit Bling Nation to enable ...
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Ignoring m-commerce may marginalise the insurance industry
Companies in the insurance industry cannot afford to ignore m-commerce - those that do run the risk of marginalising themselves when new enterprises begin ...
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M-banking s to generate almost 90 billion SMS per year
New types of SMS mobile banking alerts will help to treble the volume of mobile banking messages to almost 90 billion P/A by 2015, equating to one message ...
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Paypal Readying New Online Micropayment Service
PayPal president Scott Thompson says the online payment service plans to deploy a new micropayment product by the end of 2010. The product will enable ...
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BOA and Visa drive NFC
Bank of America, the largest US consumer bank, and Visa, the world's largest payment processor, plan to begin a test program next month that lets customers ...
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MasterCard begins catch up strategy
MasterCard plans to buy European payment provider DataCash for $520 million, according to a report. The move is just the latest indication of how hot ...
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China Unicom partners Agricultural Bank of China for m-banking
Mobile operator China Unicom has entered a partnership with financial services company the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) to provide the latter with ...
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Consumers Union Calls for Mobile Payment Protections
The Consumers Union is calling for regulators to adopt more protections for consumers who use mobile payments systems.
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Mobile Payments
Smart activates 10,000 outlets for mobile banking
Smart Communications has partnered with Hapinoy outlets to facilitate sending and receiving cash using Smart Money.
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Mobile Banking
mFoundry crosses 1 million user mark
mFoundry says that its mobile platform has now exceeded the 1 million user mark.
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MPOS
VeriFone acquires WAY Systems
VeriFone Systems has acquired the assets of WAY Systems, a pioneer in mobile POS solutions and gateway services for mobile merchants. The acquisition ...
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Visa and Bank of America to Test Mobile Payments
Bank of America and Visa intend to launch a test program in September to enable customers to use smartphones to pay for in-store purchases.
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15% of consumers use mobile to purchase
Sterling Commerce and Demandware have announced the findings of a new retail study examining consumer preferences and attitudes surrounding mobile shopping. ...
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Monitise FY10 loss widens
Poor Monitise. Even with the backing, and large investment made by payments giant Visa Inc. the mobile banking firm reported a wider loss for fiscal 2010 ...
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Analysis
Online Banking Review: Crossing the channel - Diarmuid Mallon, Sybase 365
If banks want to make the mobile channel commonplace, it must simply be more convenient, easier and safer.
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Contactless NFC
Rabobank roll out contactless m-payment stickers
Multicard, a business unit of Identive Group, announced that it has been selected by Rabobank to provide personalization and fulfillment services for ...
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