| Mobile Payments World
175 January 27 2012 |
NEXT ISSUE February 17 2012 |
News
Carriers tout side benefits of mobile payments
Mobile coupons, hands-free calling, and digital key replacement are examples of side benefits that Sprint Nextel and other industry players are promoting ...
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Mobile Payments
PayPal expects to handle $7 billion in m-payments volume
PayPal is projecting that it will process $7 billion in mobile payments in 2012, almost double the $4 billion mark recorded in 2011.
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Mobile Banking
Croatian Postal Bank launches m-banking
Asseco SEE Croatia and Croatian Postal Bank, the largest Croatian-owned bank and seventh bank in Croatia by size, finished successfully at the end of ...
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MPowa launches UK's Square
UK e-commerce outfit Powa has become the latest firm to launch a plastic dongle and mobile app that turns smartphones into payment card readers.
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Visa says US EMV move doesn't mean chip and PIN
Visa has received considerable industry support for its decision to push EMV adoption in the US, but industry players also have many questions, says Visa's ...
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MasterCard mobile app
MasterCard has teamed up with Commonwealth Bank and cinema group Hoyts to pilot a mobile payments application that lets movie-goers order food and drinks ...
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Mobile banking to reach half a billion users by 2013
Despite the challenging economic climate and threat of further global recession, a new report from Juniper Research finds that mobile banking users worldwide ...
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Ingenico launches iMRP in the US
Ingenico and iMobile3 have announced a strategic partnership which will power the launch of Ingenico's new Mobile Retail Platform - iMRP - in the US. ...
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AmEx partners with chinese mobile payments company
American Express has entered into a deal to license its Serve digital wallet platform to Chinese mobile payments company Lianlian Group, and has made ...
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Visa Europe sets sights on mobile
Around £1 in every £3 in the UK was spent on Visa cards in 2011, with growth in debit and e-commerce payments fuelling a strong year for the European ...
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Banorte targets Mexico's underbanked
Mexican bank Banorte has teamed with payments specialist Rev Worldwide to launch a mobile-based financial services programme aimed at the country's millions ...
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Ingenico brings PayPal to POS
US merchants with Ingenico POS terminals will be able to accept PayPal payments from customers, under a deal struck between the two firms.
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Contactless NFC
Superdrug rolls out contactless payments
Superdrug, the UK’s second largest health and beauty retailer, has become the latest business in the UK to go contactless in partnership with Streamline ...
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Swedish mobile operators progress 4T
4T the joint venture company, including all Swedish mobile network operators, Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 has decided to base their mobile wallet service ...
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FNB extends m-wallet to South Africa's unbanked
South Africa's First National Bank (FNB) has extended the reach of it mobile wallet service beyond account holders by striking a deal with retail giant ...
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Analysis
Fraud prevention - merchants have to find the right mix
Accertify recently commissioned a study of “connected” US adults - or those with access to both a smartphone and a web-enabled computer – to learn more ...
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Asia leads global NFC rollout
While mobile operators in most other countries are still struggling to roll out even scant volumes of NFC phones that can do payment, ticketing and other ...
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EC bids for integrated card, Internet and mobile payments
The European Commission has published its green paper on how Europe can break down barriers to an integrated market for card, internet and mobile payments. ...
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MPOS
C. Wonder launches with entirely mobile POS service
VeriFone announced today that its VeriFone GlobalBay Mobile POS and PAYware Mobile Enterprise solutions are being operated in C. Wonder’s stores as part ...
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Vendor Zone
Skrill 1-Tap offers one tap mobile payments
Skrill, one of the world’s largest digital wallet providers, has announces the launch of Skrill 1-Tap – a new product connected to Skrill’s digital wallet ...
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Sprint continues support of Google Wallet
US mobile carrier Sprint has announced two more phones supporting the Google Wallet, including Google’s new Android smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus.
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Mainstream m-commerce driven by women and mature users
BuzzCity’s latest quarterly report, showcases the trends and forces in the mobile advertising industry. BuzzCity has seen tremendous growth with mobile ...
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Audio jack card reader for BlackBerry
CHARGE Anywhere has announced the compatibility of an Audio Jack Magnetic Card Reader with CHARGE Anywhere's Mobile Payment Application for BlackBerry. ...
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Open NFC stack for Google Android 4.0
INSIDE Secure has announced the availability of the latest version of its open-source, open NFC protocol stack for the new Google Android 4.0 release, ...
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Barcelona the first major city in Europe to go contactless
“la Caixa” and Visa Europe have begun rolling out their contactless payment system in Barcelona. The new technology permits quick and contactless payment ...
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