MPW ISSUE 103 August 2 2007
News
Citibank Malaysia launches ‘Mobile Bill Payment’
Citibank has launched its latest ‘Mobile Bill Payment’ service, which allows customers to use their mobile phones to pay bills by deducting the amount owed from their credit cards. The service enables ...
Read More Poland set to roll-out m-payments
Polkomtel and mPay have announced an agreement to launch a payment service available commercially via mobile phones for cashless purchases of goods and services in a manner similar to the use of payment ...
Read More Hitachi and JCB team for biometric payments
Hitachi says it has developed a biometric cardless credit payment system, called ‘finger vein money’, which allows shoppers to pay for purchases using only their fingertips. The Electronics giant is teaming ...
Read More PayPal ‘Mobile Checkout’ opens for business
PayPal has launched Mobile Checkout, a service allowing consumers in the US, UK and Canada to buy items on the mobile web.
Read More Masabi announces YourRail as first customer
Masabi has announced that BT has completed validation of the cryptographic algorithms used in ‘EncryptME’. EncryptME is to be used by train ticketing technology specialists YourRail to enable tickets ...
Read More eonBusiness funds m-payment company 'FEED'
eonBusiness has announced its participation in helping to fund a new mobile payment company named FEED, a mobile payment and marketing platform that lets consumers pay for goods and services at the register ...
Read More M-ticketing for The Eden Project
The Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, will become even greener as it launches the first-ever paperless ticketing system that uses mobile phones from start to finish. Through an innovative three-way partnership ...
Read More Ticket Text launches SMS ticketing with Ryanair
Ryanair and Ticket Text have announced an agreement that will provide Ryanair’s 52m customers with low-cost tickets for concerts, sport, theatres, galleries and exhibitions in Ireland, UK and the rest ...
Read More O2 drops i-mode
Much attention has surrounded news that O2 and Telstra will no longer support i-mode. However, web to mobile adaptation providers believe that, as an industry as developed as the UK mobile market, the ...
Read More PayPass scores in Italy
MasterCard Worldwide has announced the first PayPass pilot programme in Italy, in partnership with Poste Italiane’s Banco Posta.
Read More United Overseas Bank goes contactless with Visa
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has launched the UOB One Card. The One Card is Singapore’s first contactless credit card, incorporated with Visa payWave, Visa’s contactless payment technology, as well ...
Read More INSIDE Contactless to equip KTF m-payment project
INSIDE Contactless says its MicroRead NFC chip has been selected to equip all mobile phones and devices involved in KTF’s NFC mobile payment project in Korea.
Read More Alaric powers PayPass pilot
Alaric says its ‘Authentic’ authorisation and switching platform is being used to enable the first contactless EMV credit card launched in Europe - the new generation MasterCard PayPass card introduced ...
Read More Vesta launches contactless payments for Beijing transit card
Vesta Corporation claims its Chinese subsidiary, KPay, has officially launched retail payment services for the Beijing transit card.
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La Caixa and Visa payWave initiative in Spain
Visa Europe and La Caixa have launched Visa payWave, at the Kinépolis cinema chain in Madrid. Visa Europe announced the new 'Visa payWave' name for its new contactless technology in April during its annual ...
Read More ViVOtech appoints distributor
Secure Retail says it been appointed as a distributor for the ViVOpay range of POS contactless payment solutions from ViVOtech.
Read More M-commerce inferior to fixed internet experience
Strategy Analytics has recently released its latest end user research report, ‘M-Commerce: Search Efficiency and Results Customization Critical’, which evaluates the mobile experience of e-commerce sites ...
Read More Obopay raises $29m in third round funding
Obopay has closed its third round of venture funding, raising $29m. This latest round of investment follows an overwhelmingly positive reception from US consumers since their 2006 launch.
Read More Sagem Sécurité introduces Stamtel
During the recent ‘Parkopolis’ trade show in Paris, Sagem Sécurité unveiled its latest innovative parking payment solution: Stamtel.
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