MPW ISSUE 104 August 9 2007
News
First Data team up for m-banking
First Data and Sausalito-based mobile platform provider mFoundry have teamed up to work together to deliver m-banking and payment services to US and international mobile subscribers.
Read More Citi deliver m-payment service
Citi says it will begin piloting a new mobile peer to peer payment service with m-payments provider Obopay. The m-payment service will be initially offered to select new and existing Citi customers as ...
Read More Amdocs and Bankinter deliver m-banking platform
Amdocs and Bankinter have launched a joint solution to enable banks to offer mobile banking services. The Amdocs ‘Mobile Banking Solution’ is installed at Bankinter and is based on Bankinter's mobility ...
Read More Global Technologies Investment announces the creation of ‘Payment by Cell’
The software and systems development firm that specializes in the m-payments industry says it has partnered with an important group of independent consultants and industry leaders, to incorporate and ...
Read More India’s Corporation Bank enters m-commerce space
Corporation Bank has become the first nationalized Bank in India to launch an SMS based ‘Pay by Mobile Service’. The product was formally launched by Executive Director of the Bank Shri Gopalakrishna ...
Read More Moscow shows interest in m-payments
Joe Barboza, president and CEO of Cyphermint, was recently invited to address the Senate Committee on Telecommunications at the State Duma in Moscow, Russia.
Read More Monilink extends service
The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group is launching a mobile banking service for its 13m debit cardholders writes online news service Finextra.com. The new service runs on the MoniLink mobile banking ...
Read More Atos launches pre-pay roaming top up and international top up transfer
Atos Worldline has launched a new platform allowing pre-pay roaming top ups and international pre-pay top up transfers.
Read More GlobalPlatform highlights value of interoperable spec for mobile security
GlobalPlatform has published a white paper which outlines the relevance and importance of its device technology - the GPD/STIP (GlobalPlatform Device/Small Terminal Interoperability Platform) Specifications ...
Read More Operators must wake up to unfair data pricing
Representatives from across the UK mobile content industry met in London last week to discuss the future of the mobile content space and the setbacks resulting from mobile data pricing models which can ...
Read More German NFC ticketing trial expands
Following the successful year-long pilot of the RMV HandyTicket in Frankfurt with over 5000 users (MPW 66, 79, 82), the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund transport network (RMV) is now ready to trial the next ...
Read More EAT and Krispy Kreme first in London contactless roll-out
From this autumn, Londoners who sign up to Barclaycard OnePulse, a unique three-in-one card, will be able to make cashless payments in more than 1000 stores throughout the capital.
Read More London contactless payment launch will test European business models
This autumn, the first contactless payment cards will be launched in the UK. Up to 2,000 retailers are targeted to accept contactless payments in London in an initial rollout that will later be expanded ...
Read More Garanti moves ahead in contactless program
On Track Innovations (OTI) together with Garanti Payment Systems owned by Garanti Bank, has announced that Garanti Payment Systems has chosen OTI to supply its Contactless solutions for the Turkish Market. ...
Read More Federal Reserve Board eases regulation of receipt requirements for contactless
The director of the Smart Card Alliance says the Federal Reserve Board’s recent decision to modify its Regulation E and eliminate the requirement to provide a receipt for debit purchases under $15 will ...
Read More NFC Forum issues spec for tags
The NFC Forum has announced the publication of four tag type technical specifications. The specifications are available to the public for download at no charge from the NFC Forum Web site, www.nfc-forum.org/specs/.
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Read More Analysis
Huge potential for Japanese contactless market
The Japanese smart card market has achieved a highly developed stage, recording a growth rate of 30.5% in 2006, largely contributed by the implementation of various contactless programs in transit and ...
Read More Vendor Zone
ADCB to offer PayPass
The Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has launched the ADCB Flash MasterCard credit card with MasterCard PayPass.
Read More USA Technologies roll out cashless Coke machines
USA Technologies and MasterCard say they will install 7,500 cashless payment terminals in Coca-Cola Enterprises vending machines.
Read More Mashreq selects Hypercom's ‘Blade’
Hypercom has announced that Mashreq, one of the leading banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will deploy Hypercom's ‘Blade’ (Optimum M4100) at retail locations throughout the country.
Read More Hypercom platform earns MasterCard security approval
Hypercom says its new IP-enabled Optimum T4200 platform has gained approval under MasterCard Worldwide’s Payment Terminal Security Program, established to ensure that IP and wireless-based transactions ...
Read More ViVOtech closes $22.5m in series C funding
ViVOtech have closed their Series C round of funding for a total of $22.5m from strategic investors in key sectors including the financial, retail, and wireless markets, and existing investors.
Read More Opinions
Securing mobile search revenues - Andy Walker, CEO of m-spatial
Despite major technology developments, some significant service deployments and the market entry of a number of key internet brands, it wasn’t until 3GSM 2006 that mobile search appeared on the map. Puns ...
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