MPW ISSUE 108 November 23 2007
News
Visa announces Visa Mobile Platform trials in Brazil, Canada and Malaysia
Visa has announced m-payment trials in Brazil, Canada and Malaysia based on the Visa mobile platform. The trial in Brazil is testing mobile remote payments, while trials in Canada and Malaysia will test ...
Read More RBC and VISA launch m-payment pilot
RBC and Visa Canada are teaming up to be the first in Canada to pilot an m-payment service for making Visa purchases. This Ontario-based pilot is expected to be completed in 2008, and involve multiple ...
Read More Fronde Anywhere delivers m-banking to small businesses
Fronde Anywhere has launched ‘BusinessMobile’ as part of its flagship ‘Bank Anywhere’ suite (MPW 99), making it easier for businesses to maintain control of their cash flow while on the move.
Read More Human error to blame for online banking risk - even with SMS
Using an SMS password as an added security measure for internet banking is no guarantee your money is safe, according to a new Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study which reveals online customers ...
Read More TowerGroup – 40m US consumers using m-banking by 2012
Long stalled by lack of adoption and a range of technical issues, new research from TowerGroup finds that m-banking is finally coming into its own. Banking over the mobile channel, especially when considered ...
Read More Operators begin roll-out of ‘Pay-Buy-Mobile’ initiative
Over the next several months, 12 mobile operators will run trials of contactless mobile payment services in Australia, France, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey ...
Read More Taiwan’s Far EasTone begins NFC payment project
INSIDE Contactless says its MicroRead platform has been selected as the preferred NFC chip for mobile carrier Far East Tone’s new Pay-Buy Mobile testing project. The pilot, named as ‘Beep 'N Go’, will ...
Read More MasterCard launches internationally accepted PayPass on a mobile in Japan
MasterCard, in collaboration with SoftBank Mobile, Orient, Samsung Electronics, Gemalto and Hitachi, have announced plans to launch a Japanese NFC-enabled m-payment platform.
Read More NXP and Sony create Moversa
NXP and Sony have announced the formation of Moversa, a joint venture (JV) that it says will drive global adoption of contactless smart card applications in mobile phones using NFC.
Read More Halifax issues contactless debit cards
Halifax will issue its first contactless debit cards in November. The Visa payWave debit cards will be issued to around 25,000 existing customers across London, who are taking part in the initial phase ...
Read More Gemalto provides NFC-SIM for JCB's m-payment solution
Gemalto has successfully integrated JCB's contactless payment solution, J/Speedy, onto its NFC SIM. In this way, Gemalto has provided both NFC-embedded mobile and SIM-based NFC options supporting two ...
Read More Swisscom begins NFC trial
LEGIC says it has been involved in a joint NFC pilot project with Swisscom and Selecta, using an NFC-enabled mobile and the embedded LEGIC solution to make payments at Selecta vending machines.
Read More NTT DoCoMo joins the NFC Forum
The NFC Forum has announced its newest Sponsor member: NTT DoCoMo.
Read More DiGiREMIT enables mobile money transfer
Telenor's DiGi and Citibank have activated DiGiREMIT to facilitate secure transfer of money from Malaysia to Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines via SMS.
Read More BSG launch ‘Bill2Phone’ m-payment solution
BSG Clearing Solutions (BSG) has announced a new m-payment solution to its Advanced Payment Gateway (APG) service.
Read More MACH to provide clearing and settlement services to eBIZ.mobility
MACH says it will provide Financial Settlement services for eBIZ.mobility's ‘OneTouch Online Purchasing’ solution for digital payments.
Read More First m-payments system fully operational in Mexico
Payment By Cell, a sister company of Global Technologies Investment has partnered with Fin Común, a bank that offers financial services with social vocation; and based on the m-payments and m-transactions ...
Read More PROSA forms partnership with CPNI to provide m-payment in Mexico
CPNI, an IBM business partner, says it has a working agreement with PROSA (Promoción y Operación, S.A. de C.V.), the largest provider of electronic transactions in Latin America. In the terms of the agreement, ...
Read More SEP offers m-payments in Bulgaria
SEP (System for Electronic Payments) has become the first bank in Bulgaria to receive a license from Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) for m-payments.
Read More Malaysia On Line to offer SMS-based m-payments
Broca says that reseller, Infinite Solutions Limited (ISL), has signed an agreement with Malaysia On Line (MOL) to provide the world’s first secure SMS-based financial transactions to MOL’s customers. ...
Read More Smart launches m-advertising platform in the Philippines
Zad Mobile and Smart Communications have announced the launch of a range of mobile advertising services. The services will be delivered through Zad Mobile’s Mobile Advertising Platform (ZMAP) that offers ...
Read More swiftcover.com offers SMS quotation service
UK internet-only insurance firm swiftcover.com has become the UK’s first motor insurer to introduce an innovative text facility to their service.
Read More Banque Accord process Europe's first co-branded contactless transaction
MasterCard Europe has launched the Continent's first PayPass trial involving co-branded cards, in partnership with Banque Accord, the banking arm of French hypermarket chain Auchan.
Read More Qualcomm acquire m-banking provider Firethorn
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based Firethorn, the m-banking enabler.
Read More Analysis
SecureTest issues warning over m-payments and banking applications
MPW recently received a letter in response to an article featured in sister magazine European Card Review – the letter was written by Ken Munro, MD of SecureTest. MPW feels that the content of the letter ...
Read More Vendor Zone
Humboldt selects Way Systems for m-POS
WAY Systems has announced that Humboldt Merchant Services has selected the MTT as their Mobile POS solution. As a result of this new partnership Humboldt Merchant Services will offer the WAY Mobile Transaction ...
Read More INSIDE Contactless reaches 35m units for MicroPass
INSIDE Contactless has exceeded 35m units of its MicroPass intelligent payment platform for contactless bank cards since it was first launched at CARTES in November of 2005.
Read More Globe launches GLive
Philippines Globe Telecom has commercially launched GLive, a mobile media service. GLive brings interactive content teasers to idle screens of millions of users. Powered by Celltick’s LiveScreen Media, ...
Read More Motorola makes strategic investment in ViVOtech
Motorola, through its Motorola Ventures strategic venture capital arm has made an equity investment in ViVOtech. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Read More G&D support PayPass in Canada
MasterCard Worldwide has partnered with Giesecke & Devrient to provide Canadians with PayPass.
Read More Kyocera begins integration of NFC on handsets
Kyocera Wireless and INSIDE Contactless have announced a global collaboration to integrate INSIDE Contactless’ NFC solution for m-payments in select prototype Kyocera mobile phones.
Read More Safaricom selects Jinny
Jinny Software has won a deal with Safaricom to implement a Real-time Charging Gateway and Rating Engine for 3rd party content providers. The technology will allow Safaricom to charge for content and ...
Read More Opinions
Why mobile m-payments is still waiting to become the next big thing - Richard McBride, Intec
There have been a number of false starts in the arena of m-payments. It seems as though every few months we hear of another exciting initiative, yet none seem to hit prime time. Although m-payment is ...
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