MPW ISSUE 109 December 7 2007
News
O2 launch m-wallet with TfL, Barclaycard and Visa Europe
O2 has launched the UK's first large scale pilot of NFC on mobile phones. The trial of the ‘O2 Wallet’ paves the way for the mass market use of mobile phones to pay for purchases, access events or even ...
Read More TfL moves towards NFC handsets
London Underground users are expected to be able to use mobile handsets as electronic train tickets in the near future, as Transport for London (Tfl) and handset partner Nokia prepare to go commercial ...
Read More Oberthur leads French NFC project
Oberthur Card Systems (OCS) is one of the industrial players chosen to participate in ‘Payez Mobile’, a French NFC payment project. OCS will work with a consortium of six large financial institutions ...
Read More Sagem and CASSIS in world’s first OTA management of SWP
Sagem Orga and CASSIS International have announced a one-stop, commercial-ready solution for mobile network operators and other service providers to remotely manage Over-The-Air (OTA) applications in ...
Read More RBS to trial mobile contactless debit
The Royal Bank of Scotland has plans to become the first British bank to pioneer mobile phone debit payments in the UK using Maestro PayPass. The bank plans to trial the service internally at its headquarters ...
Read More DnB NOR and Telenor launch m-payments with PayPass
DnB NOR and Telenor, represented by Telenor Nordic and Telenor Research and Innovation, are working with MasterCard World Wide to enable consumers to make contactless payments via their mobile phones, ...
Read More Bharti Airtel and Western Union pilot ‘Mobile Money Transfer’ in India
Bharti Airtel and Western Union have decided to jointly develop and pilot a Mobile Money Transfer service in India. This pioneering agreement will usher in the possibility of sending money to India via ...
Read More PayMate eyes North American remittance market
Indian mobile payments company PayMate is targeting the growing cross-border remittance and unbanked markets in North America by opening a new office in California and hiring Dhruv Singh as vice president ...
Read More MNO’s expect slice of transaction fee
Mobile operators think end-user transaction fees will be a leading source of their revenue in the mobile transactions space. However, financial institutions and card networks are not likely to share the ...
Read More 50m to pay for goods and services via mobile by 2011
New forecasts from Juniper Research show that around 52m consumers will adopt new mobile technologies such as NFC and other physical m-payment methods to pay for everyday goods and services by 2011. This ...
Read More CELEXPRESS launches in the US
CELEXPRESS has announced its official launch as the first company to provide commercial transactions via mobile and virtual platforms. The company will allow US consumers to perform commercial transactions, ...
Read More PayPal springs up down under
PayPal is set to open Australian m-commerce with the launch of the PayPal Mobile Checkout.
Read More mChek launches Indian m-payment service
mChek (MPW 105) has launched a service enabling shoppers to make credit card purchases at websites using their mobile phones.
Read More Global mobile penetration hits 50%
Figures released by industry analysts Informa Telecoms & Media reveal that worldwide mobile subscriptions will hit 3.3bn - equivalent to 50% of the global population - today, just over 26 years since ...
Read More Mobile entertainment industry hands in poor sales report
The mobile entertainment industry is throwing away up to 10% of its gross revenue due to inconsistent and inaccurate content sales reporting, according to research from the Mobile Entertainment Forum ...
Read More Bank of America hits 500,000 mark for m-banking in six months
Six months after rolling out its m-banking service to consumers nationwide, Bank of America says it has reached a record 500,000 active mobile customers. According to a recent TowerGroup report, that's ...
Read More Monitise launch in the US with NYCE Switch and Live
Monitise and Metavante have announced the launch of Monitise Americas mobile financial services in the US.
Read More Colombia in SIM-based m-banking service
Gemalto has announced the successful commercial launch of its m-banking service with all Colombian GSM operators and Colombia’s largest banking network, Redeban Multicolor.
Read More Thales enables delivery of mobile authentication projects
Thales has launched a packaged pilot version of its market-leading identity management and authentication solution, SafeSign, for mobile authentication.
Read More TheCard Improves Transaction Security
TheCard Scandinavia has signed an agreement with MobiClear regarding two new security solutions that will lead to a substantial improvement of the security level for TheCard’s business and corporate customers.
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Read More Vendor Zone
SRM Technologies announces ‘Mobile Wallet’
SRM Technologies has announced ‘SRM Mobile Wallet’, an m-payments software application, and one of the winners of BAI Innovation Moments.
Read More Blue Bamboo launches Pocket POS
Blue Bamboo has launched its Pocket POS Mobile Merchant Solution targeting payment applications segments such as mobile sales and service, transportation and delivery and PC-based virtual terminal payment ...
Read More Way Systems receives PCI DSS certification
Way Systems have been certified as PCI DSS Level 1compliant.
Read More Telkomsel launches mobile wallet
Indonesia's largest telco, PT Telkomsel Selular (Telkomsel) has launched the first mobile wallet facility in the country, called T-Cash.
Read More Redknee extends platform with ‘Mobile Money Services’
Redknee has extended its real-time ‘Turnkey Converged Billing’ solution with the introduction of ‘Mobile Money Services’.
Read More Vietnam launches m-payments with Vinapay
Vietnamese will soon be able to pay their mobile bills and online game charges via cell phone, said payment technology company Vinapay Monday.
Read More Opinions
Why payments hold the key to successful mobile advertising
Mobile advertising was one of the most consistently featured topics in the media this year and looks set to stay top of the agenda well into 2008. Mike Beech, VP management for intelligent charging at ...
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