MPW ISSUE 118 July 18 2008
News
Visa rides payWave of global momentum
Visa says significant milestones have been reached in the adoption of its contactless technology feature, payWave, demonstrating continued global momentum for the technology. Visa says payWave is expanding ...
Read More Mobile NFC round-table – are there any answers?
Traditional means of payment are changing toward easier and diversified operation modes and uses favouring practicality. E-commerce, e-banking, m-payment and pre-payment are riding high, with different ...
Read More NFC Forum introduces new specifications
The NFC Forum has released two specifications that stipulate the requesting of actions and the activation of alternative data transfers technologies between NFC enabled devices.
Read More Major French banks use Gemalto services for Payez Mobile
Gemalto has announced that five banks currently use its ‘Allynis’ service offer as part of the ‘Payez Mobile’ trial for contactless mobile payment: the BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole-LCL, Crédit Mutuel-CIC, ...
Read More NFC based m-payments to generate $75bn of transactions within five years
A new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that the gross transaction value of payments made via NFC contactless technology, for relatively low value purchases (such as refreshments, ...
Read More Mifare hack leaves ANDiS unaffected
Following the recent publicity surrounding the hack to the Crypto-1 cipher of the Mifare Classic and Plus cards, Bell ID would like to reassure its customers that the ANDiS Card and Application Management ...
Read More Research lays groundwork for global mobile financial services standards
The Mobey Forum says a standards-based approach to the provision of mobile financial services (MFS) has moved a step closer with the release of its research examining the challenge of sharing a mobile ...
Read More GSMA teams up with EPC
The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, and the European Payments Council, which represents 8,000 banks in the European Union and EEA and Switzerland, are to work together to accelerate ...
Read More E-commerce in Latin America on the rise
An AmericaEconomia Intelligence study commissioned by Visa Latin America and Caribbean revealed that e-commerce grew by 40% in 2007 in the Region, reaching $10.9bn. This increase was largely driven by ...
Read More M-payment for digital and physical goods to exceed $300bn within five years
A new analysis of the m-payments opportunity forecasts that the gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phone for digital goods (such as music, tickets and games) and physical goods (typically ...
Read More Heathrow Express launches m-ticketing
Atos Origin has successfully completed the roll-out of a new m-ticketing service for Heathrow Express train network between London Heathrow’s airport terminals and Paddington Station in Central London. ...
Read More Single click payments for Payforit
Dialogue Communications is spearheading yet more ‘Payforit’ developments this month with the launch of Payforit single click payments. Dialogue has been at the forefront of the m-payment initiative's ...
Read More Telrock releases data on textDebit for MINT credit card
Telrock reports that £1m ($2m) that has been automatically collected for RBSG's MINT credit card customers via Telrock's SMS based m-payment system, textDebit.
Read More Rêv worldwide launches payments platform for underserved markets
Rêv Worldwide says it has developed a new platform, created to drive widespread commercial availability of new and emerging payment solutions for billions of underserved consumers worldwide.
Read More Crandy launches international P2P service with Africa
Crandy’s “Call & Pay” system has been inaugurated in Douala – Cameroon, it has been implemented in partnership with Mobile Money Cameroon S.A, the service provider in Cameroon and UBC the depository bank. ...
Read More SnapNow enhances display media with mobile
SnapNow has launched its mobile search service in the UK, allowing customers to use their camera-phone to activate and interact with any 2D image, film or video clip. This announcement comes as out-of-home ...
Read More Telefonica launches mobile digital signature with FNMT
Telefonica and the Spanish National Factory of Coins and Stamps FNMT) have signed a cooperation agreement, reports Telecom Paper.
Read More Planet Payment launch ‘Payment BuyVoice’
Planet Payment has commercially launched the ‘Payment BuyVoice’ m-commerce platform in the US. Payment BuyVoice provides merchants with a cost effective and secure way to accept credit cards, from any ...
Read More Analysis
Early Eperiences with Branchless Banking - a CGAP Report
MPW recently read a report by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor). The report is so thorough that I had difficulty editing it down without leaving large and highly relevant tracts of information ...
Read More Vendor Zone
Samsung Ventures invest in INSIDE Contactless
Extending its previously announced series C funding round, INSIDE Contactless has added Samsung Ventures America to its active investor community, which now includes the world’s top three handset manufacturers. ...
Read More The Logic Group’s contactless payments solution
Faced with ever increasing cash handling costs and with estimated 20bn cash transactions in the UK for less than £10 ($20), the case for a more convenient faster and more secure payment method is compelling.
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Read More NXP Semiconductors tops NFC IC vendor ranking
NXP Semiconductors has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Inside Contactless and Infineon Technologies claimed the second and third spots in the company’s most ...
Read More New partners join mobile phone top-up service
VocaLink has announced that Halifax / Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and Sainsbury’s Finance have joined its cash machine pre-pay mobile phone top-up service available through most LINK cash machines.
Read More Ingenico integrated contactless PINpad
Ingenico has announced that the i3070 Contactless PINpad has achieved both MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave approval. This makes the i3070 the first Contactless PINpad that can read magnetic stripe ...
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