MPW ISSUE 128 March 27 2009
News
Orange and Barclaycard jump start UK mobile NFC race
Orange and Barclaycard have announced a long term strategic partnership to develop a range of mobile, financial and payment services.
Purchase Issue PayPass surpasses 50 million-issued milestone
MasterCard Worldwide announced the issuance of the 50 millionth MasterCard PayPass card or device, as of Q4 2008, which in the last year more than doubles the number of cards and devices in circulation ...
Purchase Issue NFC tags enable quick access to mobilkom austria’s services
mobilkom austria is launching a new NFC mobile phone, the Nokia 6212 classic, complete with Topaz NFC tags from Innovision Research & Technology in the box – making mobilkom the first operator to commercially ...
Purchase Issue NFC Forum and ETSI create interoperability partnership
The NFC Forum has announced a Memorandum of Understanding between the Forum and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Under the terms of the agreement, the NFC Forum and ETSI will ...
Purchase Issue NFC m-commerce to account for few transactions in 2009
According to new data from ABI Research, in 2009 the value of mobile commerce transacted via non-NFC methods will total $1.6 (£1.16) billion, while mobile commerce conducted via NFC will be minimal. ...
Purchase Issue Contactless payment will come of age in 2009
Commidea believes that 2009 is the year in which contactless payment will finally achieve mainstream adoption.
Purchase Issue Cubic expands bank card acceptance in public transport
Cubic Transportation Systems is providing new capabilities for the Cubic designed ‘Tri-Reader’ to enable an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile ...
Purchase Issue Deutsche Bank partners with Luup for m-payments
Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division is introducing mobile payments services to its clients in 80 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Luup will partner to provide the service. ...
Purchase Issue MTN Group goes live with MMT
The MTN Group has announced that the successful launch of Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) in Uganda marks the beginning of a series of planned launches across its operations in Africa and Middle East.
Purchase Issue Belgacom creates new applications for mobile payments
After Belgacom announced last week that it is acquiring a 40% stake in Tunz, the Group explained its innovation strategy on mobile payments during a press conference. Building on the success of mobile ...
Purchase Issue Hi5 teams with Paymo
hi5, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing social entertainment sites, and Paymo say that users in 24 countries can now use their mobile phones to purchase ‘hi5 Coins’, hi5’s virtual currency ...
Purchase Issue Monitise to launch mobile money platform in India
Continuing on its epic PR drive, Monitise has announced the formation of Monitise India, a new organisation that will deliver a multi-bank, multi-operator mobile money platform for India.
Purchase Issue Mi-Pay partnership targets 22 countries
Mi-Pay and Isys Global Trading Group have combined forces to launch a new person-to-person (P2P) money transmission service which is now live and fully operational in Sudan.
Purchase Issue Mitek demonstrate mobile deposit on m-banking platform
Mitek and mFoundry have demonstrated Mitek's ImageNet Mobile Deposit capabilities integrated within the mFoundry mobile banking application on an iPhone.
Purchase Issue Domino’s goes mobile
Air2Web have been selected by Domino's Pizza to be the sole mobile services provider for Domino's new mobile coupon campaign management platform, which will serve its franchises across the country.
Purchase Issue 2-way alerts see strong adoption and usage
Banks using the ClairMail system are experiencing tremendous adoption and usage, with some banks getting well over 90% of mobile banking consumers signing up for and receiving bank-defined and user-defined ...
Purchase Issue 1 million ‘Cellphone Banking’ clients reached
Absa is the first South African bank to register its one millionth mobile banking client as the convenience of the mobile channel continues to drive rapid adoption among clients of South Africa’s largest ...
Purchase Issue 913 million mobile banking users by 2014
According to a new research report by Berg Insight, the worldwide number of users of mobile banking and related services is forecasted to grow from 20 million users in 2008 at a compound annual growth ...
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NXP launches limited use MIFARE IC
NXP has announced the latest IC in its MIFARE family of contactless identification technology, the MIFARE Ultralight C.
Purchase Issue Toshiba develops USIM for NFC phones
Toshiba has developed a new USIM card for use in mobile phones supporting the NFC, in anticipation of the worldwide rollout of mobile contactless services forecast for 2010 and 2011. Toshiba plans to ...
Purchase Issue mBlox launches ‘sender-pays data’ trial
mBlox says it has launched the world’s first mobile cross-operator ‘sender-pays data’ trial.
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