MPW ISSUE 129 April 17 2009
News
Visa makes NFC mobile POS payments commercially available
Visa has announced the launch of the world’s first commercial Visa mobile payments service for POS transactions using NFC technology. The service marks the first time consumers can purchase an NFC-enabled ...
Purchase Issue Swiss m-payment consortium?
Switzerland’s three leading telecommunications companies have formed a joint work group to promote the mobile phone as a means of payment. Together they want to compile a set of standards to help make ...
Purchase Issue MasterCard offer payment sticker for PayPass
Blaze Mobile and MasterCard have introduced the ‘Blaze Mobile MasterCard PayPass mobile payment sticker’. The small mobile payment sticker can be affixed to any mobile device, enabling it to be used for ...
Purchase Issue Sicap launches independent NFC provisioning
Sicap has announced its ability to provision contactless applications indifferently to any device or SIM designed for NFC services. The dual expertise puts Sicap in a unique position on the market and, ...
Purchase Issue Contactless Payment Awards
Some of the biggest names in retail and entertainment were celebrating this week as the winners of the second annual Contactless Intelligence Monkey Awards were announced at an event at London’s Tower ...
Purchase Issue Austria: 1 million parking tickets in March - Robert Abel, Mobile Payments Consulting
Vodafone partner mobilkom austria has announced 1 million mobile parking tickets in March. This is the first time ever that more than 1 million mobile parking tickets have been purchased via the mobile ...
Purchase Issue The race for mobile money in Nigeria
The telcos in Nigeria are taking the battle to the next frontier in coming months: Mobile Money. Not to be left out of this race are banks and independent providers which have seen the clearly untapped ...
Purchase Issue CGAP partner on m-banking in rural South Africa
CGAP, a microfinance group based at the World Bank, is supporting WIZZIT Bank to deliver banking services to poor people in South Africa’s small towns and rural areas.
Purchase Issue Mobile Money Ventures partners with DeviceAnywhere
Mobile Money Ventures (MMV) has chosen DeviceAnywhere to provide real-time remote testing and development services.
Purchase Issue Permanent TSB launches ‘Emergency Cash’ service
Macalla has launched Permanent PTSB 's ‘Emergency Cash service’, the first in Ireland.
Purchase Issue Cashless parking growing in London
Barnet Council in London is the first local authority to ever simultaneously trial two cashless parking providers to assess the demand and functionality. The scheme is now due to launch on a permanent ...
Purchase Issue Mobile advertising defies economic slide
BuzzCity has announced the results of its quarterly Global Mobile Advertising Index, which shows the global recession is having little to no effect on mobile advertisers or user habits. The Index documents ...
Purchase Issue Conference watch – WIMA 2009
What is WIMA? Why is it such a success?
Purchase Issue KPMG survey - US consumers on m-banking
US consumers believe mobile banking is important but do no not want to pay for it and also are wary of using their mobile devices such as phones, smartphones, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) for ...
Purchase Issue Monitise Americas expands through payments network
Monitise Americas says that five additional financial institutions have signed agreements with NYCE Payments Network to provide mobile services to their customers and members. These new agreements bring ...
Purchase Issue Bank customers first in Sweden to legitimize via mobile
Financial ID Technology, together with Telia and Telenor have developed a solution for secure electronic identification and signature via mobile phone called ‘e-ID’.
Purchase Issue HSBC integrate m-banking application
HSBC MPS (Managed Payments Service) will now incorporate Petra Financial’s ‘Touchstone Mobile Banking’ solution as an additional feature.
Purchase Issue CHARGE Anywhere releases m-payment solution
CHARGE Anywhere is expanding its solutions offerings to mobile merchants.
Purchase Issue Verrus service expands
Hot on the heels of its success with the award of the contract for Barnet Council, mobile payment provider, Verrus has recently been awarded a contract with West Berkshire Council to commence in early ...
Purchase Issue Tailwind introduce cost effective contactless upgrade
Tailwind Solutions has introduced a new device which it says will help retailers take advantage of the contactless card revolution whilst preserving their investment in existing Chip & PIN infrastructure.
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Purchase Issue Analysis
Data Breach study finds significant rise in targeted attacks
More electronic records were breached in 2008 than the previous four years combined, fuelled by a targeting of the financial services industry and a strong involvement of organized crime, according to ...
Purchase Issue The Role of SIM OTA - Daniel Ericsson, business development director, SmartTrust
The NFC environment will be dynamic. Applications will be continually created, updated and become eventually end of life. The only effective way to reach the users of mobile phone based NFC applications ...
Purchase Issue Q & A
Mobile Money Transfer Explained - Kieron Osmotherly interviews Norman Frankel, CEO, Mi-Pay
In Q1 2009, Mi-Pay and Isys Global Trading Group launched Saraf Mobile. The P2P mobile money transmission service is now live and fully operational in Sudan, the first phase in a planned roll-out which ...
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