MPW ISSUE 133 July 10 2009
Analysis
Mobile Money shows great economic and social momentum
The GSMA announced at the annual Mobile Money Summit, that the first three applications to the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Fund have been approved.
Purchase Issue Vendor Zone
Cellfire adds Safeway to its coupon program
Cellfire has expanded its nationwide digital grocery coupon program, adding Safeway to the list.
Purchase Issue Visa acquire Monitise
Monitise will be a strategic development partner for Visa's suite of mobile services, including payments, mobile money transfer, mobile transaction alerts and mobile marketing offers to support Visa's ...
Purchase Issue Aepona acquires Valista
Aepona has acquired Valista, coming into effect immediately and operating under the Aepona brand, with a complete solution for the “Network as a Service” (NaaS) business model now being embraced by telcos ...
Purchase Issue Q & A
Sybase 365 at Mobile Money Summit
One of the speakers, Eckhard Ortwein, area vice-President (EMEA) for mobile commerce at Sybase 365, shares his thoughts on the current state of the mobile money market and some future trends to look out ...
Purchase Issue Contactless NFC
Citi brings NFC mobile payments to India
Citi has launched ‘Citi Tap and Pay’ in the city of Bengaluru, bringing to India next-generation contactless credit card payments based on NFC technology.
Purchase Issue MasterCard extends PayPass in Turkey
MasterCard Europe has partnered with two of Turkey’s most prominent retail and banking players to introduce the first credit and contactless offering in over 170 Carrefour hypermarkets and supermarkets ...
Purchase Issue Contactless payments gather pace
Consumer reaction to trials of handsets enabled for contactless payments have scored some of the industry’s highest ever positive results, says France Telecom Orange.
Purchase Issue Telecom Italia starts NFC loyalty programme
Telecom Italia (TIM) has partnered with Miroglio Fashion to launch a loyalty card campaign.
Purchase Issue Mobile Payments
Western Union Zap to Zain
Zain and Western Union will work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain’s new Zap platform.
Purchase Issue Visa launches commercial m-payment service in Latin America
Visa Inc has announced the start of a mobile payment program in collaboration with Visanet Perú and Telefónica.
Purchase Issue Visa team with NeuStar to propel trusted m-payments
Visa Inc and NeuStar have announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the adoption of mobile financial services globally.
Purchase Issue Orascom begins mobile financial services in Pakistan
Orascom Telecom has announced the start of its mobile financial services by its operating company Mobilink in Pakistan. Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in mobile services will be providing these services ...
Purchase Issue Grameen continues its strong mobile money play
Roamware has confirmed a strategic partnership to develop mobile money applications and services with Grameen Solutions.
Purchase Issue GSMA introduces Mobile Money Exchange with founding partners
The GSMA announced the launch of the Mobile Money Exchange initiative at the Annual Mobile Money Summit in Barcelona. Visa and Globe Telecom are the first two founding partners of the Mobile Money Exchange, ...
Purchase Issue Western Union introduces Digital Vendor Program
Western Union has launched its Digital Vendor Program intended to extend the reach and accessibility of its money transfer services to mobile finance initiatives in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East ...
Purchase Issue Smartphones triggering mobile money
The uptake of smartphones by consumers will act as an important trigger for mobile payments services in developed countries, claims PayPal.
Purchase Issue ‘Mobile Money Superhighway’ For MNO’s
Mobile money services provider Mi-Pay, and Small World Financial Services, are partnering to provide operators with a ‘fast-track’ solution for immediate global mobile money transfer and international ...
Purchase Issue Notes on mobile money regulation
The issue of how to effectively regulate mobile financial services was discussed by representatives from Vodafone, CGAP and the World Bank at the Mobile Money Summit.
Purchase Issue NBAD to provide a MMT service
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and Luup plan to provide a mobile money transfer service across the bank’s international network. NBAD enjoys the largest overseas network of all UAE banks, with ...
Purchase Issue Barclays launches 'Hello Money' in Kenya
After launching ‘Hello Money’ in India in Q2 2008 Barclays is now launching the service in Kenya with Safaricom.
Purchase Issue MTN m-payment program operational in Uganda
Gemalto has been selected by MTN Uganda for its nationwide mobile payment program. Service rollout started in Q12009 and to date, around 180,000 m-payment transactions have already been performed.
Purchase Issue Mobile Banking
Indian mobile banking: Unexplored Opportunity
Mobile banking in India is in a budding stage, with the high penetration of mobile phones acting as a growth driver.
Purchase Issue MMV and Citi launch m-banking in Philippines
Mobile Money Ventures (MMV) has announced it has teamed up with Citibank to offer the first browser-based mobile banking solution in the Philippines.
Purchase Issue Lloyds TSB launches ‘Balance on Demand’ service
Lloyds TSB has become the first bank in the UK to launch ‘on demand’ text message balance updates for its customers.
Purchase Issue Veritec launches card On/Off solution
Veritec has released its MTC – ‘Mobile Toggle Card Program’ on the company’s mobile banking platform.
Purchase Issue MoBank launches on iPhone
MoBank, a mobile banking service founded by former First Direct and Egg bankers Steve Townsend and Dominic Keen, launched on the Apple iPhone.
Purchase Issue CashEdge Launches POPmoney
CashEdge has announced the launch of ‘POPmoney’ - calling it "the first person-to-person payments (P2P) service for banks, enabling banks to provide simple and secure P2P payments from their online or ...
Purchase Issue OpenTrust Mobile for iPhone
OpenTrust has announced full support for mobile authentication for smartphones.
Purchase Issue Secure mobile, digital identity
CardLogix and charismathics have announced that they have formalized their partnership.
Purchase Issue Firethorn meets PCI compliance
Firethorn has announced enhancements to its mobile banking and payments application to adhere to the industry’s most rigorous benchmark for secure credit card transactions – the Payment Card Industry ...
Purchase Issue MPOS
CHARGE Anywhere supports the way5000
CHARGE Anywhere has announced the support of WAY Systems’ way5000 device.
Purchase Issue Triple DES security on mobile Bluetooth printer
Blue Bamboo has extended the proven industry standard MK/SK and DUKPT Triple DES algorithm to encrypt cardholder data during wireless transaction processing to its mobile printer.
Purchase Issue PocketPOS now listed in AT&T certified solutions
Blue Bamboo says that its Pocket POS suite of mobile payment applications has been listed in the AT&T Certified Solutions Catalog.
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