MPW ISSUE 89 October 24 2006
News
G&D contactless EMV cards
This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the first financial institution in Europe to do so, with cards supplied by Giesecke & Devrient ...
Read More NFC Forum 'SmartPoster' spec
NFC Forum, the not-for-profit industry association advancing the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has released its SmartPoster Record Type Definition (RTD) Specification.
Read More Yodlee takes banking mobile
Yodlee has launched Yodlee Mobile, making online banking applications available via the mobile channel and optimized for each device.
Read More French P2P mobile money service
Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne has presented an original way for customers to make and receive payments. With the launch of 'movo,' Caisse d'Epargne is offering customers a new way of transferring ...
Read More BankID for mobile phones in Norway
Telenor and the Norwegian banking sector have entered into an agreement in an attempt to make life simpler for millions of Norwegians, by allowing banking and payment services via mobile.
Read More Garanti Bank security with Digipass
Vasco Data Security has announced that Turkey's Garanti Bank will protect its retail customers' assets with Digipass for Java phones.
Read More Obopay goes live on Amp'd
Obopay has gone live on all Amp'd Mobile devices to deliver the first operator-supported mobile payments service in the US.
Read More Definitive m-marketing metrics
Across the five countries for which it measured mobile content consumption, M:Metrics found that monthly use of SMS short codes in response to ads was as high as 29% of mobile subscribers. The firm found ...
Read More Telsis unveils anti-SMS spam
A European mobile phone network operator is set to protect phone users from the growing problem of SMS spam by deploying the capability to identify and block SMS from spoofed originators, across several ...
Read More New mobile threat: operators must protect customers
SMiShing, the latest threat to mobile users, was officially christened recently following a number of attacks. SMiShing is the mobile text message cousin of computer phishing attacks, where users are ...
Read More Swiftpass device to cut queues
The launch of a wireless, Wi-fi and Bluetooth handheld scanning device could radically decrease and even eradicate queuing outside entertainment and sport venues.
Read More Conference report - NFC Europe
At the CMP Media industry conference ‘NFC Europe’, held in Frankfurt on October 9-10, there were encouraging signs that NFC is set to make m-payments a reality where SMS, Bluetooth, infrared and a host ...
Read More Telefonica Móviles plans NFC trial in Europe
Following its small scale trial at this years 3GSM show in Barcelona, MPW has learned that Telefonica Móviles plans to launch a significant NFC project using contactless payment technology in Europe. ...
Read More Mobile contactless payments worth $36bn
Strategy Analytics has released, "Mobile Contactless Payments - Growth on the Horizon," analyzing payment for goods or services using mobile phones instead of cash or credit/ debit cards. The report concludes ...
Read More Contactless a hit with consumers
Like a great new undiscovered restaurant, contactless payment is a big hit with consumers who have tried it, but still not well known, according to new research produced independently by Javelin Strategy ...
Read More Mobile J/Speedy project launched in Europe
JCB, in cooperation with CCV Holland, Gemalto, KPN, Nokia, NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors), PaySquare, and ViVOtech, has successfully launched 'Mobile J/Speedy', an NFC mobile payment project in ...
Read More Analysis
New opportunities for convergence in transit payments
Since the late 1990s, transit agencies have made significant investments in contactless smart card-based automatic fare collection (AFC) systems. Over the same period, the financial industry has begun ...
Read More Vendor Zone
Qpass surpasses $1.5bn of processed content
Amdocs says its Qpass digital commerce platform has processed more than $1.5bn worth of premium content, representing over 590m transactions since 2003.
Read More ViVOtech partners with Obopay
ViVOtech has partnered with Obopay to allow users access to the ViVOwallet and securely pay for retail goods by waving their NFC mobile devices in front of the more than 160,000 retail outlets equipped ...
Read More Gemalto wins partner award for PayPass
Gemalto has won a 'Best Vendor Partner Award' for its MasterCard OneSmart PayPass EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) Contactless Combi Cards at the MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Product Forum ...
Read More GFG Group wins TUANZ award
The TUANZ (Telecommunica-tion Users Association of New Zealand) Innovation Awards 2006 judging panel selected GFG Group as winners from a short list of three, also including Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone ...
Read More MasterCard extends Paypass roll-out
MasterCard Worldwide has announced a new sponsorship agreement that will extend its relationship with Major League Baseball and MLB.com through the 2010 season.
Read More HipCricket delivers SMS coupons
New York-based Katz Radio Group and HipCricket have announced an agreement whereby HipCricket will provide wireless marketing expertise for the Katz Radio Group. This partnership will allow for Katz Radio ...
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