MPW ISSUE 90 November 15 2006
News
Visa Wave arrives in Latin America
Visa has deployed its contactless technology in Latin America for the first time with the launch of a programme which will be implemented by Visanet Guatemala, local banks Banco Cuscatlan, Banco Industrial ...
Read More ViVOnfc OTA provisioning suite
ViVOtech has introduced ViVOnfc Suite 2.0, a production-ready and field-tested platform for OTA provisioning of NFC-enabled mobile phones which will enable card issuers, service providers and retailers ...
Read More BoA begins m-payments trial
Bank of America is conducting trials of contactless m-payments as an alternative to low-value cash payments, says internet information service Finextra.com. Around 500 staff at the bank's offices in Wilmington, ...
Read More BoA targets contactless vending
Bank of America has chosen USA Technologies' e-Port cashless vending services for its programme to evaluate radio frequency cashless payment devices.
Read More FONA launches contactless credit card
In a surprising move away from interoperable contactless technologies from Visa, MasterCard and American Express, Danish electronics retailer FONA launched a proprietary contactless credit card at the ...
Read More Oberthur's mobile contactless offer
Oberthur Card Systems has reinforced its partnership with Inside Contactless by launching a SIM-centric solution for NFC contactless transaction.
Read More CASSIS manages NFC 'ecosystem'
CASSIS International, the first secured shared service platform company in the world to be certified ISO-27001 for Information Security Management (ISMS) has initiated 'MobileMatrix,' its OTA remote application ...
Read More First Direct tests video banking with 3
First Direct in the UK is joining forces with mobile network 3 to enable customers to 'video call' their bank from their mobile phone.
Read More Vodacom launches SA credit card
Vodacom, South Africa's leading mobile network, has launched a credit card to its customers, expanding its offerings beyond pure telecoms services.
Read More Banking on Faith
FaithFone Wireless a purpose-driven Christian mobile phone company based in the US, has launched a mobile banking platform - 'Banking On You' (BOY). FaithFone Wireless has a partnership with technology ...
Read More S1 and Fundamo sign OEM
S1 Corporation has announced an OEM agreement with Fundamo. Under the terms of the agreement, Fundamo's software - integrated with Postilion transaction management software to deliver mobile services ...
Read More 'payforit' gains industry support
2ergo Group claims it is the first 'Accredited Payment Intermediary' to establish billing connections with multiple mobile networks, for the provision of 'Payforit', and aims to lead the field in bringing ...
Read More MIG launches MIGPay
After the near disastrous six months in mid-2005 when the UK content market nearly imploded from lack of consumer trust in downloaded purchases and ICSTIS (UK regulator for premium rate services) was ...
Read More Virgin m-ticketing promotion
Virgin Mobile is working with Flytxt and ActiveMedia Technology to offer customers a new mobile ticketing queue jumping facility.
Read More Avantix Mobile in UK roll-out
Atos Origin says that its Avantix Mobile has been implemented across UK rail networks including London and South Eastern, First TransPennine Express and Arriva Trains Wales.
Read More M-POS patent dispute
On September 9 2006, the European Patent Office granted application No. 99 957 131.8, more commonly known as the 'V-SIM patent,' which has now been granted in more than 12 different jurisdictions, including ...
Read More PayPass gathers momentum in Europe
MasterCard's OneSmart PayPass contactless platform is fast gathering momentum in Europe, with the announcement of two new pilots in France and the extension of an existing pilot with Royal Bank of Scotland ...
Read More New York mobile trial
Following on from the successful trials that MasterCard Worldwide has had on the underground stations of the New York subway (MPW 86), Citigroup, MasterCard and Cingular are set to increase the size and ...
Read More MasterCard in US NFC phones trial
In partnership with Nokia and 7-Eleven, MasterCard is conducting a consumer trial in Dallas, Texas, of NFC-enabled mobile phones with PayPass.
Read More Vendor Zone
PayPass in Mexico
McDonald's Mexico, Banamex and MasterCard have performed the first PayPass transaction which signifies the initial stage of this payment system in McDonald's restaurants in the city of Monterrey.
Read More New Upaid payment service
Upaid is to launch its own membership-based payment services specifically aimed at the online content and m-commerce markets. Until now, Upaid has worked under the guise of brands, such as Visa and IBM, ...
Read More TI shapes new contactless forms
A contactless payment key fob, smaller than the keys on your key ring, and a thin oval-shaped wristband are just two of the payment possibilities enabled by Texas Instrument's ISO/IEC 14443 contactless ...
Read More 'thebusinessphone' M-POS
At Cartes, thebusinessphone unveiled its wireless-handheld payment device, thebusinessphone MTT 1570, licensed from Way Systems MTT series (MPW 59, 82), which combines a mobile phone and a wireless POS ...
Read More Ingenico i3070 contactless PINpad
Ingenico launched the i3070 contactless, its first PINpad with fully integrated contactless technology, at Cartes 2006, aimed at multilane retail and traditional merchants.
Read More Companies address SMS spam
In the last issue MPW reported on the growing problems of the misuse of SMS in the various guises of spam, fraud, flooding, viruses, spoofing and 'smishing' (SMS phishing). Companies like Telsis (MPW ...
Read More Coca-Cola vend via mobile
VeriSign has announced a deal to enable purchases at Coca-Cola vending machines via mobile phones in Austria, enabling over 2m mobilkom austria and One wireless customers.
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