MPW ISSUE 93 January 30 2007
News
G&D deal with Bank of America
Bank of America has chosen Giesecke & Devrient to provide OTA personalization services as part of an RF contactless payment companion devices trial.
Read More INSIDE launches dual brand card for banks
Inside Contactless has announced MicroPass L4-2G, the next generation release of its hardware platform for contactless bank card payments.
Read More Tyfone offers alternative to NFC phones
US m-banking outfit Tyfone (MPW 85) is ready to roll out its NFC payments and banking platform commercially, despite the well-publicized lack of NFC-ready phones in the market.
Read More Are banks shortsighted with contactless?
Formerly vice president and managing director for product/market integration at Visa International and now managing her own consultancy firm, Payment Innovations, Debbie Arnold has a wealth of experience ...
Read More NBAD launches LUUP
A new agreement between the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and Mobile Value Systems (MVS) will allow banking customers in the UAE to use their mobile phones to make secure payments and money transfers ...
Read More Cyphermint m-payment platform
Adding to its global mobile strategy, Cyphermint has announced that m-banking and bill payment capabilities on a consumer’s mobile phone device can be securely linked to a consumer’s credit, debit, stored ...
Read More Sapphire launches SMS banking for US market
US-based Sapphire Mobile Systems says its vision is to enable any US financial institution to offer secure, easy-to-use m-banking and payments to anyone with a mobile phone, and with no new hardware or ...
Read More M-ticketing ready for take-off
Nok Air, a low-cost airline and subsidiary of Thai Airways, is to undertake a trial of m-ticketing, with the ‘mobi-ticket’ service being provided by Mobiqa.
Read More M-banking gains traction in Latin America
Argentinian bank Banco Francs has launched a mobile banking service in partnership with mobile operator Movistar Argentina, a unit of Spain’s Telefonica.
Read More Fujitsu’s contactless POS platform
Fujitsu Transaction Solutions and Accelitec have successfully integrated Accelitec’s PayPilot suite of transaction solutions with Fujitsu’s GlobalSTORE POS and CustomerCENTER loyalty applications. It ...
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I-play signs for Payforit
UK-based Dialogue Communications says that I-play, a mobile entertainment company, has become the first customer of its ‘Payforit’ Service, the m-payments gateway to be rolled out across UK operator networks. ...
Read More Cricket chooses Valista for off-deck content
Cricket Communications has selected Valista’s ‘Managed Payments Service’ to enable its off-deck mobile content business. Valista’s payments service ensures that consumers are aware of exactly what they ...
Read More RocketBux to leverage ViVOplatform
RocketBux is offering its mobile marketing services through an agreement with ViVOtech. RocketBux provides targeted retail offers and coupons as well as enhanced loyalty programs from merchants to participating ...
Read More Increase in mobile fraud - TowerGroup
When it comes to fraud and identity theft, one rule remains constant - fraudsters will follow the money. Mobile devices are ramping up incidents of mobile virus (MPW 52, 57) and mobile malware (malicious ...
Read More Operators must offer fast mobile internet
LogicaCMG has launched ‘SpeedBrowsing,’ enabling network operators to offer subscribers increased access speeds for off-portal websites and automatic optimization of all sites for the individual user’s ...
Read More Telcos plan on screen ads
US mobile phone carriers Verizon, Sprint and Cingular are beginning to test and roll out advertising on mobile phone screens, but by next year cell phone advertising is likely to be more common, writes ...
Read More Opinions
Catching on to m-payments
With many high profile trials of NFC-enabled mobile phones on the back of the rapidly accelerating roll-out of contactless cards, Hugh Roberts, senior strategist at Logan Orviss International, offered ...
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