MPW ISSUE 95 February 22 2007
News
GSMA aims for global POS purchases via mobile
The worldwide use of mobile phones for payments at POS (point of sale) is the aim of a new initiative announced by the GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade organization for mobile operators.
Read More Visa and SK Telecom launch commercial m-payments service
Visa International and SK Telecom have launched the world’s first commercial roll-out of a contactless payment application on a universal SIM (USIM) card which is personalized over-the-air (OTA). Visa ...
Read More Cardist reaches for international recognition of Turkish card market
Mobile Payments World and its parent magazine European Card Review have announced an exclusive media partnership as ‘Global Media Sponsors’ with Cardist International Card Technologies Exhibition who ...
Read More One-fifth of UK subscribers search mobile internet
Just 20% of UK subscribers actually search for content on the mobile internet, despite an industry perception that 89% do, according to research released from the Mobile Entertainment Forum and Ovum.
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Read More Upaid launches ValU payment club
Upaid has launched its own membership-based payment club, called ValU. The new payment club, commercially available on February 15th, 2007, provides services specifically aimed at the online content and ...
Read More 3GSM 2007 - Barcelona on Fira
It is difficult to build on the success that is 3GSM, but despite the world’s biggest show being ‘Under New Management’ a success it was. There were, what can only be described as teething problems, but ...
Read More GSMA and MasterCard in global money transfer pilot
At the recent 3GSM show in Barcelona, the GSM Association launched a pilot programme aimed at tapping the ubiquity of mobile communications to enable the world’s 200m international migrant workers to ...
Read More Discover Network and Motorola in m-payments trial
Discover Financial Services and Motorola have launched a mobile payments and account management trial that enables participants to check their Discover Card account balances, review payment history, and ...
Read More Bank of America introduces m-banking
Bank of America’s (BofA) 21m Online Banking customers will be able to use their mobile phones and smart phones when they're on-the-go to check account balances, pay bills and transfer money with the launch ...
Read More Vodafone and Citigroup announce global mobile remittance venture
Vodafone and Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking Global Transaction Services business has announce their plan to launch a Vodafone-branded mobile-based international money transfer service targeting ...
Read More Analysis
EDC and MPW reveal Mobile Financial Services survey results
Running for its second year Edgar, Dunn & company (EDC) and Mobile Payments World (MPW) have constructed an industry survey to find and highlight trends and key insights into the mobile finance industry. ...
Read More Vendor Zone
mBlox publishes record SMS transactions for 2006
mBlox recently announced a record number of off-portal transactions for 2006. With over 1.4bn application-to-person transactions processed worldwide making mBlox the global leader in off-portal SMS and ...
Read More McAfee reveals 83% of MNO’s have been hit
McAfee has released findings from new research that reveals mobile operators globally are experiencing more mobile malware attacks than ever before, and spending more time and money on recovery from these ...
Read More Olista and Agillic join forces
Olista and Agillic are to jointly develop a solution they hope will enhance the customer experience by improving the ease of use of mobile data services with an efficient and effective personalised communication ...
Read More INSIDE Contactless’ next generation NFC services
At the 3GSM show in Barcelona, INSIDE Contactless presented its next generation NFC chip technology.
Read More Compass Bank to use Visa wave for check cards
Compass Bank has begun to issue Visa Check Cards with the contactless feature to a select group of cardholders.
Read More Discover certifies Inside Contactless chip
Discover Financial Services has announced that Discover Network has certified the MicroPass L4 intelligent hardware platform from INSIDE Contactless. The MicroPass L4 is a contactless chip platform for ...
Read More bcgi enables cross-border top-up and recharge
bcgi has announced new capabilities within its Payment Manager application that enable operators and MVNOs to extend their top-up footprints across international borders and across mobile operators. ...
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