MPW ISSUE 97 April 12 2007
News
Collaboration is key to m-payments - Visa USA CEO
Mobile payment is at a critical moment in its development, and realizing its full potential will require close collaboration between the wireless and payment card industries, according to Visa USA president ...
Read More Vodafone and G&D in SIM initiative for NFC
Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) are teaming up to develop a secure storage element for NFC-enabled mobile phones. This element, intended for trusted applications in NFC mobile devices, is the SIM ...
Read More Swiss roll out PayPass
MasterCard Europe has announced the first European card based OneSmart MasterCard PayPass transaction at McDonald's in Switzerland, organized by Swiss banking company Aduno Group.
Read More Inside cooperates with Infineon on NFC
Inside Contactless is to cooperate with Infineon Technologies on the development of a joint reference architecture for next generation, interoperable NFC solutions.
Read More ASK develops paper contactless cards
MasterCard Worldwide has signed a development agreement with ASK to create paper-based contactless payment solutions for use in transit and other payment environments.
Read More New US m-banking moves
AT&T and Firethorn (MPW 91) have announced that Wachovia Corporation, Regions Financial Corporation and SunTrust Banks have selected Firethorn's mobile banking and payments platform to provide their customers ...
Read More Citibank launches Citi Mobile
Citibank has launched ‘Citi Mobile,’ the first m-banking application from a major US bank that can be quickly downloaded on to mobile phones, making m-banking for Citibank clients as fast and effortless ...
Read More Metavante and Monitise m-payments for US
Metavante, the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Wisconsin-based financial services group Marshall & Ilsley, has signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with the UK’s ...
Read More CheckFree and Firethorn to deliver m-banking
CheckFree and Firethorn Holdings have announced an exclusive partnership to deliver m-banking and bill payment services to financial institutions.
Read More Belgium launches m-payments
Atos Origin subsidiary Banksys and Belgian network operators BASE, Mobistar and Proximus have launched an m-payments platform which allows users the same functionality as their bank card on any GSM phone.
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Read More Alliance & Leicester m-banking incentives
Alliance & Leicester has a double dose of good news for its customers. Throughout April, Premier and Premier Direct customers can benefit from an increase in the popular ‘Recommend a Friend’ offer from ...
Read More Telus m-banking throughout Canada
ClairMail has announced a strategic partnership with Telus to bring the ClairMail solution to Canada. Telus and ClairMail will initially focus on enabling retail banks, credit unions, brokerages, and ...
Read More Mobile Candy Dish to sweeten ViVOtech
ViVOtech has partnered with Mobile Candy Dish to provide consumers a complete end-to-end m-commerce platform. By combining ViVOwallet OTA and NFC m-payment software and the Mobile Candy Dish ‘Blaze suite’ ...
Read More Check-in with boarding passes direct to mobile
Real Time Engineering and Mobiqa are set to revolutionize airline check-in and boarding for passengers. The companies have teamed up to launch RT-mobi-ticket, which delivers boarding pass information ...
Read More Turkcell rolls out world’s largest mobile signature platform
Turkcell, Turkey’s leading mobile operator with more than 30m subscribers, has selected its SIM-based identification solution to implement a large-scale mobile signature program. The program is based ...
Read More Analysis
Garanti Bank: wireless banking and fraud prevention
Garanti Bank is the third largest private bank in Turkey, with 462 branches across Turkey and over 6m customers. Since August 2005, it has been jointly controlled by GE with the founding Dogus family.
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Read More Vendor Zone
ViVOtech tops ABI ranking
ViVOtech has been ranked at the top of the latest Contactless Reader Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.
Read More Bango 2Go fast-tracks to mobile web
Bango has introduced a new service called ‘Bango 2Go’, for brands and content providers to launch their presence on the mobile web. The new service - the first of its kind in the world - takes the guesswork ...
Read More Obopay introduces ‘Checkout’
Obopay has introduced Obopay Checkout and Mobile Merchant Platform, which enables mobile merchants to offer consumers effortless, instant payments that monetize digital and physical offerings.
Read More VeriFone strengthens partnership in Middle East
VeriFone has announced an agreement with Network International, one of the leading credit card and payment services providers in the Gulf and Middle East region, to roll out the industry-leading and PCI-compliant ...
Read More Amtrak selects XD2000
ExaDigm has been selected by Amtrak, the US rail operator, to provide mobile payment terminals for onboard acceptance and real-time processing of card payments for food and beverage services.
Read More Cellfire m-coupons
Cellfire says that its coupon application is now available to consumers using Brew-enabled phones. Starting in April, Cellfire will be available for download on select wireless carriers that support the ...
Read More MobileLime merger
MobileLime has merged with Cuesol, a provider of interactive shopping, marketing and self-service solutions for grocers. The merger will allow the companies to combine MobileLime’s mobile rewards and ...
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