Carrier Billing growing 46% per year and boosting the App ecosystem
Mobile commerce is the fastest growing trend within the mobile industry, and mobile is the key ecosystem for the digital economy today.
Juniper Research affirms that the value of digital content billed via direct carrier billing will increase from...
Masary builds out m-payments operations
Masary Egypt started its mobile commerce services operations the first week of June 2009 and just after one month of operation it managed to hire more than 100 merchant outlets in rural areas to...
Movilway chooses Utiba for deployment of mobile commerce in Latin America
Movilway has chosen Utiba Americas as strategic supplier to promote recharging and mobile banking services in Latin America.
The basis of this agreement is that Utiba Americas will provide Movilway with the technology that enables...
Payments tech companies raise $1.2 billion in 2013
2013 saw continued interest by venture capital and corporate venture investments into payments tech companies ranging from mobile point of sales solutions to parking payment apps to international money transfer.
NTT Docomo, Mizuho plan cash transfers by phone
According to Japanese new paper reports, NTT Docomo and Mizuho Bank are set to collaborate on the launching of a service enabling mobile phone users to transfer money via their phones.
Provided the sender of...
WorldPay expands m-commerce offering with new partnership
WorldPay has announced a new partnership with m-commerce platform provider The MoBank Group. The partnership will make MoPowered, The MoBank Group's mobile commerce system available to all merchants using the WorldPay payments gateway, providing...
Who uses mobile payments?
Mobile payments use has become widespread: 45% of US consumers report having made a mobile payment, which translates to approximately 114 million adults.
Expansion in the use of mobile payments over time has corresponded with an...
Virtual goods marketplace embraces m-payments
Woozworld, an online virtual world, has announced a partnership with m-payment platform provider Zong that will enable Woozworld users to buy virtual goods by entering in their mobile phone number.
Zong verifies payment by sending...
Visa introduces suite of mobile services for US
Visa Inc. has launched mobile services that allow financial institutions to offer their account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances, transfer funds between accounts, and receive near real time transaction alerts...
Nine drivers of mobile money identified as consumers embrace mobile
Global trade body Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) has released its annual Global Mobile Money report.
As new mobile payment models come online, and more sectors embrace mobile as the primary channel for customer engagement and transaction,...