Category Archives: mobile payments
Payforit Summit 2013
[ June 26, 2013; 12:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Organiser: AIME
Venue: 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London
Location: England, UK
URL: http://payforitsummit.com
Register here.
An event to explain the advantages of Payforit and help people get started with the mobile billing solution. Continue reading
Guest Post: Five mobile finance trends on the rise in 2013
by Trevor Young, director fro product management with OANDA
From travel budgeting; to currency trading; to the concept of a cashless society; -a number of mobile trends are gathering steam in the finance space. The world’s Internet denizens are increasingly embracing mobile computing. It’s not just hype. A growing body of evidence (see Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB) report here) supports the notion that the mobile web will free us from the constraints of the desktop. Continue reading
txtNation offers NFC payments thru RapidNFC
Rating: NFC payment without the complicated signup process
Becoming the first to offer direct operator billing via NFC technology, mobile aggregator, txtNation, has partnered with Europe’s largest supplier of NFC tags and products- RapidNFC. Whilst other NFC methods exist, txtNation claims to have introduced a solution without any complicated signup process. This offering works in any country where mobile network operators (MNOs) can support MSISDN pass-through, so that the user can enjoy “one-click billing”. Continue reading
Guest Post: A new Apple payment system rumours
by Katerina Merzlova, a copywriter with Intellectsoft
The number of rumours about new Apple products continues to grow at an incredible rate. Just recently several sources have become aware of new patents which suggest that Apple is planning to enter the mobile payments sector. Apple is already seriously to reconsidering the reasons why the company has ignored NFC technology in its devices. Since 2010, the company has been gathered patents on various methods of using NFC. Continue reading
Mobile Convention Amsterdam
[ May 22, 2013 9:00 am to May 23, 2013 6:00 pm. ] Organisers: Corporate Mobile Messaging
Venue: Beurs van berlage
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Web: www.mobileconventionamsterdam.nl
MCA is the biggest event on NFC, mobile payments, m-commerce and processes in Northern Europe.
To register go here. Continue reading
Intuit Pay for Android is ideal for festival merchants
Rating: As long as merchants have the right sort of Android
As we’ve mentioned previously, going to music festivals means selecting the right sort of handset (see previous story here). Well, Intuit Pay appears to have thrown up another sort of obstacle. It seems you have to take exactly the right sort of Android handset, too. The company has just released the Android version of its ‘Pay’ app – the iOS version having come out back in March [2013]. Now this app is ideal for anyone selling products or services in the middle of a field. Because it is an easy and low cost way to accept credit and debit card payments. When GoMo News tried to download the app from Google Play, the system reported as incompatible with all of our handsets – even the latest Motorola RAZR HD. Continue reading
All-in-one solution lets small businesses accept card payments face-to-face and online
Press release
April 11th 2013. Intuit Pay, which launched on iOS in March [2013], is now also available on Android, giving even more businesses and anyone selling products or services an easy and low cost way to accept credit and debit card payments. Intuit Pay enables users to take card payments on the go as well as from home or office. It includes a free app and pocket-sized chip & PIN card reader for face-to-face payments and a secure website for online payments from home or office, ideal for taking card payments over the phone. Continue reading
101: Direct operator Billing/Direct Carrier Billing
Sponsored by txtNation
Within the mobile and cellular worlds, there’s a growing appreciation of the true worth of DoB (Direct operator Billing) or Direct Carrier Billing as it is often referred to in North America. Essentially DoB is an easy way of making payments to purchase goods or service by placing the charge against a prepay or postpaid mobile phone’s bill. Mobile network operators (MNOs) and MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) alike see Direct operator Billing as a means to regain ground lost to the online majors such as Google (Play); Apple (iTunes); and Amazon in mobile commerce (m-commerce). This is especially true now that MNOs and MVNOs have come to accept that their own portals cannot compete effectively with the online giants. We suggest you contact a DoB specialist (such as txtNation) for a full list of territories in which DoB/DOC is offered. 1 Continue reading
WorldPay extends it PAYG card payment acceptance to iOS users
Rating: Music festival traders ideal customers for wirelessly accepting payments
WorldPay has just announced extra capabilities for its Pay As You Go card acceptance service for UK small businesses. It has now been extended to include iOS compatible devices and an updated Android app means that customers have the option of printing receipts using a Bluetooth printer. WorldPay is also expanding its pilot programme, which already boasts several thousand users across the UK. The company expects to have a full roll-out of this service by Summer 2013 – just in time for the music festival season, we suspect. Continue reading
WorldPay announces new iOS compatible device for Pay As you Go card acceptance service for small businesses
WorldPay expands successful PAYG pilot programme ahead of Summer launch
Press release
March 12th 2013. WorldPay, the UK’s leading payment processing provider, has announced it is extending its Pay As You Go Card Acceptance Service for Small Businesses to include iOS compatible devices. The service is now available through iPhones and iPads, as well as Android smartphones and tablets, and Blackberry. WorldPay has also announced an update for its Android app featuring a new, customer friendly user interface. The service has also been updated to give customers the option of printing receipts using a Bluetooth printer. Continue reading
Visa deal to generate €45m for Monitise
Credit card giant extends its grip on mobile money firm
Monitise has forged a new three year deal with Visa Europe that will generate revenues of at least €45 million for the UK mobile money specialist. It will allow the European arm of the world’s largest credit card firm to use Monitise technology in its mobile software at the same time accelerating adoption of mobile payments, it’s claimed. Continue reading
Ensygnia demos onescan visual NFC to GoMo @ MWC
Rating: Great automated automated online purchasing app
By happy co-incidence, whilst networking at the MWC 2013 here in Barcelona, GoMobile News came across Richard Harris (not that one) who is CEO with a mob called Ensygnia. He got us extremely interested in the company’s technology which is called ‘onescan’. Harris described this offering as a kind of ‘visual NFC’. Given GoMobile News’ own poor experiences with NFC at MWC, we can see this technology going great guns. In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised if the company isn’t snapped up by one of the Big Banks. Continue reading
GoMo releases Payforit 101
Rating: Meet the experts – txtNation @ MWC 2013
Perhaps there is nothing more crucial to keeping the wheels of mobile commerce turning than an efficient payment system. Historically, we’ve seen technologies such as Premium Rate SMS (PRS) provide one workable answer. However, by far the most elegant solution is an instant mobile payments system and probably the best example of this is the Payforit micropayments system established by all five UK MNOs (mobile network operators). Continue reading
101: Payforit instant mobile payment system
Sponsored by txtNation
Begun back in 2006 by all five of the UK mobile network operators ((MNOs) – 3UK, O2; Orange: T-Mobile; and Vodafone, Payforit is an instant mobile payment system. All UK networks are supported, including virtual (MVNO) operators like Tesco, Lebara and Virgin. In fact, any UK mobile number (which starts with 07x) can use Payforit. This kind of service is sometimes described as a mobile micropayment service but is also known as ‘carrier billing’ in the USA. It was originally viewed purely as a mobile content payment mechanism (for ringtones, wallpapers, etc) but has subsequently evolved way beyond that. Continue reading
txtNation roll-out UK Direct Billing with Payforit 4
Press release
January 8th 2013. txtNation has announced that Payforit 4, the latest version of Payforit, the online and mobile-web operator billing solution is now available for all clients operating in the UK market across their platform, in full release. Payforit is the UK mobile micro-payment scheme, created and supported by all of the UK mobile network operators (MNOs). Now on it’s 4th version, it’s a testament to how far Payforit has come. Continue reading
