Tag Archives: mobile payment
Can mobile operators be trusted with your credit card details?
In the last few years, mobile operators have been called upon to handle more and more complex types of payments for their subscribers. People want mobile wallets, SMS payments, barcode transfers and more. But there is a serious question to be asked here: can the operators be trusted with your details? Vesta, an electronic payments company based in Portland, Oregon, has just released the results of a substantive survey of 18 mobile network operators in the US and Europe – 16 of which were tier one operators. It has found that over a quarter of these operators were not compliant with the most important standards in the electronic payments industry. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged MNO, mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile finance, mobile money, mobile network, mobile operator, mobile payment, PCI, PCI DSS, Vesta
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India’s Interbank Mobile Payment Service finally includes merchants
In November last year, GoMo news reported on the new mobile transfer system launched in India. Designed to make transferring money via SMS as easy as possible, it was a platform that filled me with real enthusiasm. Six months later, the Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) has released some results, showing a slow but hopeful performance since launch. We take a look at what the service does, and how it’s been doing. Continue reading
Posted in India and Asia Pacific, india, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged IMPS, india, interbank mobile payment service, mobie money, mobile, mobile payment, mobile transfer, NPCI, RBI
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Mobile phones gain popularity for credit card transactions
comScore is one of the biggest Internet research agencies in the world – it tracks on-line information for some of the Internet’s largest companies. Today, it has released results from its tracking of US credit card use on-line over the past year. And it shows a very healthy increase in the number of people who trust their mobile devices enough to complete credit card transactions on them. Continue reading
Posted in mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged comscore, credit, Credit Card, mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile money, mobile payment, mobile transactions
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Gemalto universal mobile NFC payments get MasterCard certified
Digital security expert Gemalto has some pretty interesting news today – it’s mobile NFC payment system got the certified by MasterCard. And the new system is installed on UICC cards, meaning it can be used in pretty much every phone and with any operator in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged gemalto, mastercard, mobile money, mobile nfc, mobile payment, NFC, paypass, UICC
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Japan drives another surge in mobile charity
A new force really has emerged when it comes to disaster relief. A recurring motif over the last year and a half has been the use of mobiles to gather much-needed funds when disaster strikes – and the on-going crisis in Japan has been no different. Today, two stories have emerged about using mobile to gather disaster relief for Japan, in the aftermath of the earthquake. Continue reading
Posted in mobile money, mobile news
Tagged Japan, mobile, mobile charity, mobile money, mobile payment, red cross, SMS, The Nippon Foundation
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Ericsson takes on the entire mobile money industry
It can be hard to get your mind around just how big Ericsson is. In a world that is almost completely connected through telecommunications, Ericsson owns over one third of all the equipment those communications runs through. And today it has announced the latest service it will be running across it’s unequalled worldwide equipment base: a mobile money service that will allows anyone in the world to send money to anyone else as easily as they would send a text message. Continue reading
Posted in mobile money, mobile news
Tagged ericsson, ericsson money services, mcommerce, mobile, mobile finance, mobile money, mobile payment
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Mobile NFC explodes as the biggest operators announce launches
If there was any doubt that Near Field Communications (NFC) was going to be a massive industry in 2011, let it be dispelled now. This week has seen some of the biggest operators in the world announcing massive support for the technology. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged at&t, isis, mobile, mobile carrier, mobile money, mobile network, mobile nfc, mobile operator, mobile payment, NFC, orange, t-mobile, verizon
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Mobile money: international mobile commerce platform from KDDI and MFIC
Another company has entered into the expanding mobile commerce market in a big way. Massive Japanese telecoms firm KDDI Corporation has announced a $22 million investment in a US financial services provider, Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC) – with the goal of creating an international mobile money platform that any mobile network operator the world around can make use of. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged america, Japan, kddi, mobile, mobile commerce, mobile finance, mobile money, mobile payment
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Mobile payments: Tyfone wins NFC microSD patent
Based out of the US and India, Tyfone is a mobile payments technology company with a pretty decent selection of offerings. Today, it has announced a big win in the mobile patents area – it now holds the patent on using microSD cards to power mobile payments. Continue reading
Posted in mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged devicefidelity, microsd, mobile, mobile nfc, mobile patent, mobile payment, mobile payments, NFC, patent, tyfone
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Mobile payment by NFC built into Android 2.3
One of the really hot topics this holiday season is mobile payments. There’ve been a multitude of stories about it on GoMo, along with two feature interviews coming up. Google isn’t staying quiet on the topic, and has announced that the soon-to-be-release Android 2.3 OS will have mobile payment built into it. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, Mobile OS, android, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged android, android 2.3, gingerbread, google, mobile, mobile payment, NFC
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Mobile Money Network launches from Best Buy, Monitise and Carphone Warehouse
Three highly recognizable brands have announced a joint venture this morning, entirely based around mobile money. Electronics retailer Best Buy and Monitise have joined to form an entity called “Mobile Money Network” – with the personal backing of Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone.
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Chip and PIN on your smartphone: CreditCall looks for BlackBerry trialists
This weeks report from the Mobile Marketing Association revealed an interesting stat for mobile shoppers – while 59% plan to use their mobiles for shopping, the majority are only interested in research and mapping functions. A mere 4% intend to actually use their mobile to pay for items. CreditCall is hoping to increase that number, and is launching a search for businesses to trial their new mobile application – CardEase would allow BlackBerry devices to accept Chip and PIN payments. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile applications, mobile money, mobile news
Tagged BlackBerry, cardease, chip and pin, creditcall, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, mobile money, mobile payment
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Bling Nation brings mobile tap-to-pay to Texas grocery
Bling Nation today announced that Brookshire Grocery Co., one of the largest regional grocery chains operating in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, is bringing “Bling” to their customers in Mt. Pleasant, Texas as an introductory program. Customers will be able to securely and conveniently tap-and-pay for their purchases and earn bank rewards, saving five percent with every transaction up to $100 with their BlingTags at both store locations operating under the banners of Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods.
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Posted in Press Release
Tagged bling nation, brookshit grocery co., mobile, mobile payment
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