Mobile payment made in Germany: mobuy

Wie geht es: Bei www.mobuy.de registrieren mit einer oder mehreren Telefonnummern, Abbuchung vom Bankkonto erlauben, persönliche PIN erhalten. Zum Bezahlen: Mobuy Nummer, die für eine bestimmte Transaktion steht, kostenlos anrufen, Anruf –ID identifiziert den Kunden, PIN eingeben, Buchungsvorgänge laufen. Mobuy ist ein Startup und erprobt seinen Service momentan in Pilotprojekten in Kooperation mit Vertriebspartnern, z.B. wird bei Geräten von Ricoh auch das Bezahlen von Kopierleistungen mittels des Mobiltelefons möglich. Die Software hierzu stammt von Genius Bytes, ebenfalls aus Deutschland.

Which do you prefer, your bank or your mobile phone?

It’s no secret that mobile finances are in the ascendent in Africa. While m-payments are being touted in Europe and America as a more convenient way to bank and pay, in Africa they mean so much more. And recent research shows that Nigerians trust their mobile more than a bank when it comes to handling money.

Mobile is part of the strategy for leading global payment company

MoneyGram International is a major player in world payment services. Based in Minnesota, it provides money transfers to 190 different countries, and claims to be the world’s second biggest payment company. Spurred on by underperformance in its Middle East market, MoneyGram is starting major push for growth - and mobile will play a big part in that.

Orange gently eases UK bankers into mobile payments with Barclaycard

Orange and Barclaycard have unveiled the “next step” in their payment partnership, with a new contactless credit card. The card delivers a lot of services tied in with your mobile phone - where will these steps end? Hopefully, with full contactless mobile payments.

Mobile payments start-up Bling Nation looking for nice operator

GoMo News had a 1-to-1 with Wences Casares, Founder, Director and Co-CEO of Bling Nation. One of the more promising payment start-ups at the Under The Radar conference, the mobile payments company uses NFC stickers to replace credits cards at point-of-sale transactions. Wences gaves me a live demo of the service. We spoke about how Bling only works with banks at the moment, and what Bling might achieve with operators.

Using mobile roaming to power mobile money transactions

There was a cluster of really interesting mobile payment companies at the Under The Radar conference near San Francisco today. One of the ones that intrigued me most was Payfone. CEO Roger Desai talked us through the offering from the company - which aims to use mobile roaming technology to power worldwide mobile transactions.

Are ABnote and Sicap the next big thing in NFC mobile commerce?

A mobile software expert and a banking provider have teamed up to push mobile NFC for banking. ABnote and Sicap have announced that they are setting themselves up as an “aggregator” for any bank, retailer or mass transit provider that wants to create an NFC system. If this paragraph hasn’t made any sense to you so far, then don’t worry! All will be explained.

Mobile money roundup: NFC, Indian unbanked, Fiserv and Xcellink

Fiserv continues to spread mobile to smaller American banks. Indian Corporation Bank is using mobile to provide commerce services to 2,000 unbanked villages. Xcellink has secured an important mobile transactions patent in China. Twinlinx and Inside Contactless have announced a partnership to drive NFC-based mobile payments in North America.

M-Parking: mobile commerce makes parking more profitable

At the Mobile Commerce World event in San Francisco today there was a great presentation about the effect of mobile technologies on parking management (it doesn’t sound too fascinating from the description I know, but bear with me). The case study was presented by the Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADT), Amir Sedadi, where they are implementing new and mobile forms of parking management - and seeing an increase in efficiency and revenue because of it.

GoMo 1-to-1: the future of mobile payments with OpenMarket

I interviewed Jay Emmet from mobile communications hub OpenMarket at Mobile Commerce World in San Francisco. We had a great interview, covering “second wave” app stores; the unique position that telcos are in to push mobile commerce forward; the future of mobile as a more powerful payment method than credit cards and more.

Mobile Commerce World: how mobile payment can revolutionise public transit

At Mobile Commerce World in San Francisco, we heard a great talk from David L deKozan, VP of Worldwide Business Development for Cubic. Now, Cubic is one of those companies that you’ve probably never heard of… but chances are you use their services all the time. If you’ve ever used public transport, you’ve almost certainly used a Cubic product. The company handles automatic fare collection for transit, particularly smartcards - so if you’ve used a MetroCard in New York, a SmarTrip card in Washington or an Oyster card in London (for starters), you’ve used a Cubic card. And David gave us a great talk on the future of mobile in the public transit / smartcard space.

Napster, mobile music and the future of mobile commerce

Wait, what - the Napster? Yes, they are still around. And they are making serious moves in mobile commerce and content. At the Mobile Commerce World event in San Francisco today, Brad Duea, President of Napster spoke at length about music and commerce in mobile. He was interviewed by Tom Wills, Senior Analyst from the Security, Fraud & Compliance division of Javelin Strategy. It’s a great interview - Brad addresses problems with operators, billing, licensing and labels. He also spoke about the differences between Napster and other big mobile music services like Spotify and Pandora.

Mobile money roundup: NFC, SMS and Nokia

Nokia has partnered with another mobile payments firm. Three major companies have joined in Africa for a major mobile payment trial. Ericsson is pushing SMS as the medium for micro-payments for content producers… and more.

Mobile money roundup: new services, SMS and rebranding

MTN Rwanda becomes latest African operator to launch mobile money. Operator-end mobile services are being pushed in emerging markets by Alternet. Bulk SMS experts FrontlineSMS is launching a micro-transactions service for NGOs. Bank of India is partnering with Rev and Mastercard for inclusive banking services… and more.

The grandaddy of mobile payment services comes to the UK

No discussion about the global growth of mobile payment services is complete without mention of Safaricoms M-PESA. Available in Kenya since March 2007, it allows subscribers to send money to one another via their mobile devices. The service was hugely popular in Kenya, as it doesn’t require a bricks-and-mortar bank to use… or even a bank account! The service has now made its way to the UK, so that Kenyans in England can quickly and easily send money home.

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