23-May-12
Telefonica Moves Into Mobile Money Market In Argentina

Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF) and MasterCard (MA) on Wednesday launched a mobile money service in Argentina with an eye on millions of wireless users who don't have a bank account....

18-May-12
MasterCard, C-SAM to provide white label mobile wallet

C-SAM Inc. and MasterCard Worldwide Inc. will be offering a new white label mobile wallet solution, C-SAM announced. The new mobile wallet will be based on C-SAM’s Mobile Transaction Platform and will allow integration with MasterCard’s prepaid platform, offers, PayPass Wallet Services and rich informational services....

18-May-12
Mobile money misery

Wouldn't it be great if you could leave your wallet at home and pay for everything with your mobile phone? Well, OK, not everybody is in love with the idea of the cashless society, but the march of mobile money seems unstoppable right now. Or does it? As an enthusiast early adopter of anything which might make life simpler, I've been trying out these new ways of paying - and I'm on the verge of chucking it in....

16-May-12
Mobile wallet for Tongans

DIGICEL has used the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to improve its mobile money service in Tonga....

15-May-12
Carrier mobile payments venture signs up 50 merchant partners

Isis, a joint venture between Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile, is starting to show some momentum as it nears its trials in Salt Lake City and Austin....

14-May-12
Kony Solutions Is Among the First Mobile Platform Vendors to Support MasterCard PayPass Wallet Services

Kony Solutions Is Among the First Mobile Platform Vendors to Support MasterCard PayPass Wallet Services....

14-May-12
Banks, telecoms move on new mobile payment system

Canada’s banking industry is preparing a sweeping set of new guidelines that will change the way Canadians pay for goods at retailers across the country. The new guidelines, which are expected to be made public as early as Monday, will open the door for partnerships between financial institutions and telecommunications companies to embed credit card and debit card information inside smartphones....

14-May-12
Digicel Launches World's First Fully Inclusive NFC Capable Mobile Wallet Payments Service with VeriFone

Digicel has developed the world's first integrated NFC capable Wallet service that doesn't require a bank account, credit card, or smart phone,...

11-May-12
Wallet, Wallet Everywhere: Making Sense of the Mobile Payment Wars

Making Sense of the Mobile Payment Wars. There’s a cold war going on in the technology world. As smartphones become ubiquitous and online shopping grows, tech companies and payment companies are arming themselves for battle over how people pay for things. ...

10-May-12
American Express Cardmembers to Shop, Tap and Pay with Isis Mobile Wallet

American Express Adds U.S. Consumer, OPEN(R) Small Business and Serve Cards to Isis Mobile Wallet...

07-May-12
App targets exploding mobile coupon market

Geopon’s team is racing to get its ‘wallet solution’ out there. The app will target the exploding mobile coupon market....

07-May-12
LevelUp is asking consumers to scan, not swipe

LevelUp is asking consumers to scan, not swipe. Mobile payment startup eyes the path of Square, but with a bigger focus on loyalty perks....

03-May-12
Money transfer: Safaricom rewards MPESA customer

Money transfer service - Safaricom has launched a one-month MPESA promotion which will reward customers who top up their airtime through the money transfer service. For every M-PESA top up made up to a cumulative maximum of Sh1,000 daily, customers will get a 10 percent bonus airtime....

30-Apr-12
Visa to launch V.me digital wallet this Autumn

Payments firm Visa is planning to launch its digital wallet service in the UK, Spain and France with a small trial group of customers in Autumn....

26-Apr-12
“Mobile wallet” launching in Canada within six months, carriers currently in final talks with banks

EnStream, the Rogers/Bell/TELUS joint venture, is poised to bring the “mobile wallet” to Canadians by this coming Summer....

26-Apr-12
Canada leads in mobile phone payments

Thousands of Canadian retailers already have equipment in place to let customers pay for purchases with a swipe of their mobile phones, putting the country in the lead in developing a system that could one day make cash obsolete. ...

26-Apr-12
Long delayed 'O2 wallet' mobile payment system finally launches [updated]

O2 has launched its long delayed mobile wallet, allowing mobile and tablet users to use virtual payments to purchase goods and services....

23-Apr-12
Turkcell adds location-based offers to NFC payments platform

Turkcell, a Turkish mobile network operator, has combined its location-based service (LBS) platform with its NFC mobile wallet service to allow subscribers to receive special offers on their NFC phone when they are near a participating merchant — and then redeem an offer at the point-of-sale....

19-Apr-12
Ebay aims for lead in mobile payments race

Ebay is staking out its ground in the race to lead the mobile payments market, as large companies and start-ups alike compete to replace credit cards and cash registers with “mobile wallet” offerings....

13-Apr-12
‘Mobile Wallet’ announcement from European Commission delayed for third time

The European Commission is delaying its announcement on the proposal by mobile operators to let mobile phones be used like credit cards....