06-Feb-12
SpyderLynk's "Snap-to-Buy" Technology Creates Transformative Mobile Shopping Experience for Magazine Readers

SpyderLynk's "Snap-to-Buy" Technology Creates Transformative Mobile Shopping Experience for Magazine Readers. Glamour and L'Oreal USA First to Deploy Snap-to-Buy SnapTags Allowing Consumers to Purchase Advertised Products On-the-Spot in One Seamless Mobile Transaction....

06-Feb-12
PayPal Says It’s Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns

PayPal Says It’s Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns. Last year, PayPal exceeded its own expectations, reaching $4 billion in mobile payment volume. This year, it expects to increase that to $7 billion....

02-Feb-12
Turkcell Launches World's First SIM-Based, Mobile, Contactless Road Toll Payment with its Smartphone: T11

Turkcell TKC +0.58% (ise:TCELL), the leading communications and technology company today launched the world's first SIM-based, Near Field Technology ("NFC") road toll payment application on its own branded smartphone T11, in collaboration with Bank Asya....

16-Dec-11
Dwolla gives immediate access to cash with Instant feature

Dwolla, an alternative payment system built off cash networks, has quietly been on a roll in its first year, hitting $1 million in daily transactions in July. Now the company is celebrating its first year on the market by introducing a new feature called Instant. With Instant, users can deposit money and send cash without the existing wait time built into Dwolla....

15-Dec-11
Isis Secures Mobile Payments Platform as It Gears Up for Launch

Isis, the mobile payments venture formed by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, announced the selection of digital security firm Gemalto to secure its mobile commerce platform as it gears up towards a 2012 rollout....

14-Dec-11
Nokia Money - mobile wallet service launched in India

Nokia has now announced the pan-India launch of Nokia Money. The Nokia branded financial solution provides a wide spectrum of mobile payment services with a secure alternative to carrying cash. This will add to the convenience of basic financial payments like utility bills, top-ups, insurance premiums and tickers through SMS and without the need for an internet connection....

14-Dec-11
Consumer protections lagging for mobile payments, report says

Most cellphone and tablet users can purchase digital goods and charge them to their monthly bill or prepaid phone account, but buyers may not get the protections they need if something goes wrong with the transaction, a new report says....

13-Dec-11
Mobile payment safer than credit card say consumers

Four times more consumers consider mobile payments safer than credit cards, and according to a survey in the US, the concern about credit card security has cost online merchants more than $100 billion in annual lost revenue....

13-Dec-11
Five mobile trends to look out for in 2012

The mobile landscape of 2012 is ripe with possibility. Globally, it’s estimated that 5.3-billion people have mobile phones. This means that there are more people picking up a mobile phone every morning than lifting a newspaper. Increasingly, it’s not only to make calls and send texts either — mobile data traffic is trebling every year....

13-Dec-11
Nigerian mobile money startup Paga wants 15 million users by 2015

Paga was founded on the simple belief that mobile phones could be leveraged to provide financial services to Nigerians. The traditional banking sector remains out of reach to most Nigerians. A major reason is the cost/benefit analysis of deploying brick and mortar infrastructure in a cost efficient manner across the region. Paga brings financial services around the corner of every Nigerian via their agent network....

12-Dec-11
Mobile money transfers gaining currency with U.S. consumers

More banks offering, enhancing person-to-person money transfer services. An increasing number of banks are rushing to offer or enhance person-to-person money transfer services. In many instances, all you need to send money to someone is their mobile number or email address....

12-Dec-11
SA’s big four are banking on mobile

Lenders in race to win customers over to new cellular technologies, banks now in frantic race prompted by new phone smartphone technology...

12-Dec-11
Isis selects Gemalto to manage mobile payments for NFC wallet

Isis, the near field communication mobile wallet venture from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, took another step forward with the announcement that it has selected SIM card maker and digital security specialist Gemalto as its trusted service manager (TSM) for the wallet....