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08-May-12
Who's Ready For Mobile Payments? The U.S., Canada...And Kenya

MasterCard launches the MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index (MPRI), which assesses and ranks 34 global economies in terms of how ready (or not) they are for mobile payments of three types: M-commerce, POS, and P2P....

Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Global, Safaricom, MasterCard, P2P, POS

01-May-12
Developing Countries Are Revolutionizing Mobile Banking

Developing Countries Are Revolutionizing Mobile Banking. ...

Mobile Banking, Mobile Money Transfer, Global, Citibank, P2P, M-PESA, NPCI, Developing Countries, Coca-Cola

18-Apr-12
MasterCard unveils mobile payment platform

MasterCard has partnered with Oltio, formerly MTN Mobile Money SA, to introduce a mobile payment platform. MasterCard Mobile lets MasterCard and Maestro cardholders to make secure online purchases with their PIN-based debit, cheque or credit cards by linking these to their mobile phones....

Mobile Money Transfer, EMEA, MasterCard, Mobile Payment, P2P, South Africa, Online Purchases, Oltio

17-Apr-12
Indonesia's mobile money platform ready for business

Monitise Asia Pacific announced that its Indonesian joint venture with PT Astra Graphia Tbk is opening its doors for business....

Mobile Money Transfer, Mobile Payments, APAC, P2P, Monitise, Indonesia, PT Astra Graphia Tbk

16-Apr-12
340m people to transfer money via mobile by 2016

340m people to transfer money via mobile by 2016. Kenya gave the world hope for the future of mobile money with MPesa. After all, over 20% of the country’s GDP is moved through the service. Replicating that success outside Kenya has, however, been difficult....

Mobile Money Transfer, Global, P2P, M-PESA, Juniper Research, 2016

13-Apr-12
Canadian Mint issues mobile money challenge to developers

A new contest from the Royal Canadian Mint may address Canada's lack of mobile payment options. Just a few weeks after a government panel reported Canadians are falling behind in mobile payments, the Mint announced it has launched a contest challenging developers from across North America to use its MintChip digital currency technology and determine its applicability to the current marketplace....

Mobile Payments, Americas, P2P, Canada, Digital Currency, MintChip, Royal Canadian Mint, Micropayment App

05-Apr-12
Bump Pay Nudges Mobile P-to-P Market

The apps provided by Bump Technologies, which let people share data and photos by touching their phones together, have proven popular — the app has attracted 80 million users in three years. While the technology's use as a payments enabler has been slowly developing for the past couple of years, Bump believes there's enough of a current opportunity to spin off a Bump app dedicated entirely to payments....

NFC, Mobile Payments, Americas, P2P, Bump, Mobile App

30-Mar-12
Mobile Banking Made Easy: How to Set Your Financial Life Free

Mobile apps like Google Wallet are a long way from widespread adoption, but mobile banking is everywhere. More than 25% of U.S. households use mobile banking via text messaging, mobile browsers and downloadable apps, according to a survey by financial services technology firm Fiserv. ...

Mobile Banking, Americas, Wells Fargo, P2P, Bank of America, Citigroup, Mobile App, Fiserv Inc., Mobile Deposit Capture

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