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10-Jan-12
Last Year Witnessed a Mobile Banking Lift Off

Last year Mobile banking has shifted from nice to have to must have at credit unions across the country as a stampede of institutions have embraced the idea that members demand the convenience of banking from the palm of their hands....

Mobile Banking, Americas, mFoundry, Apple, USA, Mobile Apps, Credit Unions

16-Dec-11
Mobile Payments Mobilizing in Grocery Stores

Mobile Payments Mobilizing in Grocery Stores. Mobile payments, also known as mobile banking, are a payment service that allows individuals to make financial payments or buy goods from their mobile phone as easily as they could from his or her computer....

Mobile Banking, Mobile Payments, Americas, USA, Starbucks, LexisNexis

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....

Americas, Mobile Payment, PayPal, USA, Square, Online Payment, Dwolla, Alternative Payment System

15-Dec-11
NFC mobile threats on the horizon: What happens when we wave our wallets to pay?

Mobile payments predicted to reach $630 billion by 2014. All that money is too tempting of a target as a Lookout Mobile Security threat report warned; NFC trends like the mobile wallet will only encourage hackers....

NFC, Mobile Payments, Americas, Mobile Wallet, Google, USA, Security, Google Wallet, Hackers

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....

NFC, Americas, MasterCard, Mobile Wallet, Visa, Mobile Payment, Gemalto, USA, Security, American Express, Verizon Wireless, Discover, T-Mobile USA, Digital Coupons, AT&T Mobility

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....

Americas, Sprint, Mobile Payment, AT&T, T-Mobile, USA, Verizon Wireless, Online Payment, Consumer Protection, Mobile Merchant Payment

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....

Americas, Mobile Payment, Javelin Strategy & Research, USA, Security, Online Payment, PaymentOne

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....

Mobile Money Transfer, Americas, Wells Fargo, Mobile Payment, PayPal, Bank of America, USA, Chase, Person-to-Person, QuickPay, clearXchange
 
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