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12-Mar-10
China Mobile Confirms Acquisition Of 20% Stake In Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

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11-Mar-10
Boost for Mobile Banking for the Unbanked as CGAP, DFID Announce New Partnership

Housed at the World Bank, CGAP Technology Program working for poor people to get safe ways to send, receive, and save money. Read more...

11-Mar-10
Orascom Telecom could acquire microfinance bank

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11-Mar-10
Mobile Banking Provider, YellowPepper, Supported 47 Million Financial Transactions Through Mobile In 2009

YellowPepper, a provider of mobile financial services in Latin America, has announced that the company supported 47 million transactions in 2009, and is well on track to surpass the number in the current year. Read more...

11-Mar-10
With Mobile Model Playing Well in India, Citi Turns to U.S.

Citi has recently completed a successful mobile, NFC based, payments trial in Bangalore India. In the trial, over 3,000 participants were provided subsidies to purchase Nokia handsets with NFC chips that supported contactless payment functionality. Citi feels that the trial was successful, with participants actively using the service and the business case being validated for mobile payments. With this success, Citi will look to take the learnings from the trial and apply them to the market in the U.S.. Read more...

09-Mar-10
Company Announcement: Monitise Americas to Speak at CTIA Conference in Las Vegas

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08-Mar-10
China Mobile hammered for unexplained banking splurge

China Mobile will use some of its $30 billion cash on hand to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. "Investor reaction was brutal, wiping over $10 billion off its total capitalization.". Read more...

08-Mar-10
Open Source Banking: Innovating despite banks who remain out of touch

This is a must read for bankers...Brett King, Author of "Bank 2.0", discusses the shift banks must make in the digital economy to become more like software houses, design houses, and integrators, and the ensuing organizational and operational challenges that they face.. Read more...

05-Mar-10
Citi to launch a mobile payment service in India

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05-Mar-10
Sri Lankan Mobile Operator, Etisalat, mulls mobile phone banking

Etisalat's new Sri Lankan mobile subsidiary is in talks with banks to offer financial services on mobile phones, such as money transfers for migrant workers in the Middle East, a senior company official said.. Read more...

04-Mar-10
Qualcomm Names Rocco Fabiano President of Firethorn, a Mobile Commerce Subsidiary

Fabiano succeeds Firethorn founder Tripp Rackley, who will be transitioning to a new role on Firethorn's advisory board.. Read more...

03-Mar-10
“You don’t need to buy a bank to get into mobile banking"

China Mobile's chairman believes the potential purchase of a stake in Pudong Bank will help the mobile operator build, launch, and operate mobile financial services. Analysts that cover China think differently - they believe that purchasing a bank to deliver mobile commerce services is a dubious proposition. . Read more...

03-Mar-10
China Mobile in talks on Pudong Bank stake

China Mobile on Wednesday confirmed that it was in talks with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank over a potential investment in the lender, a step that could help the world’s largest wireless operator expand its mobile payment services.. Read more...

02-Mar-10
For USAA, Less Is More with Security

USAA, a financial institution in the U.S., will introduce a new mobile banking feature intended to improve security by confirming not only the identity of the user, but also the identity of mobile device used to launch mobile banking services.. Read more...

02-Mar-10
ATMs Get More Connected

Eighty-five percent of U.S. bank customers use ATMs and one in three uses one at least weekly. Banks are looking to use ATM's to help customers investigate, apply for, and acquire products and services with other channels, including mobile banking.. Read more...

02-Mar-10
Noor Islamic Bank launches an Arabic Mobile Banking Service

DUBAI - Noor Islamic Bank announced on Monday the launch of the UAE's first Arabic enabled mobile Internet banking service.. Read more...

01-Mar-10
Visa courts phone firms for slice of mobile banking pie

Visa International has announced plans to introduce mobile banking products at a time when the segment is fast gaining ground among the unbanked millions in Africa.. Read more...

26-Feb-10
The Consumer Protections Built Into Branchless Banking

The following is a guest post we’re pleased to share by A. Michael Tarazi, Senior Policy Specialist at CGAP.. Read more...

26-Feb-10
Banks going mobile route for digital imaging of checks

deposit checks by taking pictures of checks using mobile phone apps. The process is called "Remote Deposit Capture" and is being increasingly used by banks such as Chase, USAA, Bank of America, and Citibank.. Read more...

26-Feb-10
China Mobile May Buy $5.9 Billion Pudong Bank Stake

China Mobile may buy a 20 percent staking in a Shanghai based bank that may give the world’s largest phone company a platform to offer mobile services to more than 527 million customers. . Read more...