Mobile Commerce
iPhone Case Lets You Pay With Your Visa Card
May 18th
Instead of a chip, DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay iPhone case features a removable MicroSD card that stores and transmits your credit card information. To pay with your phone you activate a password protected iPhone application, and then hold your phone up to a scanner at any location that accepts contactless Visa payments.
(It) IL COMMERCIO ELETTRONICO TORNA A CORRERE + 15% NEL 2010
May 18th
Nel primo trimestre del 2010 l’eCommerce B2c in Italia, inteso come il totale delle vendite realizzate da siti italiani, torna a crescere a doppia cifra con un +16% superando 1,4 miliardi di €. Si prevede una crescita del 15% nel 2010 con una quota di fatturato pari a 6,5 miliardi di €.
IL COMMERCIO ELETTRONICO TORNA [...]
China UnionPay initiates mobile payments alliance
May 15th
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China UnionPay card network operator has launched an initiative to organize a group of national banks, wireless operators and handset makers to form a mobile payments industry alliance in a move to make the sector be more standardized and regulated.
According to the official statement members will be working to promote mobile payment business adopting [...]
Garanti Bank and Avea start a new period in payment systems with their NFC technology work.
May 14th
Garanti Bank, which is the leading name of payment systems sector in Turkey, and Avea, which is the GSM operator that makes its subscribers talk most in Turkey, effectuate NFC – Near Field Communication technology in all mobile phones for the first time in Turkey and the world. The new SIM cards having NFC technology [...]
Apple Getting Serious About Near Field Communication on the iPhone
Feb 24th
Near Field Communication seems to be on the cards for Apple’s next gen iPhone looking at the new Apple patents.
Imagine being able to use your iPhone to open doors, as a travel card or to unlock your Macbook.
Late last year there was hinatge in another Apple patent that RFID and their Grab and Go app [...]
GSMA Announces Additional Keynote Speakers for 2010 Mobile World Congress
Jan 22nd
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan to Make Special Presentation on Mobile in Education
14 January 2010, Barcelona: The GSMA today announced additional keynote speakers who will be presenting at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, which will be held 15-18 February, 2010 in Barcelona. The GSMA also revealed the lineup of application developer conferences [...]
Demystifying Mobile Financial Services
Jan 5th
from gtnews.com
Much has been made of how mobile technology can be instrumental in providing a range of financial services to both the banked and the unbanked. This article provides a basic view of the stakeholders and technology involved.
Mobile is a channel very similar to the internet for providing commerce, payments and banking to end consumers. [...]
Smartphone Owners Now Spending More from Handset, but Poor Site Functionality Is a Turn-off
Jan 4th
BOSTON and LAS VEGAS – (January 4, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — On the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Compete, a Kantar Media company, released the results of its quarterly Smartphone Intelligence survey showing that smartphone owners are more comfortable buying from their handsets, but that poor mobile site functionality is still a turn-off for [...]
Anche il caffè si beve con la card
Nov 19th
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Pagare un caffè o un giornale con carta? Adesso diventa semplice come il contante.
La nuova frontiera delle carte di pagamento si chiama «Contactless».
Una card con chip che consente, per importi fino a 25 euro, di pagare semplicemente avvicinando la carta al Pos abilitato, senza strisciarla, digitare Pin e firmare scontrini.
Un circuito che sta cominciando a [...]
DnB NOR Partners With MasterCard to Launch Mobile Payment Services Trial in Norway
Nov 17th
Extended Functionality of the MasterCard Mobile Over-the-Air Provisioning Service Includes EMV Configuration to Support Maestro(R) PayPass(TM), Maestro Prepaid and the M/Chip(TM) Application
PURCHASE, New York, November 17 /PRNewswire/ — DnB NOR, Norway’s largest bank and a leader in mobile financial services, announced today its plan to launch a mobile payment services trial for its MasterCard cardholders. Using the MasterCard [...]
