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Featured in the PCM March / April 2018 Issue: Cover Story – The Practical Reality of Omni-channel
Outsourcing and PSD2: An RS2 Whitepaper
Outsourcing and PSD2: An RS2 Whitepaper Haldane made his prediction in September 2013. Just over four years later, in January…
The ability to pay for goods and services without having to carry cash or cards has universal appeal, writes Emmanuel Okoegwale in Balancingact -Africa. In Africa it is being driven…
In a bid to realise the full potential of NFC technology, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is set to establish an interoperable infrastructure, and promote the development of…
Since the turn of the millennium we have heard that one day the mobile phone could replace the humble leather wallet, by storing electronic cash and enabling convenient electronic transactions.…
ViVOtech has been awarded a key NFC related software patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patent number 7,469,151 was awarded on December 23rd 2008. It covers a…
Telco Zain has joined the East African Gold Rush also by announcing plans to bring mobile banking to over 100 million people in East Africa with the launch of its…
Commidea believes that 2009 is the year in which contactless payment will finally achieve mainstream adoption. February saw the 350th anniversary of the first cheque being signed, but with many…
After Belgacom announced last week that it is acquiring a 40% stake in Tunz, the Group explained its innovation strategy on mobile payments during a press conference. Building on the…
The NFC Forum has announced a Memorandum of Understanding between the Forum and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Under the terms of the agreement, the NFC Forum and ETSI…
Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division is introducing mobile payments services to its clients in 80 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Luup will partner to provide the…
According to new data from ABI Research, in 2009 the value of mobile commerce transacted via non-NFC methods will total $1.6 (£1.16) billion, while mobile commerce conducted via NFC will…
Air2Web have been selected by Domino’s Pizza to be the sole mobile services provider for Domino’s new mobile coupon campaign management platform, which will serve its franchises across the country.…
mobilkom austria is launching a new NFC mobile phone, the Nokia 6212 classic, complete with Topaz NFC tags from Innovision Research & Technology in the box – making mobilkom the…
hi5, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing social entertainment sites, and Paymo say that users in 24 countries can now use their mobile phones to purchase ‘hi5 Coins’,…
Orange and Barclaycard have announced a long term strategic partnership to develop a range of mobile, financial and payment services. The companies say they will launch new co-branded products and…
mBlox says it has launched the world’s first mobile cross-operator ‘sender-pays data’ trial. The trial is testing a new business model for the mobile industry, which allows content providers and…
MasterCard Worldwide announced the issuance of the 50 millionth MasterCard PayPass card or device, as of Q4 2008, which in the last year more than doubles the number of cards…
Mi-Pay and Isys Global Trading Group have combined forces to launch a new person-to-person (P2P) money transmission service which is now live and fully operational in Sudan. ‘Saraf-Mobile’ will allow…
Cubic Transportation Systems is providing new capabilities for the Cubic designed ‘Tri-Reader’ to enable an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones through…
Experian has been appointed by LendProtect to implement Bank Wizard Absolute, its real-time bank account verification service, as part of LendProtect’s identity verification and credit risk management platform for the…
Global M-Payment Consortium (GMPC) has launched ‘CodeOne Mobile Payment Platform’, a mobile payment and mobile banking platform aimed at both consumers and merchants in Brazil. "CodeOne is a unique platform…
