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Giftcards.com Buys Giftly to Develop Mobile Capabilities
GiftCard.com, a Pittsburgh based company that sells gift cards and prepaid...
5/23/2013
Square Enters Japan, Targets Cash
Square has entered the Japanese market with its mobile card reader and tablet...
5/23/2013
Boost Mobile Enters the Mobile Wallet Arena
It was only a matter of time before the telecom companies entered the payments...
5/22/2013
Tabbedout Integrates with Google Wallet
Tabbedout, the app that enables bar and restaurant patrons to settle tabs...
5/22/2013
LevelUp Reaches Agreement with NCR
LevelUp has reached a deal with NCR, enabling its mobile payments solution to...
5/20/2013
Google Adds Email Funds Transfers to Wallet
Google is updating its Google Wallet to include email funds transfers through...
5/16/2013
Vantiv, NCR Partner to Introduce mPOS Products for Small Businesses
From Business Wire Vantiv announced today a strategic relationship with...
5/16/2013
Mobile Wallet Provider Gyft Starts Accepting Bitcoins
Gyft, a company that provides mobile wallets for gift cards, announced that it...
5/15/2013
Prepaid Card Provider Akimbo Raises Money to Make Prepaid Multi-Platform
Prepaid card provider Akimbo wants to make prepaid cards work well across...
5/14/2013
Unexpected Groupon POS App for iPad Appears Briefly
Yesterday, a Groupon point of sale app for iPad briefly appeared in the Apple...
5/14/2013
Google Reportedly Scraps Companion Credit Card for Google Wallet
Google is planning to release updates to its mobile wallet at its developer...
5/10/2013
Wendy's Testing Payments Through a Mobile Application
Wendy’s reportedly is enabling customers to use their mobile device to pay for...
5/6/2013
Google and Equity Bank to Expand NFC Payment Landscape in Kenya
Building on the success of BebaPay, a NFC payment system launched in Kenya last...
5/3/2013
M-Pesa Expands Services in Africa With Banking Partner
A main driver worldwide in the financial services industry is the partnerships...
4/29/2013
Starbucks Mobile Payments Approach Four Million Per Week
As other players struggle to figure it out, Starbucks continues to demonstrate...
4/29/2013
UK Retail Group Says Mobile NFC is Unappealing
Near Field Communication (NFC) based payments may have “passed its sell by...
4/26/2013
British Consumers Send Mixed Signals on Contactless Payments
British consumers are weary of contactless payments, with a quarter of...
4/25/2013
PayPal to Roll Out Plastic Cards Enabling POS Payments
This month, PayPal will roll out its plastic cards, issued in a partnership...
4/25/2013
Vodafone Set to Launch M-Pesa in India
M Pesa, first launched in 2007, has been a resounding success, enabling mobile...
4/23/2013
M-Pesa's Fraud Losses Below 1%
Fraud committed on the mobile payment service M Pesa is significantly less than...
4/18/2013
Amazon Files Patent Request for Anonymous Mobile Payments
To address consumer concerns about information privacy and identity theft,...
4/18/2013
Payleven Invites Consumers to use its mPOS Solution
Payleven is expanding its chip and PIN based mPOS service beyond its current...
4/17/2013
U.K. and European Banks Debate Visa Europe Sale
As heated discussions continue to surround the potential sale of sale of Visa...
4/17/2013
Gemalto Will Build and Manage MCX Mobile Wallet
The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), which is creating a mobile wallet for use...
4/17/2013
MCX Continues Partner Expansion
The most recent addition to the Merchant Consumer Exchange’s initiative (dare...
4/16/2013
CVS Mobile App a Glimpse of MCX?
CVS Caremark Corp. last week introduced an interactive mobile shopping app for...
4/15/2013
Leaf Announces mPOS for QSRs
Mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution developer Leaf has developed a product for...
4/15/2013
Apple's Supposed ''Killer App'' Related to New Mobile Wallet
Speculation continues on when and how Apple will venture into mobile payments...
4/12/2013
PayPal Using Magento to Increase its Value Proposition
PayPal integrating itself into existing merchant acceptance technologies is...
4/12/2013
Managing Personal Finances via Bank Mobile Apps Continues to Grow
According to a new report released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)...
4/11/2013
Mobile Banking and Mobile Payments Continue to Grow in the U.S.
According to a Federal Reserve Board (FRB) survey of more than 2500 consumers,...
4/4/2013
Starbucks Employees Not Prepared to Accept Square Wallet
Starbucks has recently generated some negative publicity, as the company’s...
4/2/2013
New vSkimmer Malware Targets POS Systems
A new type of malicious software has surfaced that is designed to steal data...
4/1/2013
Interac Publicly Demonstrates NFC Debit Transaction
Earlier this week, the first demonstration of a Near Field Communication (NFC)...
3/28/2013
Gyft Makes its APIs Available
Gyft, a company that lets smartphone users buy, store, send, and redeem gift...
3/28/2013
Can Biometrics Replace Credit Cards?
NFC and QR codes have received the lion’s share of attention in the discussion...
3/28/2013
End of Self-Regulation for UK Payments Industry
The United Kingdom government has decided to implement a full time “utility...
3/28/2013
Investors Looking For Return on PayPal's POS Strategy
Investment analysts are asking questions about PayPal’s point of sale strategy...
3/27/2013
Wal-Mart Scan & Go Uncovers a Dynamic Future
Wal Mart is slowly rolling out its Scan & Go product to more store...
3/22/2013
LevelUp and Heartland Payment Systems Partner on Mobile Payments
Following pilot programs in 5 U.S. cities, LevelUp and Heartland Payment...
3/22/2013
MasterCard Plans to Charge Fees on Third-Party Mobile Wallets
MasterCard has announced plans to assess undisclosed fees on “staged” U.S....
3/21/2013
Microsoft Research Toying with Bluetooth-based Mobile-Payments System
A new mobile payment system drawn up by Microsoft Research would identify...
3/18/2013
PayPal Announces iPad mPOS Device
In the past month, PayPal has been rapidly announcing developments to the mPOS...
3/18/2013
Visa, Mobeam Top Payments Features in Galaxy S4
Visa and Mobeam are the apparent winners in the payments space with Samsung’s...
3/15/2013
PayPal Acquires Mobile-App Developer
The ever changing payments landscape is moving and changing so quickly, PayPal...
3/14/2013
The Logic Group Selected for Weve Loyalty and Coupon Pilot
Weve, a joint venture mobile platform for mobile marketing and wallet services...
3/12/2013
FTC Report Highlights Mobile Security
A new Federal Trade Commission staff report examining the growing use of mobile...
3/12/2013
PayPal Releases New Mobile API
PayPal is introducing new developer tools that will help enable mobile...
3/11/2013
Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey Points to Mobile Payment Gains
Mobile money continues to experience robust growth, according to the results of...
3/8/2013
PayPal Moves Forward with Mobile Card Reader in Japan
With the help of a strong local partner, PayPal is now making progress in the...
3/7/2013
PayOne's Home Depot Lawsuit Focuses on PayPal's Mobile Technology
The Home Depot’s efforts to enable its customers to pay using PayPal may have...
3/7/2013
Visa, Monitise Deal Highlights Mobile Channel
From TechCrunch Visa believes that by 2020 more than half of all payments made...
3/6/2013
Kenyan Government Begins Mobile Payment Tax
Noting the success of the M Pesa mobile payment system, and need to cover...
3/6/2013
ShopSavvy Partners with Capital One to Provide Deals
ShopSavvy, a mobile app already recognized for its barcode scanning and price...
3/4/2013
Square Hit With Cease-and-Desist Order in Illinois
Perhaps VeriFone Systems Inc. was wise to leave the micromerchant market and...
3/1/2013
Samsung Announces Its Own Version of Apple Passbook
Mobile wallets without payments continue to be a trend as Samsung announces its...
2/28/2013
MasterCard Announces mPOS Best Practices Program
MasterCard has announced a list of 19 mobile payment solutions that meet what...
2/28/2013
PayPal Co-founder Launching Affirm
PayPay co founder is launching a new mobile payments company that is intended...
2/27/2013
VeriFone Quietly Sells Sail
An article from Mobile Payments Today breaks the news that point of sale...
2/26/2013
Consumers Lead Way to Next-Gen Loyalty – Simplify My Life
With new mobile shopping applications hitting the market from a plethora of...
2/26/2013
MasterCard Announces MasterPass Mobile Wallet
Mobile World Congress is happening now in Barcelona and the world’s second...
2/25/2013
PayPal to Launch Mobile-Payment Service in the U.K.
PayPal announced it will release a European version of its PayPal Here device,...
2/22/2013
Square Offers “Business in a Box” Product
Square is now selling a “Business in a Box” product, which includes two Square...
2/21/2013
Isis Reportedly Redesigning Mobile Wallet's Interface
Isis, the telco mobile payments joint venture conducting a Near Field...
2/21/2013
UK Payments Council Predicts Gloom for Future of Debit and Credit Cards
According to the UK Payment Council, the majority of payment transactions...
2/20/2013
PCI Council Announces MPOS Guidance
For those companies seeking clarity on securing mobile card payment acceptance...
2/19/2013
PassWallet Mimics Apple's Passbook With NFC Capability
Attido Mobile’s PassWallet, developed to allow Android and BlackBerry users...
2/14/2013
LevelUp Launches First Custom-Branded Solution
LevelUp has released its first white labeled app, enabling consumers to use...
2/13/2013
ShopKeep & LevelUp Launch Partnership
Under an agreement announced Feb. 7, merchants now may accept LevelUp mobile...
2/8/2013
comScore Claims PayPal's Mobile Wallet Ranks Well With Consumers
The amount of effort to produce digital wallets appears to have benefited...
2/7/2013
Isis Reports Pilot Doing Well
Despite some delays with its pilot in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Isis...
2/6/2013
Amazon Introduces Coins
Amazon announced today it will introduce a virtual currency system Kindle Fire...
2/5/2013
Braintree Challenges Visa's V.me Mobile Wallet
Braintree Payments, which acquired Venmo Touch last summer, is beta testing the...
2/1/2013
Intuit Moves Forward After Payvment Acquisition
Intuit Inc. has acquired the developer team, technology and patents of Facebook...
1/30/2013
Google Releases Wallet Update
Google has released a new version of its NFC based Google Wallet. The new...
1/30/2013
Is iTunes' Presence at the POS Inevitable?
A Business Insider report suggests that Apple didn’t need to include Near Field...
1/29/2013
NACHA Helps to Standardize Mobile BillPay Technologies
As QR codes become increasingly popular means of facilitating payments, NACHA...
1/25/2013
MCX Reportedly Plans to Use ACH for Mobile Payments
During the National Retail Federation’s Annual Convention and Expo earlier this...
1/24/2013
Can and Will U.S. Follow London's Contactless Transit Initiative?
Transport for London, the England city’s transit agency, last month rolled out...
1/23/2013
Payleven, the European Square, Secures Additional Funding
Payleven, a European equivalent to Square started by Rocket Internet that...
1/22/2013
MCX Announces Planned Use of QR Codes
At a recent panel discussion, the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) announced it...
1/17/2013
Visa Approves RIM’s Secure Element for Payments
Visa has approved Research in Motion’s method for handling secure mobile...
1/16/2013
PayPal Gets on Dessert Tray with NCR Deal
With a sustained and focused effort to expand its merchant acceptance...
1/16/2013
FDIC Publishes Study on Mobile Payment Risks
Four FDIC executives have published a paper on the security issues unique to...
1/8/2013
Clutch Rises to Challenge Apple’s Passbook on the iPhone
Clutch is a new, free iPhone application that connects to Apple’s Passbook, and...
1/4/2013
MasterCard PayPass Wallet Expansion in the UK
MasterCard Thursday 10 United Kingdom based payment service providers have...
12/20/2012
PayPal Predicts End of NFC is Near
Going on the offensive is nothing new for the PayPal team, but PayPal president...
12/18/2012
Movenbank Might be Forced to Offer Physical Cards
From Finextra US start up Movenbank, which has positioned itself as a mobile...
12/17/2012
What VeriFone’s Announcement Means to the mPOS Market
After 18 months, VeriFone announced Thursday during its quarterly analyst call...
12/17/2012
VeriFone Moving Away From Small-Merchant Payments
Square’s success with small merchants apparently is partly responsible for...
12/14/2012
Thoughts Turn to Mobile Payments As VeriFone Announces Quarterly Earnings
PayPal and parent company eBay both been the beneficiaries of consumers’...
12/14/2012
Discover Connects Rewards Cards with Apple’s Passbook
Discover has changed its mobile application to let people redeem their cashback...
12/13/2012
The French Version of MCX - C'est Magnifique!
United States merchants are not alone in their fight to take control of their...
12/12/2012
Verizon Issues Explanation for Blocking Google Wallet
Verizon recently issued a response to an FCC complaint regarding Google Wallet,...
12/11/2012
Mobile Couponing & Activation For InComm Customers Via Adility Acquisition
Through the acquisition of Adility, issuers distributing cards through InComm...
12/11/2012
Square Gives Small Merchants Ability to Sell Gift Cards
Square Inc., the company that lets small businesses and individuals accept...
12/10/2012
In-Q-Tel Brings Tyfone’s Mobile Technology to U.S. Government
Mobile innovator Tyfone has signed a strategic agreement with In Q Tel, a...
12/10/2012
China Mobile Details NFC Plan
The world’s largest mobile network operator is accelerating its pace for NFC....
12/7/2012
H&R Block Offers Mobile Check Deposit and Cash-Back Rewards on Emerald Cards
Tax preparation company H&R Block Inc. announced yesterday that it is...
12/5/2012
U.S. Bank Customers Will Have RDC Bill Pay in 2013
U.S. Bank (the 5th largest bank in the United States) and Mitek Systems...
12/5/2012
A Bucket List of Network Challenges
A financial reporter did what they do best by digging through a company's SEC...
12/4/2012
U.S. Card Networks Certify Gemalto’s NFC Payments System
Gemalto Tuesday announced American Express, MasterCard, and Visa certified its...
12/4/2012
One Possible Explanation for Google Wallet’s Struggles
Chris Hylen, vice president and general manager of payments for Intuit,...
11/29/2012
PayPal Hints At Mobile Rewards Strategy
According to a recent interview with PayPal president David Marcus, he is...
11/27/2012
TransCard Offering NFC Wallets to US Banks
TransCard LLC, a payments processor, is working with DeviceFidelity to bring...
11/19/2012
PayAnywhere Gaining Momentum in mPOS Market
Detroit based PayAnywhere is emerging as a competitor to Square’s mPOS product....
11/19/2012
LevelUp Now Accepted Inside an Entire Sports Arena
As of today, attendees at University of Louisville’s basketball games will be...
11/16/2012
PayPal Experiments With Convenience Constructs
As PayPal attempts to drive deeper into the physical retail world, it is...
11/15/2012
Retailers Infringe on Banks' Territory
From a New York Times article On a recent shopping trip to Costco, Lilly...
11/14/2012
Bank of America Introduces mPOS Solution
Bank of America Tuesday announced Mobile Pay on Demand, an mPOS product for the...
11/14/2012
Visa Wallet V.me Exits Beta Stage
Following the deployment of digital wallets across the spectrum from...
11/13/2012
Dunkin' Donuts Has Location-Based Offers For Mobile Customers
Dunkin' Brands has updated its mobile application to use built in global...
11/12/2012
Christmas Shopping Increasingly Mobile in UK
Christmas is coming and while the goose may be getting fat, the traditional...
11/12/2012
VeriFone Introduces EMV, NFC Capable mPOS Solution
VeriFone has introduced a Sail mPOS product capable of accepting EMV and NFC...
11/9/2012
Vadafone, ICICI Bank Introduce m-Pesa in India
m pesa, the mobile payment service that connects mobile phone, cash, and bank...
11/9/2012
Starbucks Continues to Dominate Mobile Payments
The Starbucks mobile payments app now is being used more than 2 million times...
11/7/2012
New Mobile Payment Service Launched in India
Atom Technologies has launched a new mobile payment service in India based on...
11/6/2012
Mobile POS in India
Mobile POS devices enable merchants big and small to accept card payments where...
11/5/2012
Google Wallet Turning to Plastic?
A leaked version of Google Wallet suggests Google is preparing to offer a...
11/2/2012
China Mobile to Introduce NFC Mobile Payments
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile network operator with nearly 700...
11/1/2012
Trustwave Exec Opines on PCI Mobile Guidance
In an online Op Ed in SC Magazine UK, David Froud, Global Director of Practice...
10/29/2012
NFC Comes Second in UK Mobile Plans
The main consortium of United Kingdom wireless operators has revealed NFC...
10/29/2012
Google Wallet on the iPhone?
Google is reportedly working on a new version of its Wallet and it appears...
10/24/2012
Amex joins MasterCard as iZettle Investor
Similar to Square in the U.S., iZettle is a Sweedish company that provides...
10/23/2012
UK Supermarket to Introduce Mobile Checkout Technology
Leading British supermarket chain Sainsbury has started trialing a new...
10/22/2012
Mobile Payments Set for Growth in U.S.
In terms of dollar value, point of sale mobile payments are still relatively...
10/22/2012
New Mobile Technology Lets Sports Fans Stay in Their Seats
MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank in Australia have partnered with the Etihad...
10/19/2012
Kraft Foods Pilot Finds Better Value With NFC
A recent Kraft Foods pilot involving interaction between RFID chips and NFC...
10/18/2012
Italian Postal System to Adopt NFC Payments
Following announcements by Italian banks in recent weeks of impending...
10/18/2012
Leaked Isis Memo Reveals Launch Dates and More
A leaked internal memo from Isis shows the mobile payments system will be...
10/16/2012
Cash in Rapid Decline Among Brits
According to new research conducted by Skrill as part of their Future of Money...
10/16/2012
PayPal and Portability: A Cloud-Based Marriage of Convenience
In a recent blog post, Anuj Nayar, senior director, global communications of...
10/15/2012
PNC Set to Introduce Visa's Virtual Wallet
From Finextra PNC is to offer V.me to more than 1.2 million PNC Virtual Wallet...
10/15/2012
MasterCard Connects NTT DOCOMO's Domestic Payment Network to the World
Contactless payments using cards and mobile phones have existed and thrived...
10/11/2012
First Data Releases September 2012 SpendTrend Analysis
First Data has released its September SpendTrend Analysis of same store...
10/10/2012
Banks Use Mobile Banking to Increase Loyalty, but Risks Remain
A recent poll of 50 U.K. CIOs conducted by Fujitsu, indicates that mobile...
10/10/2012
Groupon Eyes Restaurants with Nationwide POS Offering
Daily deals stalwart and new entrant into the merchant payment space has...
10/10/2012
LevelUp Partners with Three More POS System Providers
LevelUp now is partnering with three new point of sale solutions, MICROS,...
10/5/2012
RBS and Natwest Launch NFC Solution for iPhone
RBS and Natwest have launched TouchPay, a mobile payments service for the...
10/3/2012
Wal-Mart Standing Strong Behind MCX
During a panel discussion at this week’s RAMP Mobile Retail Conference, Wal...
10/3/2012
Apple Passbook Not Quite A Mobile Wallet
An article about Apple Passbook describes the promise and troubles companies...
10/1/2012
Isis Inks Vending-Machine Pact With USA Technologies
Despite pilot delays around its Near Field Communication based mobile wallet,...
10/1/2012
Chicago Transit Ready To Go Contactless
Chicago is preparing a major upgrade to the way consumers will pay for local...
9/28/2012
Amazon Reportedly Exploring Mobile POS Device
Less than two weeks after Groupon launched a mobile point of sale product,...
9/28/2012
BofA Tests New Mobile Payments Product
Bank of America is testing a mobile payments product that enables consumers to...
9/27/2012
Facebook Uses Bango to Provide Carrier Billing for Digital Goods
Facebook mobile application users now can purchase digital goods using carrier...
9/26/2012
Tello Launches Tool Kit for iPhone Passbook
One major addition to Apple’s new version of iOS, iOS 6, is Passbook, an app...
9/25/2012
Visa CEO Joseph Saunders Discusses Mobile Payments
Out of 8 million POS terminals in the U.S., only 150,000 are equipped to accept...
9/24/2012
Olympics Fuel Visa's Optimism for Mobile Payments
Visa recently released data on NFC use at the 2012 Olympics in London, where...
9/21/2012
NFC Carries on Despite iPhone Snub
Although Apple announced last week the iPhone 5 does not include a Near Field...
9/21/2012
PCI Council Releases Mobile Payment Application Development Guidelines
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has issued its anticipated...
9/20/2012
Tabbedout Releases Software Development Kit
Tabbedout has released a Software Development Kit to enable restaurants and...
9/19/2012
Mobile Money Transfers Leading the Mobile Wallet Market
With all the chatter about which mobile wallet product is going to hit the...
9/19/2012
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Hungary states m-payment system to launch on time: Telecompaper
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Samsung Joins Forces with Best Buy:news yahoo
Is the future of mobile wallets finger-lickin’ good? KFC and Airtag think so:venturebeat
Mobile Commerce Market Shows Continued Growth:cmswire
MokiMobility Raises $2M In Seed Funding For Mobile Device Management:techcrunch
Cardtek Group will Establish NFC mobile Payment System Infrastructure for TREVICA:google
Left over April’s Fool Release: Google Wallet Mobile ATM :webprnews
Social Payments: More than Just Splitting the Check:paybefore
Viewpoint: Early Days for NFC:paybefore:paybefore
Phone payment system spells end of the line for train tickets :independent..co.uk
PayPal's Herd joins Virtual Piggy as Mobile Product Director:greensheet
eBay Inc. Expects to Enable $300 Billion of Global Commerce in 2015:businesswire
Payments Startups Take The Data, Design And Development Route To Reengineer The Credit-Card Business:techcrunch
A world without cash: Venture capitalists invest heavily in e-payment space:indiatimes
Not Even John Roberts Can Escape Credit-Card Fraud:abcnews
Global Payments Continues Focus On Mobile Payments In The UK: Daily Markets
Hungarian national mobile payment system will launch this fall: Mobile Payments Today
Sionic Mobile debuts Starbucks-style mobile payments for national retailers: Internet Retailer
Tagattitude, Afrimarket partner on cross-border payments with sound-based solution: Mobile Payments Today
eBay sets ambitious goal for 2015: $300B in transactions: CNET
Hong Kong regulators offer guidance, research on mobile payment plans: Mobile Payments Today
Fargo bank adds Fiserv mobile banking, payment tools: Mobile Payments Today
Mobile Wallets: The U.S. Landscape
Payleven Ramps Up Security With FSA Authorization
Fortumo Adds Windows Phone Support To Let Developers Offer Carrier Billing For In-App Purchases: TechCrunch
Former Trader’s Software Skips Visa in Battle With Google: Bloomberg
MasterCard’s Retail Data Grab: Forget PayPal, It’s About Chains: Storefront Backtalk
Econet introduces EcoCash Debit Card, a mobile phone to POS payment solution: Tech Zim
Consultancy study on NFC mobile payment infrastructure in Hong Kong: 7th Space
NCR adds mobile payment component to POS software: Mobile Payments Today
Barnes & Noble taps Fortumo to provide in-app payments for NOOK devices: Mobile Payments Today
Spindle buys mobile marketing company MeNetwork: Mobile Payments Today
Mobivity, CheckAlt merge payments, marketing for local merchants: Mobile Payments Today
PayPal leads the pack for mobile wallet awareness: PwC
Amazon’s Head of Mobile Interfaces: MIT Review
The story behind India’s first commercial NFC payments solution: Information Week
Apple's Rumored iPhone 5s Could Jump Start Mobile Payments: Forbes
Starbucks generates more than 3M mobile payment transactions per week: Mobile Commerce Daily
QR codes: The key to loyalty and payments?: Mobile Commerce Daily
Five Opportunities for Mobile Computing: MIT Review
Is NFC Finally Becoming Mobile's Next Big Thing?: Wall St. Journal
Starbucks execs respond to Square criticism: innovation is messy: Fast Company
Leaf Announces Open Approach to Payment Acceptance
Square impressed with activations in Canada: Mobile Syrup
PayZang releases API for its payment gateway: Mobile Payments Today
Venmo's new tool flips mobile payments around: Mobile Payments Today
10 New Rules for Mobile Payments and Loyalty Startups: Forbes
Rogers clears Suretap NFC payments on some Android and BlackBerry 10 devices: Engadget
AJB Launches Mobile Payments for Petroleum & C-Stores at Hughes: Business Wire
Korean Banks Launch 'Bank Wallet' Smartphone App that Requires NFC: Patently Apple
Boston College partners with looped in for mobile payments: Mobile Payments Today
New PayPal fee sends eBay stock to lowest point of 2013: Reuters
Lenovo bringing contactless payments to certain NFC-enabled ThinkPads in 2013: Engadget
Gemalto announces 2012 full-year results:Gemalto
PKO Bank Polski, Accumulate partner on mobile payment service launch: The Green Sheet
The patchwork of regulations entangling Square, and every American internet startup that takes money:QZ.com
A smart move with NFC: Internet Retailer
Ahead Of PayPal And Square, Intuit Rolls Out Mobile Payments In Europe: TechCrunch
PaySimple Launches Redesigned Mobile Application and Credit Card Reader: PaySimple
Telcos losing mind-share in mobile wallet race: Finextra
MOL Makes Big Turkish Investments, Eyes Mobile Payments: Tech in Asia
One Good Paper: Monopoly Power in Mobile Money: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Wrapp CEO Hjalmar Winbladh talks gifts, Facebook and mobile payments: The Washington Post
NCSOFT Adopts BilltoMobile for High-Conversion Mobile Payments: Marketwire
Vimpelcom partners with Mastercard for mobile money solution: Developing Telecoms
20pc of tablet owners will pay bills via devices by 2017, study: Mobile Commerce Today
Pakistan's Monet taps Fundamo for shared mobile money network: Finextra
Disney MyMagic+ sets a new bar for mobile wallet design: NFC World
The Effect of an Invalidated Recess Appointment on the CFPB Director’s Authority to Settle Proceedings: Payment Law Advisor
Mobile Payments in Search of Customers at SXSW: Mediapost
Carrier Billing: Teeny Tiny Gets Bigger
New Mobile Wallet Ideas Take Root in Apple's Passbook: PaymentsSource
The Logic Group and Proxama team on NFC-based services for retailers: Finextra
Study finds racial differences in mobile aptitude: Mobile Payments Today
Passengers Seek More Ways to Pay Fares: Metro Magazine
New rumor points to fingerprint sensor, NFC e-wallet in Apple's next iPhone: Apple Insider
Payment leaders: NFC and digital wallets are overhyped, Asia will lead innovation: VentureBeat
Payments Startups Take Different Approach to The Credit-Card Business: TechCrunch
D.C. Metro getting closer to credit card payments on rail, bus: Examiner
Will Retail Payments be the Killer App for Mobile Wallets?: ZD Net
Next-Generation Online Banking: Mobile, PFM, and Bill Pay
Fiserv Makes it Easy for Small Businesses to Enroll for SpotPay and Accept Cards and Checks: Fiserv
How e-wallets could be a gold mine for credit card companies: CNET
Live Gamer Partners with Fortumo to Expand International Mobile Payment Options: PR Web
Adelante and Anderson Zaks team up on mobile payments: Finextra
Merchants critical to mobile payment success: why you can't dismiss MCX: Mobile Payments Today
Visa's Gajda: Mobile payment space is not fragmented, and NFC will rule the market: Fierce Mobile Content
Digital donation kiosk accepts mobile payments, targets next-gen givers: Mobile Payments Today
Visa And MasterCard Will Use Mobile Phones To Tap Developing Economies Growth: Forbes
PayPal Card Reader Reaches Thousands of Small Businesses in Japan: Ecommerce Bytes
Monitise set for revenue boost from new three-year Visa deal: Finextra
Isis Revamps Its Mobile Wallet And It’s Actually Fixing What’s Broken: SF Backtalk
Google Promoted To NFC’s Board of Directors With Wallet Clearly in Mind: Droid Life
Spire Payments Acquires Thyron and Makes its Debut in Mobile Payment Market
Samsung Galaxy S4 with Visa payWave 'won't take mobile payments mainstream': T3
No plastic? At these businesses, cash is the only king: The Globe and Mail
Bankinter circumvents secure element hassle for mobile NFC payments: Finextra
Will Visa/Samsung deal force Apple's hand on NFC?: The Age
How Afghanistan Is on the Leading Edge of a Tech Revolution: Time
ShopSavvy Partners With Capital One: TechCrunch
LevelUp reaches 1 million users:greensheet
Development Bank of Jamaica, Alaric and Transcel team on mobile money project: Finextra
Swedish charities suffer amid mobile payments muddle: The Local
WePay Debuts iOS App To Allow Users To Accept Credit Cards And Send Invoices:techcrunch
VeriFone and SK C&C Team On Mobile Wallet Acceptance: VeriFone
ArmorActive Raises iPad POS Industry Standards With New SwitchBack Enclosure: PRWeb
Room at the Top: Mobile Shopping Trends Point to More Growth Ahead: eBay.com
MasterCard Pairs With VimpelCom for Mobile Payments Offering: The Motley Fool
BBM Money in Indonesia, will it flourish?: E27
MasterCard reports on consumer attitudes to mobile payments: NFC World
Credit Card Diet Sweeps Boston- and DC-Area Restaurants: Marketwire
Telenor unveils Valyou NFC mobile wallet: NFC World
PVR Launches NFC Enabled Wallet App For BB10: Biztech2
T-Mobile to launch m-payment service in Macedonia:telecompaper
Paydiant and Menusoft Systems Launch Integrated Mobile Wallet and Pay-at-the-Table Offering for Restaurants:marketwire
Smartphone versus wallet:dw
Mobile marketing emails generate online purchases:qrcodepress
Wirecard and Vodafone form partnership for mobile payment services:Paymenteye
Is the Micro-merchant a new Threat?:Finextra
Another Attack On The Banking Industry: uBank Raised $8 Million From Runa Capital:Articstartup
Visa Introduces Visa Ready Partner Program:Businesswire
Gemalto, Banco Itaú and TIM Launch Brazil’s First Pilot Program for NFC Payments: Financial Post
Renters picture a new payment option with Jumio: Mobile Payments Today
Fortumo raises cash from Intel and Greycroft: The Next Web
iZettle Launches Wireless Chip & Pin Device: TechCrunch
Dutch banks to run NFC payments pilot: NFC World
Kenya: Treasury to Formulate New Rules On Mobile Money Tax: All Africa
Citi launches mobile collect service in Dominican Republic: Finextra
Banks and interoperability delay NFC mass adoption in Brazil: RCR Wireless
Mobile Payments in great demand as a payment option in Europe, DIMOCO says: DIMOCO
Australian supermarket Coles tests NFC payments and rewards: NFC World
Blue Bottle Coffee Adopts Square for its Point of Sale: Square.com
Qube Processing introduces mobile payment solutions:PRWeb
globalVCard to Launch the Next Version of Their Popular Mobile Wallet: PRWeb
Killing off cash: Could new tech mean the end of money?: BBC UK
2013 Mobile Trends For Marketers: Forbes
UK: Visa eyes 'mainstream launch' of mobile payments: Marketing Week
Pageonce Adds Person-to-Person Mobile Payments: PC Magazine
Wrapp adopts Braintree and Venmo Touch for one-tap mobile payments:thenextweb
Appconomy Builds Up its Mobile Payments and Loyalty Cards Service for China: Tech in Asia
Mastercard Inc, Visa Inc: Which Credit Card Stock Offers the Greatest Potential?: Insider Monkey
PayPal partner Vend not taking sides in mobile payments tech debate: ComputerWorld
To Encourage Mobile Payments, Select LevelUp Merchants Ban Credit Cards in Store: BetaKit
Mobile Money/Payments Market Worth $278.9 Billion by 2018: MarketWatch
Commerzbank adopts visual security tool for mobile payments: Telecoms.com
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Singapore partners Samsung TecTiles for NFC rewards: Web Innovate
Mobile Rewards Apps That Lure Shoppers Back to Stores: All Things D
Microsoft to host digital wallet developer event: Finextra
BlackBerry trials BBM Money service in Indonesia: Finextra
Report: Smartphones dominated Christmas e-commerce traffic: Chain Store Age
CarCharging and DoubleBeam to bring mobile payments to electric car charging: Mobile Payments Today
South Africa: Nedbank enters mobile payments fray: Tech Central
Bango Secures Funding to Expand in Emerging Markets: The Next Web
Payleven Now Available in Europe:techcrunch
More Chinese Are Using Mobile Phones To Pay For Online Goods: China Retail News
Square Competitor mPowa Signs Up Portugal Telecom In Multi-Million-Dollar Deal: TechCrunch
Bank of Ireland offers P2P service to account holders: Mobile Payments Today
Contactless Payment Solutions Available to Small Businesses from Encore Payment Systems, Google Wallet: PR Web
Cumberland Farms Launches SmartPay Check-Link: Business Wire
Flint mobile payment system replaces card readers with iPhone's camera: Apple Insider
Investment levels in mobile marketing decline as monetization concerns grow: Mobile Marketer
M-commerce JV Weve adds Vodafone to platform: Mobile News
Paid with a wave: latest card up Visa's sleeve: Irish Times
Smartphone Consumers Behavior In 2012: 50% Went Online Multiple Times In A Day: Daze Info
Cumberland Farms mobile payments app drives increased transactions, retention: Mobile Commerce Daily
MasterCard Speeds Growth At Year-End, 'Cautious' About '13: Investor Business Daily
TIM begins NFC pilot in Brazil: NFC World
Sift raises $540K to turn your inbox into a personal shopper: Pano Daily
Mobile Payments Heat Up in Canada: Bank Tech
Angie's List, Square Announce Partnership for Mobile Payments: Benzinga
Mobile Payments: An Evolving Landscape: FDIC
Opera and Neomobile to bring one-click mobile payments to Opera Mini: Opera
Survey: Google most likely to win mobile wallet war: Chain Store Age
First Data Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results: Business Wire
Ingenico acquires Ogone in bid to become one-stop payments shop: Finextra
Mobile payments firm Salt Technology raises $2m: Finextra
PayPal invests in OLO: The Green Sheet
Square's Keith Rabois checks out of mobile payment startup: GigaOm
The race to the digital wallet: Business Record
M-commerce still small as retailers focus on the basics: Retail Customer Experience
DoubleBeam Completes Mobile Payment Integration with IBMs ACE POS System: MarketWatch
Boku announces mobile payment partnership with US Cellular: Finextra
CGI, Monetise partner on offering mobile banking, payments services to FIs: Mobile Payments Today
Companion Bakery rolls out mobile payment app: St. Louis Business Journal
The Global Movement of Electronic Payments at the World Economic Forum: Better Than Cash
How a Ninja Is Becoming One of the Most Visible Execs in Payments: PaymentsSource
Quatrro Launches Next Generation Integrated Processing Services to Support Card and Mobile Payments: PR Newswire
Ingenico provides contactless terminals using NFC payment technology to McDonald’s in Ukraine: Ingenico
Bell ID Mobile Token Manager Software Used in RIM’s Mobile Payments Solution: Bell ID
Time's Running Out for Banks to Get into Mobile Payments: American Banker
Ribbit Capital Raises $100 Million With the Goal of Modernizing Money: All Things D
New mobile coffee service makes you feel like a rock star: Geek Wire
Telefónica introduces phone-to-phone payments in Germany: IT World
Orange launches mobile money service in Uganda: The Observer
Mobile Payment's Next Challenge: Kill the Checkout Line: The Motley Fool
Zavers offers real-time coupon and rewards redemption through Google Wallet: Andriod Authority
Starbucks and Square: Creating a 'virtual currency': The Street
Bank of America profit fell 63%: Washington Post
eBay And PayPal Expect To Do $20 Billion Each In 2013 Mobile Commerce: TechCrunch
ETA Wins Gates Grant To Promote Payment Innovation: PaymentsSource
Consumers make $12.84 billion in mobile payments in 2012: Internet Retailer
Bango Adds Telefonica To List Of Mobile Carrier Billing Partners For Facebook: TechCrunch
How Companies Can Get in on the Mobile Payments Game: Forbes
UK banks get behind m-payments service ahead of 2014 launch: Finextra
80% of Brits will have access to Visa digital wallet in 2013: Pocket-Lint
Square Not Yet Seen 'Disruptive' In Mobile Payments: Investor’s Business Daily: News Investors
Ingenico and Microsoft partner to put Windows 8 into the hands of retailers:Finextra
Security is Final Hurdle to Mass Mobile Payments Adoption; Banktech
VeriFone Enables Retailers to Interact. Impact. Impress: Businesswire
MyCheck partners DataCash on self check-out mobile payment app:Finextra
Groupon Expands Square-Like Mobile Payments Service to Android:All Things D
Which will come first: mobile payments or flying cars?: Internet Retailers
Payments go mobile on myUFL:alligator
US Bank launches iPhone NFC payments service: NFC World
Tough year ahead for NFC as retail payments diversify: Telcoms.com
Visa Or MasterCard: Which One Belongs In Your Wallet?: Seeking Alpha
Incipio and AT&T team up to launch NFC-enabled ISIS iPhone wallet: 9to5 Mac
InComm Buys Giftango, With Eye on Digital Gift Cards: All Things D
PDS launches mobile payment app: Finextra
Kenya's mobile banking scheme M-Shwari hits early milestone: Mobile Payments Today
Eight Percent of Amazon’s Sales Are Coming From Mobile: All Things D
CIBC promotes NFC payments via BlackBerry: Telecoms.com
Nigerian mobile money market to hit $1B by 2015: Mobile Payments Today
London mobile payment company moving into Houston, other U.S. markets: Houston Business Journal
Despite initial missteps, mobile payments will boom in 2013, survey: Gigaom
Javelin identifies top mobile, payment trends for 2013: Mobile Payments Today
Mobile payment startup PicPay lets Brazilians make purchases via a QR code: The Next Web
Europe: 2013 Not the Year for Mobile Wallets: WSJ
ZTE and China UnionPay to collaborate on mobile payments: Mobile Payments Today
Credit Card Technology: 2013 and Beyond C: Fox Business News
10 Latin America startups to look out for in 2013: The Next Web(2)
Should retailers really be concerned with who controls the mobile wallet?: Mobile Payments Today
2013 Seen as Another Stellar Year for Visa and Mastercard, PTs Raised at Barclays: Street Insider
Weve keen to kick on after months on hold: Mobile Magazine
Deepening its partnership, Starbucks starts selling Square credit card readers: VentureBeat
Vodafone 'considered setting up as a bank': The Telegraph
Verizon caught applying double standards to its Isis Wallet app: Android Authority
Payatrader launches mobile Chip & Pin terminal in the UK:payatrader
NFC and Mobile Contactless Specialist Proxama Joins GlobalPlatform: GlobalPlatform
VeriFone NFC Managed Services to Drive China Mobile Commerce Network: VeriFone
Russian Square Clone Lands Additional Funding: The Next Web
SumUp, Another European Square, Expands To 3 More Markets: TechCrunch
QSecure offers mobile-powered alternative to plastic cards: Mobile Payments Today
UK: Three could join mobile payments venture Weve: Mobile Magazine(2)
PayPal uses a gifting app to encourage mobile payments in Sweden: Mobile Payments Today
Bank of America Adds QR Codes to Push Mobile Banking, Payments: PaymentsSource
M-payment industry in India to touch $1.15 billion by 2016: Business Standard
In Russia, Innovation Happens on Both Sides of the Smartphone: MIT Technology Review
With NFC payments, Verizon wants Google to play fair: Geek.com
Constantine Cannon Hired to Promote 'Contactless' Payment System: The Legal Times
UK: Three could join mobile payments venture Weve: Mobile Magazine
Sixty banks and retailers sign up for new Korean mobile wallet service: NFC World
Consumers Say Smartphone Payments Will Replace Cash and Cards, Study Finds: Bank Systems and Technology
MasterCard Backs And Partners With Mobile Wallet Infrastructure Platform C-SAM: TechCrunch
G&D Chosen by CIBC as Trusted Service Manager for Mobile Payments in Canada: PRNewswire
IBM Study: All consumers looking for a consistent experience, from start to finish: Chain Store Age
ICM data reveals confusion over contactless payments: Talking Retail
Auchan picks mobile barcodes for France’s MCX: NFC World
Nigeria: Mobile payments through smartphones to reach $1.3 trillion by 2017: The Guardian
This Sunday Was The Biggest Mobile Shopping Day For eBay, PayPal Mobile Payments Up 221 Percent: TechCrunch
Survey: Interest in Mobile Pay Greater Outside the U.S.: PaymentsSource
UK catalogue giant Shop Direct tests NFC shopping: NFC World
Churches Get Custom App with Charitable Giving via Mobile Credit Card Acceptance: Marketwatch
InvoiceASAP, Hybrid Paytech Team Up for Mobile Payments, Invoicing and POS : PR Newswire
CARDFREE Closes Series A Funding, Launches Integrated Mobile Merchant Platform: Business Wire
MoSoCo picks Sequent for NFC payments, marketing and loyalty platform: NFC World
Carrier biller mopay offering loyalty, CRM tools: Retail Customer Experience
Google Play gets Bango’s carrier billing: The Next Web
The future of money: New paradigms for the checkout, banking and currency: The Next Web
Mobile-Pay Competition to Be Fierce in 2013 as Vendors Multiply:payment source
Survey: Consumer want mobile payments: NFC News
ORCC Announces New Mobile Browser Bill Pay: The Green Sheet
As Mobile-Payment Giants Bicker, Startups Step Up: ReadWrite Mobile
AT&T: Bullish on NFC, mobile payment trials: ZDNet
Pep Boys Selling PayAnywhere Mobile Point of Sale Tool: CBS Detroit
LevelUp, FTUB develop mobile payment, loyalty app: The Green Sheet
Get Ready for Ads that Follow You from One Device to the Next: MIT Technology Review
Qualcomm Atheros Introduces Ultra-Low Power Near Field Communication Chip for Mobile Devices: BusinessWire
Juniper scales back NFC forecast: NFC World
LevelUp and First Trade Union Bank Develop Revolutionary Custom Mobile Payment and Loyalty App:finance yahoo
Gemalto bringing NFC payments to phones of any intelligence with MasterCard PayPass SIM :engadget.com
As Mobile-Payment Giants Bicker, Startups Step Up:readwrite.com
Downloadable Apps: The Risks, The Rewards and The Smartest Mobile Strategy :harlandfinancial
NCR serves up lunch with Mobile Pay:finextra
eBay And PayPal Posted Their Biggest Mobile Shopping Days Ever On Sunday:techcrunch
Economic Confidence Higher Year over Year According to Discover U.S. Spending MonitorSM
LevelUp Reaches a Milestone with Its Disruptive Mobile-Pay Plan: PaymentsSource
PayAnywhere Mobile App and Credit Card Reader Now Available from Amazon.com: BusinessWire
Adyen Offers Different Sort of Mobile Payment Service: WSJ Blog
Blackberry BBM Money app to launch in Indonesia: BBC News
US Airways Becomes World’s First Airline to Accept MasterCard PayPass–Enabled Cards and Devices In-Flight: BusinessWire
USA Technologies and Isis Bring Mobile Commerce to Vending Machines: BusinessWire
Spindle Announces Partnership With Integrated Payments: MarketWire
Droplet Plans To Disrupt Mobile Cash With No-Charges Payment App For iPhone: TechCrunch
American Banker names Square’s Dorsey Innovator of the Year
Greenwich Associates to Acquire Javelin Strategy & Research
Google Buys Custom Coupon Startup: TechNews World
Pageonce Launches Mobile Bill Pay Product: Pageonce
Intuit begins mobile POS pilot programme in UK: CBR Online
KFC, Taco Bell franchisees embrace mobile payments: Mobile Commerce Daily
Pay.on offers payment providers worldwide immediate entry into mobile POS market: Pay.com
Claro,Bradeso partner on Brazilian m-payments: RCR Wireless
Is it the end of the line for cash?: Marketing Week
Vanco Services Introduces Mobile Payment Solution Specifically for Faith-Based Organizations:PRNewswire
Elavon and payleven to increase mobile debit and credit card acceptance: Equities
Chase: Cyber Monday online sales up 22% from last year: Chain Store Age
Barclays Bank buys 8,500 Apple iPads in one go:channelregister.co.uk
UK Holiday Shopping, Mobile Devices Win Friends And Influence People To The Tune Of Nearly $7B:google.com
Mobile Transactions: The Next Big Thing for Owners:executiveboard.com
Going For “Pretty First” Is Wrong: A Designer’s Take On App Development :google.com
Payment via camera phone: 2 opposite options:blogspot.com
So, it looks like Apple does plan an NFC future for iPhone: ComputerWorld
Dickson Chu joins AnywhereCommerce Board of Advisors: PRNewsire
Vodafone Australia and Visa to offer contactless payments: ZDNet
Malauzai Introduces Picture Pay Mobile Payment Solution: Business Wire
MasterCard, Comviva and Tutuka Announce Strategic Mobile Money Collaboration: MasterCard
Danish telco payments venture maps out path to NFC: NFC World
VeriFone Battles Back Against Square, PayPal: TechCrunch
Facebook Turns On Carrier Billing Mobile Payments In France: TechCrunch
PCI Council Releases Risk Assessment Guidlines
TSYS to buy Utah-based mobile payment company ProPay: Ledger-Enquirer
Fundamo Reports Accelerated Mobile Financial Services Growth in Africa: 4-Traders
Square hits $10 billion in annual payments processed: CNET
Axfood in Deal to Offer Mobile Phone Payment Service in Stores: Fox Business
Mobile Payments Will Top $1 Trillion Worldwide by 2017: Mashable
NetSpend and LevelUp Announce New Partnership: 4-Traders
Ireland: Slow-moving banks face challenge over mobile payments:irshtimes
Braintree Sinks Roots Down Under: WSJ
LevelUp Turning foes Into Allies: PaymentsSource
Is M-PESA Replacing Cash in Kenya?: CGAP
The Digital Wallet Value Proposition: NetBanker
Walmart’s Head of Mobile doesn’t believe in NFC: Android Authority
Consumer bureau's deputy director heading for exit: The Hill
iZettle Exits Beta In Nordics And Finds Workaround For Visa Acceptance: TechCrunch
Tabbedout Announces Customer Relationship Management Solution: Business Wire
Austria’s PayLife Selects VeriFone to Modernize Payment System Estate: Business Wire
Apple’s Passbook impact on retailers and brands: Mobile Commerce Daily
Burnished by Starbucks, upstart Square battles payment giants: Reuters
JCB trials mobile wallet in Japan: Mobile Payments Today
Why plastic cards aren’t going away in mobile payment future: GigaOm
Australia: Moshtix unimpressed by Google Wallet, NFC: ComputerWorld
Mobile Fix: Politics and big data
The uncertain future of NFC and the mobile wallet: Digital Trends
Flomio unveils first NFC reader for iOS devices: Slashgear
Passbook-enabled gift cards now available via Apple Store app: Tuaw
Mobile Wallets Weighed Down By Lack of Standardization: UCS Strategies
Suretap mobile payment system debuts in Canada: Internet Retailer
BlackBerry 10 Security Certified For U.S. Government Use Ahead Of Launch: TechCrunch
YESpay adds PaymentSense as strategic partner: Finextra
Fujitsu Leverages VeriFone’s GlobalBay Solution to Power its Advanced Mobile Point of Sale: BusinessWire
Square launches mobile payment service at 7,000 Starbucks: CNET
iZettle launches Square-style mobile payments in the UK: ZDNet
Payleven teams with Elavon: The Next Web
Rogers and CIBC switch on NFC payments in Canada: NFC World
Parkmobile Apologizes For Blaming 13-Cent Transaction Fee Hike Durbin: Huffington Post
Google Wallet Expands To Mobile Web: TechCrunch
Poll says Canadians ready to use smartphones like credit cards to pay for purchases: Canadian Business
OTI Introduces the First Plug-In Solution to Turn Mobile Phones Into NFC Based Mobile Payment Devices: Nasdaq
Cross-border NFC m-payment not relevant now: ZDNet
Fortumo Brings Its Mobile Payments To Windows 8: TechCrunch
Mastercard assesses countries’ readiness for mobile payments, Japan bodes well: NFC News
Visa Inc. Posts Strong Fiscal Fourth Quarter:yahoonews
DeviceFidelity introduces CredenSE: PRWeb
Flat-Fee Mobile Payments Startup Emu Expands Beyond UK: TechCrunch
Opera Expands Mobile Payments into Latin America :nextweb
PayPal axes 325 jobs: Finextra
Vodafone selects Gemalto for NFC mobile payment services: The Green Sheet
The future of retail: Shopping more at smaller stores: Star Tribune
Inside Secure Opens Door for Multiple Mobile Wallets: CIO
MasterCard signs two new partnership agreements with T-Mobile and Orange
The Sleeping Giants Of African Mobile Payments: TechCrunch
Isis in action: GigaOm
Crowd funds iPhone NFC add-on: NFC World
Seamless to bring SEQR mobile payment platform to 360 Axfood stores: Mobile Payments Today
Visa Names JPMorgan’s Scharf CEO as Saunders to Be Chairman: bloomberg
Milan mobile NFC pilot begins: Finextra
Vantiv, Paydiant unveil new contactless mobile payment platform: BBR
Dorsey brings Square mobile pay system to Canada: CBC
Isis Launch Comes as a Surprise in Austin: GigaOm
Isis finally launches mobile payments service in two cities: Reuters
RIM strikes security tech deal with mobile payment firm EnStream: Ottawa Citizen
Visa Study Reveals Mobile Money Drives Demand for Financial Services: AOL Finance
MasterCard Expands Global Leadership in Mobile Payments: MasterCard
Bangalore-based iKaaz launches mobile payment platform: Tech Circle
FNB “dabbling” in NFC: BusinessTech
Philippines: Smart Money Bill Payments Double: Manila Bulletin
Google says mobile payments growing fast: Tech Hive
Tablet Ad Spend Will Outweigh Smartphone Spend This Holiday Season: m&csaatchi
Mobile wallets are exciting, but there are serious obstacles to overcome:guardian
EBay scores off mobile payments:medill
The World Payments Report 2012, Part One: thefinanser
Sainsbury's pilots 'mobile scan & go'
PayPal earnings up 23 percent in 3Q:greensheet
Google Wallet Prepaid Refund Form is Live: Droid Life
Canadian Big Three Mobile Joint Venture Sheds Zoompass: TechVibes
ISIS Mobile Payments To Launch On October 22: TechCrunch
MasterCard to install 1000 PayPass terminals across UAE: Finextra
VC funding strong in 2012 with focus on mobile: The Next Web
Facebook: We’re Expanding Our Mobile Security Efforts: Mashable
Meet The New Boss: Citi Taps Michael Corbat For CEO Job: Forbes
boxPAY Looking to License Carrier Billing Technology Platform: Herald Online
Square cuts New York taxi pilot short: Finextra
VeriFone Announces Expansion of SAIL Platform to International Markets: VeriFone
Softbank Acquires Majority Stake In Sprint: Fast Company
Banks still upbeat on NFC despite iPhone 5 disappointment: MacWorld UK
Lucky Strike Implements Tabbedout Mobile Payments: Business Wire
Widespread Use of Mobile Wallets in U.S. Will Take Years: Daily Deal Media
Vodafone Italia debuts NFC-based mobile payments in Milan: Finextra
Cashless payments sector in Ethiopia: Time to open up?:nazret.com
Tips to ensure that mobile experiences are holiday ready:mobilecommercedaily.com
Vodafone Italia debuts NFC-based mobile payments in Milan:finextra.com
Dwolla To Offer Affordable Peer-To-Peer Payments Service Through mFoundry’s New Mobile Banking Platform : businesswire.com
mobile ISIS mobile wallet set for Oct. 22 release in Austin and Salt Lake City :nfcnews.com
Telenor makes it easy with mobile payment:reuters.com
Kenya’s mobile money market worth $8 billion:itwebafrica.com
Research points to revolution in how we pay for items by 2025:myfinances.co.uk
Retailers To Mobile Payment Players: What’s In It For Us?: storefrontbacktalk
Rogers is Testing Mobile Payments Technology, Could Launch Digital Wallet This Year: techvibes
Mobile Wallets Not Ready for Prime Time, Yet:ecommercebytes
Cab-hailing app adds mobile payments capabilities:finextra
Visa's person-to-person payment solution sees uptake:CNET
VeriFone Rebounds as NYC Denies Report of Square Cab Deal: Bloomberg
Good-bye plastic, hello phone: Mobile wallets on the rise Fox Business
PaySimple Names Former PayPal Leader Andrew Lanthier as Chief Technology ...- The Herald
Has IPhone 5 Set Back New Credit Card Payment Technologies? - TheStreet.com
Mobile payments at Starbucks allow customers to leave tips: QR Code Press
Spindle Taps Execs To Expand Mobile Payments Reach: Vending Times
Startups racing to offer European chip-and-PIN mobile payments: Tech World
Debunking the Mobile Security Myth: Bank Technology
Anti-Interchange Payment Alliance Has New Members, But Why?: Storefront Backtalk
ANZ trials NFC payments, eyes biometrics: ZD Net
Urban Outfitters Goes Mobile at the POS: RIS
Apple looking at Australian fingerprint technology for NFC mobile payments: Tech Radar
MICROS implements Isis SmartTap m-commerce app at restaurants: Fast Casual
Braintree Introduces Instant Approval For Online And Mobile Payments: International Business Times
Peapod rolls out 'virtual grocery store' concept: Chainstore Age
Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says: Computer World
Square acquires NYC design firm: The Next Web
Gap and Bed Bath join MCX: Chicago Tribune
Groupon disses other mobile systems: Boston Herald
Gemalto buys Ericsson’s mobile payments business: NFC World
MPowa reports First National Bank deal: Finextra
Discover 3Q profit slips, but tops Street view: Business Week
Singapore mobile payments firm eye PHL banks to launch platform: GMA Network
PayPal Really Does Want to Be Your Pal: Business Week
Mach inks carrier billing deal in the UK: Engadget
On the Call: Discover CEO Nelms on PayPal deal: Yahoo
PayPal partner Storific launches iPhone restaurant-ordering app: VentureBeat
Seamless wins Västtrafik procurement for its mobile payment services
NFC payments already big business in Russia: GigaOM
What's in Your Mobile Wallet? Not Much: The Wall Street Journal
LevelUp launches white-label version of mobile pay service: VentureBeat
Square's mission: Make shopping so easy that everyone starts buying more stuff: Slate
Finish Line deploying mobile POS units from VeriFone: Retail Customer Experience
French telco issues pre-paid contactless cards: Finextra
Microsoft demos Windows Phone 8 mobile wallet: Near Field Communications World
Starbucks: We'll be Passbook-ready before October: CNET
TIO Networks Surpasses $100 Million in Mobile Bill Pay Transactions
Gemalto expands m-payment software with Western Union: Finextra
A day with a smartphone as wallet
VeriFone Connects Young Buyers with Mobile and Multimedia Payment Options: Heraldonline
iPhone 5 Sells Over 5M In Opening Weekend, Limited Only By Device Supply: Tech Crunch
Mobility - A New Way for Banking: Finextra
The last day of mobile payments: Finextra
PayLane targets start-ups: Finextra
AmEx integrates with Apple's Passbook: Finextra
Government of Canada introduces payments code of conduct addendum that anticipates smart phone apps: The Bankwatch
AJB Announces Mobile Payments Strategy for Retailers
Mobile Banking Updates - Sept 23
Banno Receives New $1 Million Capital Request Company to apply state funding to fuel job creation, expedite product delivery and support: CNBC
iPhone 5 Sells Over 5M In Opening Weekend: Tech Crunch
Mobile Payments At A Crossroads: What's Taking So Long?: The Network
Visa CEO talks consumer tech, future of mobile payments: USA Today
Isis' chance of success is diminishing rapidly: Fierce Mobile Content
Sweden ponders regulations for kids’ spending on mobile phones: Ice News
The iPhone 5 Doesn’t Have NFC — So What?: All Things D
Two-Thirds of Young Adults Own Smartphones, but Ownership Is Rising Among Older Adults
Smartphone ownership is increasingly common in all age categories, as illustrated below. Young adults, however, still lead the way in adoption, two-thirds of respondents aged 18 to 34 indicating they own smartphones. For more information on this particular report, visit Mercator Advisory Group here.
Comparative Advantages of Single-Merchant Wallets and Universal Wallets
SMWs have both advantages and disadvantages compared to universal wallets. For more information about this particular report, please visit Mercator Advisory Group here.
Pros and Cons of Three Popular Technologies for Initiating Payment via Mobile Wallet
One of the reasons mobile wallets have not taken off faster is that the market has not yet identified which POS technology will emerge as the front-runner. Indeed, each of the most popular forms of payment initiation via mobile wallet has both pros and cons. For more information about this particular report, visit Mercator Advisory Group here.
VeriFone Whitepaper: How Tablets and Smartphones Will Revolutionize Retail
VeriFone's whitepaper examines how retailers will soon have to change the way they look at their point-of-sale estates in the emerging age of mobile commerce.
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U.S. Mobile Payments Landscape Two Years Later
In response to expanded use of mobile payments and increasing interest among mobile stakeholders, the FRB expanded the MPIW’s scope in 2012 to enable broader participation from groups with a specific interest in mobile payments adoption such as merchants, vendors, start-ups and regulators.
Fees, Fraud and Regulation: Forces of Change in the Payment Card Industry
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City examines what's currently changing in the payment card industry in this research briefing.
Opening up on UK payments
This consultation invites views on options for reforming the regulation and governance of payments systems in the UK. It should be read by those with an interest in the future development and strategy of payments systems and the users of those systems.
The Mobile Wallet: It’s Not Just About Payments
This First Data whitepaper examines the top reason why consumers will eventually adopt mobile wallets.
Unlocking the Potential: Women and Mobile Financial Services in Emerging Markets
Visa and the GSMA partnered on a report to show how women in developing markets are an important potential customer base for mobile financial service providers. They are active household financial managers – in some ways more active than men.
Paper, Plastic or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments
As the nation’s consumer protection agency, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is committed to staying abreast of technologies that affect consumers to ensure that consumer protections keep pace with these technologies.
The Federal Reserve’s Reduced Role in Retail Payments: Implications for Efficiency and Risk
The Federal Reserve’s Reduced Role in Retail Payments:Implications for Efficiency and Risk By Richard J. SullivanT he payments system in the United States has undergone fundamental changes in the last decade. The use of paper checks has declined rapidly, replaced by the automated clearinghouse (ACH) and card payments.
Mobile Phone Technology: “Smarter” Than We Thought
This Boston Federal Reserve report examines in detail how near field communication (NFC) and cloud2 technologies address security for mobile payments at the retail point-of-sale (POS). It also provides a brief overview of security for two other mobile technology platforms, QR code,3 and direct carrier billing (DCB)4.
The EMV Roadmap: Designing Your Financial Institution’s Plan
As the nation’s migration to EMV continues forward and is critically analyzed, the layout has become exceedingly complex, leaving many financial institutions (FIs) to wonder: should we be outlining our own EMV plans?
New Person-to-Person Payment Methods: Have Checks Met Their Match?
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank September 2012
Industry Perspectives
The Risks and Rewards of Payments Innovation
by Karen Gordon, Public Relations Strategist, Zoot Enterprises, Inc.
Remain Relevant, Through Mobile Technology Adoption
by Christopher T. Cox, Vice President, Product Development First Data Mobile Solutions, First Data
How to Increase Customer Loyalty by Using Mobile Devices
by Henry Helgeson, CEO, Merchant Warehouse
Cardless ATM Access Will Make Mobile NFC Mainstream
by T. Jack Williams, President, Paymentcard Services, Inc.
Is Regulatory Uncertainty an Impediment to Mobile Payments?
by Buckley Sandler LLP, Partner and Counsel, Buckley Sandler LLP
eGifting: A Catalyst for Mobile Payments
by David Stone, Co-Founder and CEO, CashStar
Mobile Commerce: Where's the Beef?
by T. Jack Williams, President, Paymentcard Services, Inc.
Winning the Mobile Wars
by Kevin Jones, President, SignaPay
Mercator Perspectives
Is PayPal Really a “Frenemy”of the Banks?
by Tristan Hugo-Webb, Analyst
Gyft Gives Smartphone Users a Mobile Management Tool for Gift Cards
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
People Do Not Leave Their Wallets Before Their Phones
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
Field Testing Payments Apps – Where the Mobile Meets the Card
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
Does LevelUp’s “Interchange Zero” Benefit Merchants?
by David Kaminsky, Analyst
Reflecting on Bergeron's Departure From VeriFone
by Jeffrey Green, Director
Social Media's Impact on Commerce is Just Beginning
by Will Hernandez, Content Manager
Decoupled Debit Completes Grocer’s Mobile Strategy
by Patricia Hewitt, Director
The Phases of NFC Adoption for Both Merchants and Consumers
by David Kaminsky, Analyst
MasterCard Creates Buzz With MasterPass Wallet
by Jeffrey Green, Director
Taiwan Opens Door to Mobile Payments
by Terry Xie, Director
Boosting E-Commerce in Africa through Mobile Payments
by Tristan Hugo-Webb, Analyst
Watching Apple
by Jeffrey Green, Director
Another Square Competitor Announced, This Time in India
by Terry Xie, Director
NRF’s Big Show Field Report
by David Fish, Sr. Analyst
Design Your Loyalty and Instant Offers to Avoid Offer Fatigue
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
Good Mobile Payments App Design Is A Lot More Than Linking A Card
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
What VeriFone’s Sail Announcement Means for the mPOS Industry
by David Kaminsky, Analyst
2012 Year-in-Review: Emerging Technologies in Payments
by David Kaminsky, Analyst
The Issue of Security and Fraud Risk in the Cloud vs. Contactless Mobile Wallet Debate
by David Fish, Sr. Analyst
Mobile Payments: Maturing Markets Demand More Utility
by Karen Augustine, Manager
Money 2020: The New Kid on the Block Grows Up Overnight
by Ken Paterson, VP Research Operations / Director
AFP Conference Recap: Trends in Mobile Corporate Banking
by Michael Misasi, Analyst
Are Mobile Payments Really More Convenient?
by David Kaminsky, Analyst
Examining Potential NFC Growth in Italy and Beyond
by Tristan Hugo-Webb, Analyst
Merchant Aggregation – Exploring the Opportunities
by David Fish, Sr. Analyst
Old Habits Swipe Contactless Adoption From Payments
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
Prepaid Transit Applications Show How Prepaid Can Go Beyond Cards
by Ben Jackson, Sr. Analyst
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