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Splash and MoreMagic Solutions Offer Mobile Money Transfer in Sierra Leone

Posted on 18 September 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

Splash Mobile Money Limited ("Splash") and MoreMagic announced today the availability of Sierra Leone's first mobile money transfer system. Splash customers in Sierra Leone can now send money using just the mobile phone easily and without any requirement to have a bank account. continued »

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Nokia and Obopay Cooperate for Nokia Money Service

Posted on 27 August 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

Nokia announced that it will offer its mobile financial service called Nokia Money, which provides convenient mobile money transfer service by making a voice call or sending an SMS. It will enable consumers to send money to another person just by using the person's mobile phone number, as well as to pay merchants for goods and services, pay their utility bills, or recharge ... continued »

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DOCOMO to Launch Mobile Remittance Service

Posted on 02 July 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

NTT DoCoMo announced today a new service that will enable an individual subscriber to use their DOCOMO mobile phone to easily and quickly remit money to another DOCOMO user, beginning on July 21. continued »

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Zain, Western Union Announce Alliance to Deliver Cross-Border Mobile Money Transfer Services to Zap Customers in Africa, Middle East

Posted on 25 June 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

Zain and Western Union announced that they will work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. continued »

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BOKU Launches New Online Payments Service for Mobile Consumers

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

BOKU has announced the launch of its new mobile payments service, along with the acquisition of both Paymo and Mobillcash businesses. The payments service enables global consumers to make online purchases of digital and virtual goods with their mobile phones. continued »

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MTN chooses Fundamo for mobile wallet service

Posted on 17 March 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

Fundamo today announced that leading African operator the MTN Group has chosen Fundamo’s Mobile Wallet solution to power its “MTN MobileMoney” service, which will be available to a subscriber base of over 80 million users across 21 countries in Africa. continued »

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Venyon and Kasikornbank to cooperate on contactless mobile payments in Thailand

Posted on 10 February 2009 by Kim Poh Liaw

Venyon and Kasikornbank in Thailand announced today that they are cooperating to evaluate contactless mobile payments in Thailand for a potential service launch in future. As a first step, Kasikornbank recently announced its first Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment trial in Bangkok, Thailand. continued »

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Motorola Enhances Mobile Commerce Solutions for Union Mobile Pay

Posted on 15 December 2008 by Kim Poh Liaw

Motorola announced today that the company has launched a comprehensive mobile commerce solution for financial and retail merchandising needs. The solution, consisting of an M-Wallet and back-end management platform, has been deployed by Union Mobile Pay (UMPay) in China. continued »

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As NFC Awaits Take-off, Alternative Mobile Payments Offer Early Promise

Posted on 09 December 2008 by Kim Poh Liaw

Once, NFC (Near Field Communication) was the leading contender among technologies that could enable mobile payments. But NFC has developed more slowly than anticipated, and will not offer viable large-scale mobile payment solutions for at least six years. In the mean time three existing technologies - SMS, mobile Internet and downloadable mobile applications - have the potential to deliver what ... continued »

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Vodafone, Safaricom and Western Union Announce Partnership to Deliver International Mobile Money Transfers

Posted on 08 December 2008 by Kim Poh Liaw

Vodafone, Safaricom and The Western Union Company announced today that they will partner to pilot a cross-border Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) service between the U.K. and Kenya. This service will enable customers to send cross-border remittances from select locations directly to Safaricom mobile subscribers in Kenya generally in minutes. continued »

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