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NTT DoCoMo iD Mobile Credit Payment Services Gains 15 Million Subcribers

NTT DoCoMo announced today that subscriptions to iD, its branded platform for using postpaid electronic money with compatible credit cards, had topped 15 million and reached 15.09 million at the end of August nationwide in Japan. Launched in December 2005, iD reached 5 million subscribers in November 2007, 10 million in December 2008 and 15 [...]

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MasterCard Launches MoneySend for BlackBerry Smartphones

First launches on iPhone, MasterCard MoneySend service is now available for BlackBerry Smartphones. The MoneySend service allows you to send or request money directly from your BlackBerry.

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Intuit GoPayment and Mophie Marketplace Combination Enable iPhone Credit Card Processing

Intuit and mophie have announced their Complete Credit Card Solution for iPhone, which integrates Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app and mophie marketplace credit card reader add-on to the iPhone hardware. Available in Apple retail stores, it is sold for $179.95 and the Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app is available free on Apple App [...]

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Splash and MoreMagic Solutions Offer Mobile Money Transfer in Sierra Leone

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.

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Nokia and Obopay Cooperate for Nokia Money Service

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 [...]

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DOCOMO to Launch Mobile Remittance Service

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.

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

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.

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BOKU Launches New Online Payments Service for Mobile Consumers

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.

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MTN chooses Fundamo for mobile wallet service

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.

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Venyon and Kasikornbank to cooperate on contactless mobile payments in Thailand

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.

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