Tag Archives: Mobile Payment

New Samsung Wave 578 Featuring Bada 2.0, NFC, Bluetooth 3.0

At Mobile World Congress 2011 this week, Samsung has expanded its Wave series with Samsung Wave 578. The new Wave 578 will use the latest Bada 2.0 OS, comes with built in Near Field Communication (NFC) chipset for mobile payment supported with the new Bada 2.0.

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Felica Mobile Payment Chip Sticker Made for Japan iPhone 4

One less reason not to buy the iPhone 4 in Japan? Softbank Mobile in Japan will start selling the Felica chip sticker for the iPhone 4 next year, adding the mobile payment function to the iPhone 4. The Felica mobile payment works like NFC (Near Field Communication), but the different is the Felica had already [...]

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PayPal Expands its Mobile Payment Offering

Already created its mobile apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, PayPal is introducing the “Mobile Express Checkout” for a convenient two-click checkout process with your mobile phones. You can opt-in to a particular apps, which allows you to remain logged in until you opt-out to skip the login process. The “Mobile Express Checkout” will also [...]

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Verizon Wireless Plans eCommerce Mobile Payment Service

Verizon Wireless and Danal are planning to launch Danal’s BilltoMobile payment service later this spring, enabling Verizon Wireless customers to charge online purchases of digital goods directly to their monthly Verizon Wireless bills.

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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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Nokia Invests in Obopay Mobile Payment Company

Obopay today announced an investment from Nokia with an undisclose amount. Obopay has also named Teppo Paavola, vice president and head of Corporate Business Development at Nokia, to its board of directors. Obopay is capable for the person-to-person transfer of money on the mobile device and the ability to get instant access to money on the [...]

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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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Orange and Barclaycard to Launch Mobile Payment Service in UK

Orange and Barclaycard today announced a long term strategic partnership to develop a range of mobile, financial and payment services. Customers will be able to use their mobiles to pay for goods and services at retailers using contactless technology; by simply waving their handset against a reader. Both companies will be looking to expand the [...]

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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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Sybase Acquires Mobile Payment Solutions Provider paybox

Sybase today announced that it has acquired paybox Solutions AG, a company provides mobile payment solutions. Sybase will now provide mobile operators, financial institutions and merchants with a full suite of mobile payment solutions enabling their customers to undertake person-to-person remittances, make payments for goods and services, top-up mobile airtime and pay bills from a mobile [...]

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