Mobile Payments

Migrant workers throughout Asia, who own cell phones but not necessarily bank accounts, are the main driver for mobile money in Asia according to Sybase’s director of business development Tarik …

PayPal demonstrated its new NFC capabilities for the first time this week at the Mobile Beat 2011 conference in San Francisco. Senior director of PayPal Mobile, Laura Chambers, gave the …

Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility have sunk $24 million in funding into Santa Clara based mobile payment firm ViVOtech, along with Singapore’s EDBI, Citi Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Draper Fisher Jurveston and …

Money is an easy thing to want to be in business with — I mean actual money. The carriers, banks, credit card companies and startups like Square Inc. are aiming …

Yesterday Google announced their long-rumoured NFC Android payment system, Google Wallet. The service was met with cautious optimism from the assembled press, and will begin trials in New York and San Francisco from today. PayPal however, aren’t very happy about the new product.

Google is accelerating its march to join the mobile payment business by partnering with Citibank, Mastercard, Spring and several retailers including Macy’s, American Eagle and Subway. The company is expected …

Austin-based Tabbedout, a mobile payment solution provider, will be at local watering hole Shiner’s Saloon (422 Congress Ave. Suite D) to demonstrate and promote the company’s app to encourage patrons …

UOL | MAy 9, 2011 | Press Release São Paulo, May 9, 2011 – UOL, in pursuit of its growth strategy in the online means of payment market, acquired majority …

Austin-based Tabbedout, a company that offers a free mobile payment app for Android and iPhone platforms, released that the company has garnered $5.75 million in a Series A funding coup. …

Unisys | April 26, 2011 | Press Release Innovative solution uses Unisys ClearPath ePortal technology to let CEDAE customers pay bills anywhere using their smartphones Sao Paulo, April 26, 2011 …

One in five smartphones will have NFC by 2014, according to a new Juniper research report.

The Internet has been abuzz with talks of near field communications and the future of the mobile wallet, and today Google Inc. announced a partnership that may take this buzz …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Imagine walking into Costco, opening up the store’s mobile application, and finding the exact brand of t-shirt you’re looking for within minutes; without having to speak to a …

YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao …

You may have heard of Square, a new mobile payment solution from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Essentially Square is attempting to make traditional Point of Sale services and hardware obsolete, by using your smartphone and a free card reader that plugs into your headphone jack.

The Phnom Penh Post | March 1, 2011 | Jeremy Mullins Mobitel is in talks with Union Commercial Bank to process its customers’ mobile phone money transactions in order to meet …

It wasn’t 3D stealing the show at this year’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, but near field communication (NFC), a technology thought to settle, once and for all, the “mobile wallet” and “mobile payment” discussion.

Gemalto | January 18, 2011 | Press Release Partnership also involves MasterCard Worldwide, Orient Corporation, Credit Saison and Kyodo Printing Amsterdam, Jan 18, 2011 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader …

HTC | January 17, 2011 | Press Release SHANGHAI, Jan 17, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — HTC Corporation is continuing its investment in mobile communications service and …

Megapay | January 13, 2011 | Press Release Megapay and MJV announce the successful launch of its Mobile Payment service in Brazil. (PRWEB) January 13, 2011 Megapay, a division of …