Alan Moss of VeriFone explained to C-ITV at this years 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona about the company’s approach to promoting their platform for universal acceptance of mobile payments at the point of sale; including the use of iPads and the iPod touch to maximise the shopping/sales experience. Related articles VeriFone shows us the [...]

This kind of news tends to come in waves. First the highly positive and then the fairly negative. Especially when we are talking about mobile payment acceptance. After having a slew of highly positive reports on acceptance of the new payments solutions late last year, the tide has turned and now (apparently) consumers aren’t so [...]

by Dr. Francesco Prato, Sales Director, Siemens CMT Siemens Communications, Media and Technology (CMT) is presenting its new versatile mobile payment solution in cooperation with Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) charging and innovative self-care solution at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Right now the rollout of mobile payments initiatives is on track all over [...]

BOKU, Inc.,an on-line mobile payments company, have expanded their payments technology to cover full e-commerce and retail point-of-sale with the announcement of BOKU Accounts.  The solution builds upon BOKU’s extensive experience of working directly with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and offers a new, smarter payment experience for MNOs, their subscribers and merchants.  The BOKU Accounts [...]

The ability to send mobile payments using just a mobile phone number should be open to everyone, according to the Payments Council’s latest mobile payments project update. The Payments Council is building a central database that will allow customers to link their mobile phone number to their account details, regardless of who they bank with. [...]

Simply providing consumers with the convenience and functionality of mobile wallet technology will not be sufficient to drive mass-market adoption, asserts Mobey Forum in a new white paper announced today. Entitled ‘Mobile Wallet – Definition and Vision’, the paper offers a new perspective on what will drive consumer take up and highlights how industry stakeholders [...]

Public transportation in Beijing just got easier, thanks to a revolutionary new product supplied by Watchdata Technologies. Watchdata’s new SDpassTM now allows millions of capital city residents to use their mobile phones to instantly pay for bus and subway rides, avoiding the long queues to top-up older plastic swipe cards. Beijing residents can also use the [...]