Mobile Financial Service
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Mobile payments poised to reach critical mass
News Despite security worries, industry players agree more people are expected to pay for a can of soda with their cellphones.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Applications and tools
Why Korea's SK Telecom wants Sprint
News news analysis With its home market nearly saturated, Korea's No. 1 mobile-phone operator seeks an acquisition to become a big player in the lucrative United States.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, WiMax, Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks, SK Telecom Co., Sprint Communications, bank, China, shareholder, asset
Mobile payments to hit US$300B by 2013
News The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than five-fold over the next five years, an analyst house predicts .
Tags: Mobile, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Mobile commerce, Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, RFID, Japan, phone, payment
Silver surfers take mobile banking gold
News Trading stocks and accessing bank accounts were the second and third most popular types of sites respectively for phone users over the age of 55, behind those for checking the weather.
Tags: Web sites, Mobile commerce, Mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile financial service, Stock, phone, social networking, ComScore Networks Inc., network
Bill Gates donates to help poor spend their money
News The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given a US$12.5 million grant to the Mobile Money for the Unbanked scheme which offers those in the developing regions their first bank account--on their mobiles.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Web 2.0, Bill Gates, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Banking, mobile financial service, mobile industry
Mobile banking set to boom
News The number of global mobile banking transactions is predicted to reach 37 billion by 2011, and some 612 million users will generate over US$587 billion worth of financial transactions, says analyst house Juniper Research.
Tags: Banking, Mobile commerce, Data services, Mobile applications, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Banking, developing country, payment, Silicon.com
Western Union signs Philippine mobile payment deals
News Western Union joins hands with two local mobile carriers--Smart Communications and Globe Telecom--to develop and pilot mobile money transfer services in the Philippines.
Tags: Banking, Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools
