Mobile Payment
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Contactless payment to hit mainstream?
News Industry has crossed "major hurdle", finally paving way for mobile payments based on near-field communications technology, says industry player.
Tags: Mobile commerce, NFC (near-field communications), Security, Chip, Singapore, payment, transportation, Mobile commerce, Mobile Payment
Singapore's M1 finally pilots NFC
News update MobileOne is the last of country's three mobile operators to begin mobile payment trial based on near-field communication technology.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Mobile commerce, Starhub, Mobile, SingTel, Cooper, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore
M-commerce still three to five years away
News Technology and users are ready, but lack of standards and cooperation amongst enterprises hinders commercial deployment of mobile payment, says Motorola.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Security, Mobile, India, M-commerce, payment, software, mobile commerce, bank
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Mobile banking and m-payments are on the increase and look set to become substantial markets, say U.K.-based industry watchers.
Tags: Mobile commerce, PayPal, Mobile, Smart Phone, Mobile Internet, Mobile Banking, payment, electronic payment, billing, credit card
Cashing in: The 73 million people opting for mobile money
News Analysts say more people will be using their mobile phones to spend their money this year.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile, Web Browser, Cell Phone, Mobile Banking, Gartner Inc., phone, payment, North America, Mobile applications
Singapore's M1 confirms new CEO
News MobileOne officially appoints current CFO and acting-CEO, Karen Kooi, to the top position after concluding "extensive internal and external search".
Tags: Executive recruiting, Mobile platforms/communications, Starhub, Mobile, SingTel, CFO, Singapore, M1, payment, CEO
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey invested in Foursquare
News Ex-CEO and current chairman is one of the startup's undisclosed angel investors, sources tell CNET News.
Tags: Web 2.0, Industry Veteran, Bay Area, New York, payment, co-founder, knowledge, SEC filing, Web 2.0
More on mobile payment front: Boku steps it up
News Competing for market share with rival Zong and a few others, start-up says new partnerships give it access to 200 million new user accounts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Snap, PayPal, Boku, Phone, mobile, Web 2.0, game company, payment
Mobile banking picks up in Asia
News Banks that are on mobile banking bandwagon report strong growth, while analyst says those that lack such a service today are at risk of losing customers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business applications, Mobile applications, Hong Kong, Mobile Banking, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Citigroup Inc., Indonesia, financial
Importance of top support often overlooked
Blogs Over coffee a couple of weeks back, I had an interesting chat with a Singapore-based CIO who listed a string of deployme...
Who's buying the mobile payment story?
Blogs I went home for vacation a couple of weeks ago, and encountered a familiar problem of parking in the dense city of Tel-A...
Mobile firms collaborate on m-payment platform
News M1, SingTel Mobile and StarHub Mobile will work together to construct a common, nation-wide Mobile Payment Solution, which will be essential in the push to develop m-commerce in the republic.
Samart unit set to offer pay-by-mobile phone platform
News Posnet, a unit of Samart Telcoms, is developing a mobile phone-based payment system for cellular operators to provide interactive payment services.
Tags: Applications and tools, Business applications, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms
Visa primes dotMobi for contactless m-payments
News The payment giant has invested a seven-figure sum in the industry group and will help develop mobile payment capabilities.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Mobile commerce
S’pore unveils 'WAP-a-movie' service
News Responding to the Singapore government's push for mobile payment solutions, another cinema operator will allows users to buy movie tickets through their handphones.
