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Mobile Payments & Banking

Operator Survey Highlights Demand for Bundled Services

Despite operating in an app-centric mobile world, the survey gained widespread agreement from operators that the digital services that will be the most critical are video on demand (50 percent), mobile payment services (50 percent) and cloud storage (50 percent). ...More
February 29, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
Who Will Monetize the Social Network?

Virtual commerce is reported to be a $2.2 billion industry that’s projected to grow to $6 billion in under 5 years. With the right platform, developers are reportedly generating over 100 times the revenues they were achieving through traditional banner ads. ...More
February 28, 2012
Posted in Blog, Revenue Management
First Isis Banking Partners Named for Mobile Payments

Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture created by AT&T, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, announced that Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard have entered into agreements with Isis, enabling their credit, debit and prepaid cards to be placed into the Isis Mobile Wallet. ...More
February 28, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News, Billing
1 in 4 Online Homes Banking Wirelessly

A mobile browser constituted the most common method of mobile banking access (60 percent), following by a downloadable application (41 percent) and text messaging (32 percent). ...More
February 28, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Amdocs Intros Mobile Payments Solution

Amdocs has a new cloud-based solution that it says will enable mobile operators to quickly, securely and cost-effectively scale their mobile-payments business for both prepaid and postpaid customers to open new revenue streams. ...More
February 28, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing, Revenue Management
Vodafone, Visa Plan Major Mobile-Payments Team-Up

The companies are planning a Vodafone-branded proposition that will be offered to consumers across the carrier's 400 million customer base in more than 30 countries across five continents. It will be enabled by Visa’s payment network, product suite and brand. ...More
February 27, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing
Comviva, MasterCard To Help the 'Underbanked'

Comviva will work with MasterCard to enable global consumers to purchase goods and services via their mobile phone at millions of physical and online merchants, as well as transfer funds and pay bills. ...More
February 23, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing
IBM Acquires Worklight to Expand Mobile Capabilities

IBM says its acquisition of Worklight will help the company speed the delivery of mobile applications. ...More
February 1, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News, Billing
iPhone 5: More Hints That NFC Is Coming

While it was widely rumored to be included in the iPhone 4S, it seems more and more likely that the upcoming iPhone 5 will include near-field communications (NFC) technology to enable mobile transactions. ...More
January 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Obopay Debuts Mobile-Payment Service in Uganda

There is growing demand for mobile payments in Uganda, where Warid Pesa provides a prepaid account that enables customers to perform e-money transactions, pay for goods and services as well as settle accounts. ...More
January 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service Creation & Delivery