Ericsson Money Services adds Philippines to its network

July 14, 2011

Ericsson Money Services is expanding. The peer-to-peer mobile payment network was originally launched in June by Swedish telecom services provider Ericsson and…

Report: Canadian mobile banking users go from zero to 2.5 million in 14 months

July 6, 2011

A new report from consulting firm Solutions Research Group reveals that mobile banking apps have gone from zero to 2.5 million Canadian users in 14 months…

Mobile operators in emerging markets look to expand banking services, reach

June 28, 2011

From the GSMA Mobile Money Summit 2011, held in Singapore June 27-30, Mobile Business Briefing reports that mobile operators in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the…

U.S. Bank will rollout EMV chip cards to 20,000 cardholders this month

June 21, 2011

U.S. Bank is rolling out EMV chip cards to 20,000 FlexPerks Travel Rewards Visa cardholders this month, and to other Travel Rewards cardholders later in the…

Mobile banking services continue to offer links to ATM

June 21, 2011

The Jakarta Post reports that Bank International Indonesia (BII) yesterday launched a mobile banking service, providing services such as account management…

Is that Google in your wallet?

by Brendan Burge

Despite all the hype as well as what I believe will be a successful global deployment, I still don’t see Google or any other mobile / e-payments provider(s…

Payment Alliance International to introduce cardless ATM withdrawals

Mobile Wallet eliminates the need to swipe cards at the ATM.

iPhone offers EyeNote to help the blind and visually impaired

The free application utilizes the camera feature of the iPhone.

Poll: ATM operators want to integrate mobile and Internet services

The 2011 survey found that investment in the ATM channel has increased in the last two years, according to more than half of the survey respondents.

Forum to develop open standards for alternative payments

March 23, 2011

The International Payments Forum Tuesday announced the formation of the ATM Integrated Payments Standards Forum (IPSF), which will develop an open…

Switch Commerce Further Revolutionizes ATM Management With MobileTMS Voice Commands

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Switch Commerce, a leading electronic payment transaction processing company, has released a revolutionary enhancement to its best of breed MobileTMS…

TIO Networks launches mobile-payment application for California utility

The company developed an iPhone app because of the higher number of iPhone owners in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Obopay promotes Deepak Chandnani to CEO

January 12, 2011

Obopay Inc., a mobile banking and payments provider, has promoted Deepak Chandnani to CEO from president, officials of the Redwood City, Calif.-based company…

Survey: Canadians have strong interest in self-service

January 3, 2011

Fifty-three percent of Canadian consumers want to choose whether to conduct routine financial transactions at an ATM, at a branch or online, according to a…

Orange announces large-scale NFC rollout

December 28, 2010

Orange, the key brand of Paris-based France Telecom S.A., has announced a large-scale near field communication (NFC) rollout that will enable consumers to pay…

Council takes wait-and-see approach to mobile payments

PCI SSC announced it would not approve or list any mobile-payment applications as compliant for the time being.

Study: Mobile payments set for dramatic growth

The gross dollar volume of U.S. mobile payments is estimated to grow 68 percent between 2010 and 2015.

S1, PayPal to develop payment solutions for mobile phones

December 15, 2010

S1 Corp., which offers payment software for financial institutions, and PayPal Inc. have signed an agreement to develop and deploy payment solutions that will…

Turkish bank launches NFC payment service

December 9, 2010

Garanti Bank and MasterCard Worldwide have launched an NFC (near field communication) mobile payment service in Turkey.Garanti Bank and MasterCard partnered…