Tagged: M-payments & News
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Mobile payments will become mainstream in next four years – AIB Merchant Services News
08.04.2013 Speakers at the AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) Conference held in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, over Easter mapped out the current commerce landscape and future trends, with a... -
The telco banks of the future: why mobile operators’ future is in money News
02.07.2012 The news today that MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom are working together on a mobile payments framework to enable consumers to use their mobile phones as a way to buy goods and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, eCommerce, Digital Business -
NFC’s star is rising – mobile payment volumes to hit US$171.5bn News
29.05.2012 The number of mobile payment users in the world will reach 212.12m, up from 160m last year, and mobile transaction values will reach US$171.5bn – up 62pc on last year.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Samsung and Visa name Galaxy S III their official Olympic Games Phone News
09.05.2012 Samsung and Visa have jointly named the new NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S III as their official phone for the London 2012 Games. The NFC device will be capable of wirelessly...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Business -
NFC provider ZAPA raises €1.1m from Delta and private investors News
25.11.2011 NFC mobile payments player ZAPA Technology has raised €1.1m in venture capital funding from Delta Partners, Brendan McDonagh, Tom Morrisroe and other private investors. McDonagh...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Jobs, Investments, Funding, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Hello FarmVille! Is social gaming coming to Google+? News
22.07.2011 It seems Facebook and Zynga’s cosy hold on the social gaming space is about to be challenged. Google, it seems, has confirmed that a new feature called Games Stream is on the...Tags: M-payments, Online Advertising, Social Networking, Google, Zynga, Farmville, Facebook, Google+, APIs -
M-payment users to surpass 141.1m people this year - Gartner News
22.07.2011 Worldwide mobile payment users will surpass 141.1m in 2011, a 38.2pc increase from 2010, when mobile payment users reached 102.1m, according to Gartner.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Financial, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Communications -
M-commerce mainstream in four years, business execs say News
18.07.2011 An overwhelming 83pc of business executives surveyed by accountancy giant KPMG are convinced that mobile payments via NFC-powered smartphones that function as mobile wallets...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
eBay acquires mobile payment company Zong for US$240m News
07.07.2011 eBay has acquired Zong, a company which provides payments through mobile billing, for US$240m in cash, aiming to bring its services to PayPal.Categories: eCommerce, Deals Done -
Seriously? Could m-payments become a US$670bn industry? News
05.07.2011 I have a growing conviction that m-payments stand to be as big a deal for the internet industry in the second decade of the 21st century as advertising was in the first decade.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, eCommerce, Digital Business, CommunicationsTags: M-payments, Samsung, iPhone 5, Apple, iOS, Android, E-commerce, Square, Jack Dorsey, Collison Brothers, Eric Schmidt, NFC -
HTC Watch movie downloads to spearhead m-payments for Vodafone News
27.05.2011 HTC Watch, the new high-def movie downloads service that comes with the HTC Sensation ‘superphone’, could be the catalyst for a new m-payments venture by Vodafone that will...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce -
eBay and PayPal report solid growth in mobile commerce News
28.04.2011 Global e-commerce giant eBay reported Q1 results of US$2.5bn in revenues, up 16pc on last year. The company said its PayPal subsidiary is seeing solid growth in mobile commerce...