Embracing Emerging Technologies – US Retailers Face a “Double Whammy”

By John Rozek – With most regions in the world already adopting EMV – or Chip and PIN – payment solutions, there is now tremendous pressure on the US to join the likes of Canada, the UK and the rest of Europe in adopting this more secure technology, in order to combat increasing levels of...

Western Union Launches New Foreign-Exchange Payment Service Via Mobile

The Western Union Company has introduced a new foreign-exchange (FX) payment service that will enable small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business clients to make payments from their smartphones. The new mobile-friendly payment service is now available in countries where Western Union currently offers...

Intuit to Develop Mobile Payment App for Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Intuit GoPayment, which lets anyone who sells products or services get paid via mobile devices, is one of the first mobile payment apps being developed for Android 3.0, Honeycomb. Building on the capabilities of Honeycomb, GoPayment allows people and businesses selling products or services to process credit...

ProPay Releases Mobile Payment App for Smartphones

ProPaym which provides merchant services, end-to-end payment security, credit card processing, and electronic payment services, has introduced its new social mobile payment (m-payment) platform, provisionally named Zumogo,  during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Zumogo is a mobile payment application that...

Visa and Wireless Dynamics to Introduce iPhone Contactless Payment Solution for Europe

Visa Europe and Wireless Dynamics Inc. have developed a mobile contactless payment solution that will bring Visa contactless payments to iPhone users across Europe. The solution relies on Wireless Dynamic’s iCarte accesory. iPhone users simply attach the Wireless Dynamics iCarte, available through...

FaceCash Mobile Payment Uses Photo for Added Security in Mobile Payment System

Combining barcode technology and  a smartphone app, along with a photo-security feature, Think Computer Corporation’s FaceCash mobile payment system lets consumers pay for items at the point of sale, with a mobile phone. The company plans to develop an integrated payment and accounting network called...

Mobile Payment Players to Watch in 2011

As consumers increasingly adopt smartphone technology and all the new app’s that go with it, mobile payment is becoming much more used and accepted, and companies including Google, Apple, and other smartphone players are providing mobile-payment enabling technologies such as near-field communications...

Two Way Communications Payment Sticker Introduced by Blaze Mobile

Blaze Mobile has announced its a new “smart” sticker, which allows real-time transfer of information between the sticker and a mobile device, without the use of a carrier network. With Blaze’s new sticker, when consumers make contactless purchases, the data is sent directly from the sticker to the...

Visa Mobile App for Mobile Shopping Offers Now Available

Visa has announced its Visa Mobile application for the iPhone. Through a tap of the finger, Visa account holders can access more than 50 unique merchant offers ranging from clothing and dining to entertainment. Visa is working with a select list of popular merchants to deliver exclusive offers to Visa...

INSIDE Contactless Launches SecuRead System Solution for NFC Device Manufacturers

INSIDE Contactless, a provider of semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, has announced SecuRead, a complete system-in-package (SIP) NFC solution that allows manufacturers of NFC mobile and other devices to integrate all of the contactless, security and application functions...

Discover Issues Contactless Payment Cards and Stickers to Members

Discover card has announced that it will issue contactless credit cards and stickers, targeted at early adopters of its mobile technology. The cards, called Discover Zip were sent out to select cardholders during the first two weeks of November. More cards and stickers will be sent to additional cardmembers...

Tagattitude’s TagPay Mobile Payment Model Based on Encrypted Audio Signals (NSDT)

While Near Field Communication (NFC) is getting a lot of press lately with the announcement of the Isis partnerships, there are other technologies for mobile payment that don’t require either a specific terminal, nor complex agreements among the various parties. An example is TagPay, a mobile payment...

NFC Insert for Mobile Payment Introduced by On Track Innovations

On Track Innovations has introduced their new mobile payment system which enables existing mobile phones to support Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality and contactless payments. The company’s Contactless Payment and NFC Insert (COPNI)  is an add-on to mobile phones’ SIM cards with a...

DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay Announced as Visa’s First Official Contactless Payment Solution – and It’s MicroSD

Following in the buzz from the recent Isis initiative announcement, Visa has announced the availability of mobile contactless payments enabled by DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay microSD solution. In2Pay is the first mobile contactless payment solution included in the list of Visa compliant products available for...

Hypercom M5000 Mobile Payment Terminal Announced

Hypercom’s new M5000 mobile payment terminal is a  hand mobile payment system with a 3.5” color icon-capable touchscreen. The device offers cutting edge mobility, communications and connectivity options available and an integrated contactless reader let merchants accept any type of card payment.  The...

Montise Joins with Software Developer ViVOtech for Mobile Phone Payment Solutions for Banks

Monitise, a provider of mobile money solutions, has joined forces with near field communication (NFC) software developer ViVOtech, to deliver mobile phone payments services to banks across the United States. The partnership means customers of participating banks will be able to turn their handset into a...

ParkMobile Announces Mobile Payment for Parking in Richmond, VA

Parkmobile USA has announced mobile parking payment in Richmond, Virginia–drivers can use mobile phones to pay for parking. After setting up the account at the ParkMobile website, customers can immediately start using the system with their registered mobile phone. Motorists can also select the option...

Campus Apartments Student Tenants Can Pay Rent Via Mobile

The College-aged market are native mobile phone users, and with a familiarity and comfort level with interacting via mobile phone, the demographic is perfect for mobile payment applications. Student housing company Campus Apartments has released an application for Android and iPhone called SmartClick Mobile....

LG Star 4-inch Smartphone Details Leaked (Photos)

Rumors and some leaked photos of the new LG “Star” 4-inch smartphone reveal that the phone has a screen resolution of 800×480, an 8 mp front-facing camera, the Tegra 2 processor, 1080p video,  and a 15000mAh battery, and will run stock gingerbread. This is not necessarily the official name...

KreditFly Launches Mobile Payment Solution Available to 300 Million U.S. Mobile Phone Customers

A new player in mobile has launched its mobile payment service today. KreditFly, a flexible mobile payment solutions is available to all 300 million mobile subscribers in the United States, allowing users to immediately use their mobile phones to complete online transactions, and choose the method of...