Chinese Company B.Shark to Extend Mobile Payment Offering to Physical Goods

Years ago, operator billing was only applied for value-added services such as ringtones, ring back tones, wallpaper, news, music, and the like. Later it was applied to other fields such as mobile games, game tools and the mobile application market. Now, operator billing is extending to more and more fields,...

B.Shark Holds Forum on Who Will Play a Leading Roll in Mobile Payments

B.Shark, a Chinese company offering worldwide mobile payment solutions, recently collaborated with SPforum, the largest microblog dedicated to the Mobile Internet industry in China, to hold a forum about who will play the leading role in worldwide mobile payments. The discussion was lively, and experts from...

Payment Methods for Chinese Social Networking Service (SNS) Games Exported to Southeast Asian Market

As Chinese game developers rush to explore the overseas market, game operation as well as in-game payment systems have become a hot topic for game developers. Chinese game developers are running their games in the overseas markets in a number of ways: First, through massive global social networks, such as...

Chinese Mobile Game Developers Discuss Expansion to Overseas Markets

Recently the SPforum Blog, the largest microblog dedicated to the Mobile Internet industry in China, held a forum with topics on how Chinese game developers can expand to overseas markets. The discussion was lively, and more than 100 top Chinese game developers participated. Some highlights from the forum...

BOKU 1-Tap Mobile Billing Live in 56 Countries

BOKU, Inc., an online mobile payments provider, has released the production version of its 1-Tap Mobile Billing for Android, now live in 56 countries. The developer SDK opens up significantly expanded revenue opportunities to Android developers via direct carrier billing for in-app purchases, along with a...

BOKU Partners with O2 and mpass for Direct Mobile Billing Services in Germany

Telefónica O2 Germany, a provider of broadband and mobile services, and BOKU Inc., an online mobile payments company, today announced a direct carrier billing relationship. Under the agreement, O2 customers can  use BOKU’s payment platform to purchase virtual and digital goods...

375 Million+ Mobile Payment Users by 2015, Says Report

Mobile payments are an emerging opportunity to make payment from or with a mobile handset. While a success in certain countries and with fringe audiences already, mobile payments have not yet achieved success on a global scale. However, it is anticipated that this will begin to change in 2011 as the...

Hottest Mobile Payment Startups

Here’s a preliminary list of the hottest mobile payment startups.  Feel free to add to the conversation: Carrier Billing Boku (Paymo) Zong Payfone Purchase in App (not billed via carrier) Apple (iTunes) Contactless / Mobile Contactless: mFoundry’s mPayments Bling Nation ViVOtech P2P...

BilltoMobile Expands Verizon Carrier Billing Options to Include Boku

BilltoMobile is expanding its direct carrier billing relationship with Verizon Wireless to process transactions from other payment platforms starting with mobile payment start-up Boku. The agreement allows Boku to tap into BilltoMobile’s direct billing gateway and will greatly expand the number of...

Mobile Payments Research Report 2011: Battle in a Fragmented Market

Research and Markets  has announced the addition of the “Mobile Payments – A Battle of Giants in a Fragmented Market” report to their offering. This study spotlights the mobile payment market, provides details about the related services and their technological aspects,...

Will Facebook Disrupt Mobile Payment Business?

Facebook may be seeing positive cashflow and excellent rates of growth, but it’s also dismally unprofitable considering the size of its user base. That gives it the impetus for an all-out mobile payments push. It’s already primed for success: with about 100 million active users in the U.S., it already...

BOKU Partners with UK’s Largest Online Classified Ads Company, Gumtree

BOKU Inc, a global leader in mobile payments, today announced that a partnership with Gumtree.com, offering users a convenient way to pay for classifieds listings via their mobile phone number. Gumtree users can now pay for listings and other features on the website by entering their mobile number and...

Boku Provides Mobile Payment Solutions in France and Korea

Boku, a London-based mobile payments platform that allows customers to make payments via their mobile phones, has inked deals in France and Korea. The French deal will reach nearly all 55 million mobile customers in the country. According to mocoNews: “In France, it’s inked a deal with the French...

U.S. Mobile Payment Market to Top $200 Billion by 2015, Says Research Report

A recent report from Aite Group forecasts that U.S. mobile bill payments will reach more than $200  billion in 2015. Aite Group interviewed more than 60 companies in the Fall of 2010 and produced a 65 page report that defines and segments the mobile payment industry, and includes an analysis of the...

BOKU

BOKU allows consumers to make online payments using a mobile phone for payment of digital goods and social experiences across the web. With a focus on reliability and security, BOKU’s goal is to bring bank-grade payments technology and mobile users together on the web, creating a trusted, viable and...