Mobile Payment Magazine

Monitise

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Monitise plc (LSE: MONI.L) is a technology and services company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide with the proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other service providers to offer a wide range of services to their customers in developed and emerging markets.

As a British company, Monitise has a global reach. Today, we provide services to more than 300 financial institutions, have more than 15 million users worldwide and have strategic partnerships with Visa Inc., Visa Europe, RBS Group and FIS to develop and deliver Mobile Money services. [Read more…]

KOBIL Systems

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KOBIL Systems offers IT security solutions with a focus in the area of secure digital identities. KOBIL stands for secure data, secure communication and secure authentication on every computer worldwide.

Founded in 1986, KOBIL Group based in Worms, Germany, is the only manufacturer worldwide with a fully developed product line for IT-Security. As a pioneer in the area of cryptography, smart card technology and PKI (Public Key Infrastructure, digital identities) and in the area of Security for mobile platforms as Android or iPhone ec. KOBIL’s products have become today’s recognized standard for secure digital identities. [Read more…]

Research Report: Mobile Payment Systems and Solutions

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Payments have been evolving for thousands of years. From the age-old bartering system, to cash, to check to electronic forms of payments, people have found innovative and more efficient ways to make a payment. This evolution has resulted in a significant shift in the current mix of consumer payments: from primarily paper-based (cash or check) to increasingly electronic (e.g. credit, debit and pre-paid) payment methods. The rate of change and the movement to electronic payments has been accelerated by the explosive growth of payments being made in non face-to-face transactions.

Billed as the future of banking, the value of financial transactions carried out through mobile phones has been pegged at $245 billion worldwide by 2014. At the same time, the number of users carrying out transactions using mobile money is expected to total 340 million by 2014, equivalent to 5% of existing mobile subscribers across the globe.

Research and Markets recently released a report entitled “Commerce on the Go: Mobile Payment Systems and Solutions.” The report evaluates mobile banking solutions, mobile banking SWOT analysis, Google Wallet SWOT analysis, competition between e-wallet solutions, and provides an analysis of the opportunities and market for mobile payments in the United States.

Audience:

– Mobile Network Operators

– Mobile Software Developers

– OSS/BSS Solution Providers

– Handset and Tablet Manufacturers

– Mobile Payment Service Providers

– Content and Applications Aggregators

– Mobile Marketing and Advertising Providers

– Telecommunications Infrastructure Providers

Report Index:

Executive Summary.
Money Transfers.
Mobile Payments Developments in Emerging Markets.
The Role of the Devices.
The Role of Mobile Operators.
Banks Role.
Technologies.
Future Trends.
Features.
E-Marketing.
Challenges.
Management Challenge.
Customers Expectations.
Security Problems.
Technical Challenges.
Solutions.
Current Mobile Payments Systems the End of the Credit Card Era and the Rise of the Wallet.
ISIS wallet.
Google Wallet and its SWOT Analysis.
Google Wallet Challenges and how to overcome it.
PayPal and Google Wallet.
Visa Wallet SWOT Analysis.
Serve by American Express E-wallet and its SWOT Analysis.
Google Wallet Verses ISIS Wallet.
Comparison between Current Wallet Systems.
Advantages of the M-payments Systems.
U.S Telecommunication Market Analysis.
Conclusions.
Worldwide Mobile Payment Market Analysis 2012-2017.
U.S Mobile Payment Market Analysis 2012-2017.
Mobile Payment Drivers for the U.S Market.
Deployment Mobile Payment System..
The Current U.S Mobile Payment Systems.
Mobile Payment Ecosystem..
Mobile Payment Models.
The Mobile Payment Methods.
Features of the Mobile Payment Ecosystem..
Bumps on the Road for M-payment.
The Features of Mobile Payments in the US and its ROI
The Conversion from Credit Cards to Mobile Payments Challenges and Opportunities.
Business Challenges.
Mobile Payment Regulatory in the U.S.
Market Potential for Mobile Phone Devices in Latin America.
The Market for Mobile Phone Devices in Latin America: 2011 – 2016.
The Latin American Mobile Market.
Introduction.
The Market in the Past.
The Market in 2004.
The Market in 2005.
The Market in 2006.
The Market in 2007 to 2010.
Conclusions.
Mobile Payment Providers in Latin America.
U.S Mobile Payment Providers Analysis.
XIPWIRE.
Advantages of XIPWIRE.
XIPWIRE vs. PayPal Mobile.
Zong.
Mopay.
Luup.
Bango.
eServGlobal

For more information: “Commerce on the Go: Mobile Payment Systems and Solutions.”

Source: Research & Markets

Trunkbow International and China UnionPay Form Mobile Payment Partnership

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Trunkbow International Holdings Limited, a provider of Mobile Payment Solutions (“MPS”) and Mobile Value Added Solutions (“MVAS”) in China, today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with China UnionPay (“UnionPay”), China’s leading bankcard association, for the development and marketing of the Trunkbow UnionPay mobile payment applet.

Under the agreement, Trunkbow is developing a UnionPay-certified plug-in applet that will enable m-commerce transactions through UnionPay’s clearing system. The companies expect to launch this applet to merchants in January 2012.

In addition to development and aftermarket support of the applet, the companies will work together to develop and expand the Trunkbow UnionPay merchant network, and market the m-commerce solution to China’s nearly 1 billion mobile phone users.

Trunkbow will receive a percentage of the gross value of each transaction processed through the applet, as negotiated with individual merchants. The Company expects its per-transaction fees to range from 0.4% to 2.4%, depending on the merchant and type of transaction.

“This partnership will provide us with meaningful financial contributions through revenue sharing with both China UnionPay and individual merchants. It represents an important strategic milestone for our MPS business, as it marks the implementation of our MPS technology into a nationwide inter-bank transaction clearing system that processed RMB 11.2 trillion in transactions in 2010,” said Mr. Qiang Li, CEO of Trunkbow. “Smart phone adoption and mobile application use are growing rapidly in China, with tech-savvy consumers migrating to m-commerce in growing numbers. The Trunkbow UnionPay applet can be integrated into an individual mobile application or app store, and provides a new, extremely convenient payment option for consumers. With a defensible first mover advantage and strong partnerships with China’s three wireless carriers and leading clearing house, we are well positioned to capture share in this emerging market.”

Mr. Li added, “The nationwide roll-out of the Trunkbow UnionPay mobile payment applet greatly enhances our merchant acquisition capabilities. Our POS-based MPS platform is active in 24 provinces through all three wireless carriers, and the Bestpay mobile application is being rolled out to China Telecom’s 28 million 3G smart phone users. The addition of the UnionPay mobile applet and rapidly growing number of m-commerce end-users make the benefits of MPS technology, and our solution in particular, increasingly attractive to merchants as an alternative to card-based transactions. Having taken this important step to expand our MPS footprint, we plan to aggressively ramp our merchant acquisition efforts through the establishment of partnerships with online and offline retailers, service providers and other merchants. We believe that this strategy will help Trunkbow build a solid recurring revenue base, resulting in greater stability and visibility in our MPS business, while giving us access to a virtually limitless market.”

The Trunkbow UnionPay mobile payment applet can be incorporated into any existing mobile application to facilitate simple, secure online payments from a user’s mobile phone. Representative transactions include the payment of utility and other bills, purchase of lottery, movie and event tickets, online gaming credits, e-books as well as physical goods from online and brick-and-mortar merchants utilizing the applet.

Source: PR Newswire

Visa Certifies Samsung, LG and Blackberry Smartphones as Visa payWave Mobile Payment Devices

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Visa payWave

Visa Inc. and Visa Europe today announced that NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Research In Motion (RIM) have been certified for use with Visa’s mobile application for payments at the point-of-sale, Visa payWave.

The Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET NFC, BlackBerry  Bold  9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry  Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 have been added to the list of Visa compliant payment products available for commercial deployment by financial institutions.

All the new devices certified by Visa host the Visa payWave application on a secure SIM card and feature NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, the short range communications standard that enables mobile phones to securely transmit payment information to a contactless payment terminal.

“This is an important step for Visa, its financial institution partners and the mobile industry,” said Bill Gajda, Global Head of Mobile Product, Visa Inc. “In addition to issuing plastic magnetic stripe or chip-enabled payment cards, financial institutions can now consider offering their account-holders a way to transform their smartphones into fully functional mobile payment devices.”

Visa’s certification of these smartphones paves the way for mobile device manufacturers, mobile operators and retailers to partner with financial institutions to offer Visa mobile payment functionality to consumers globally.

Visa’s Certification Process

Visa has played a leadership role in establishing global standards for mobile payments, making sure that they are aligned with existing technology and security standards for chip payment cards and can easily be integrated into the existing payments ecosystem. For example: Visa payWave on mobile devices is compatible with existing contactless (NFC) payment terminals already installed at retail outlets worldwide, enabling Visa accountholders to simply wave their enabled phone in front of a payment terminal in order to pay.

Visa has a compliance testing process for both mobile devices and the secure elements that host the Visa payWave mobile application. The process includes extensive technical and usability testing with respect to the Visa mobile payment functionality. This helps to ensure reliable and secure Visa transactions which are compatible with the global standard for chip-enabled payments, and establishes a required signal range for all mobile (NFC-enabled) Visa payment devices. Visa’s compliance testing process helps to ensure the combination of the phone; secure chip and Visa’s mobile payment application will provide the level of security and user experience Visa accountholders have come to expect from Visa.

“Today’s announcement is another example of the momentum we are seeing behind NFC as an industry standard for mobile payments,” said Nick Holland, senior analyst Yankee Group. “Yankee Group predicts that the value of NFC-based transactions will grow significantly, from $27 million in 2010 to $40 billion in 2014.”

Source: Business Wire

Globway

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Globway is a billing company (Voice, Bank, SMS, Mobile) with a focus on mobile billing services. Mobile billing allows consumers to click and pay via their mobile telephone bills or prepaid balance. In some countries this billing method can also be used in order to bill Web content.

Based in The Netherlands, the company provides mobile billing connections in Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, France, UK, Nordics) and other territories in the world.

For more information: Globway

Best Hidden Stocks for Near Field Communication (NFC)

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NXP Semiconductors logo

Near-field communications, or NFC, is a technology that allows communication over very short distances — typically just a few centimeters. Using a smartphone, a user can touch the phone to an NFC tag and immediately be connected to a website, dial a phone number, or launch an app to show information such as business details or points of interest. That’s why investors might want to pay closer attention to NXP Semiconductors, a leader in the NFC niche. It recently paired up with Identive to produce an NFC tag that will be able to be read through glass, making the technology even more useful for consumers who want to access displayed data by waving their cell phones in front of it. And because it consumes only 144 bytes of memory, cell-phone makers can preload their phones with promotional URL addresses or other content. [Read more…]

PreCash

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PreCash provides payments services and transaction processing. The company currently serves more than 3 million consumers, thousands of businesses and touches more than $2 billion in payments annually.

PreCash’s Mobile Payment Solutions allow consumers to send and receive money, pay bills, deposit their checks and make payments from their mobile phone. They can also access spend the money in their e-wallet with a connected prepaid debit card.

More information: PreCash.com

35 Million Phones Sold in 2011 Can Make NFC Mobile Payments

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According to a new report by IMS Research, a leading independent supplier of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry the number of Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones shipped in 2011 totaled 35 million globally. IMS Research forecasts that significant market events and the enablement of other cellular handsets will drive that number to nearly 80 million by the end of 2012.

“After seven or so years of false dawns and frequent disappointment, 2011 has proved to be something of a breakthrough year,” says Don Tait, senior analyst at IMS Research. Most of the leading cellular handset manufacturers have launched NFC-enabled handsets over the last 12 months. They include Samsung, RIM, Nokia and HTC. Apple is the main player yet to release an NFC-enabled handset.”

As well as a stream of launches of NFC-enabled handsets in 2011, there have also been an increasing number of joint ventures and collaborations between different players of the NFC ecosystem. Significant examples include:

  • The launch of Google Wallet in the US
  • The French Government funding NFC in the following cities in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Caen, Lille, Marseille, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Nice). Orange plans to sell 500,000 NFC-enabled cellular handsets in France by the end of 2011
  • Orange UK and Barclaycard’s “Quick Tap” contactless payment solution, which was launched in May 2011 in the UK. Retailers that have signed up to this service includes McDonald’s, EAT, Pret-a-Manger and Boots.

Looking forward to 2012, the market for NFC looks even more promising. Sales of NFC-enabled cellular handsets are projected to accelerate during the next twelve months to reach 80 million handsets. Additionally, showcase events such as the Summer Olympic Games in London will help to promote the technology and its benefits. For instance, NFC will be available at the Olympic Park, with Everything Everywhere, Telefonica UK, Visa Europe and Samsung involved in the project. The launch of the ISIS-initiative in Austin Texas and Salt Lake City in Utah in the first half of 2012 will also boost the profile of NFC.

Source: IMS Research