Mobile Payment Magazine

Vesta

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Vesta was the first company to successfully build and deploy non-retail electronic payment solutions for the telecommunications industry. Vesta delivers payment solutions to a variety of verticals including financial services and e-commerce, and provides payment technologies, data and security compliance, and fraud management services.

Vesta has multiple patents for technological innovations, has received industry recognition including a CTIA “Innovative Mobile Payment Technology” award, and was inducted into the Inc. Magazine Hall of Fame for five consecutive years as an Inc. 500 fastest growing private company.

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Cellfire

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Cellfire connects brands to shoppers using a variety of digital communication means. Shoppers can access offers via mobile applications, mobile web, and text messaging, and can also interact from the computer or through a digital TV (from Verizon FiOS TV service).

The companys provide consumers with savings directly on their grocery loyalty cards as well as through retailers via a 2D barcode and other scannable codes; and enables brands and merchants to increase their reach and engage the mobile-savvy consumer—especially the elusive 18-34 year-old demographic—by providing a measurable, direct call to action in the form of digital promotions, discount offers and coupons.
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Utiba

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Established in 2001, Utiba is a pioneer in the field of mobile based transaction services.

From its initial foray into mobile VAS distribution, and then into mobile prepaid distribution, Utiba today is in the leadership position in mobile financial domain.

The company has its headquarters in Singapore and eight offices across the world. Utiba has developed the state of art technology and has been delivering exceptional services to its customers for past one decade.

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Cimbal

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Cimbal provides an electronic payment network that turns a smartphone into a replacement for cash, debit and credit cards and the interchange network needed to process them. Cimbal can be used for payments in stores, online and person to person—all in a consistent, simple user experience.

From the consumer side, no hardware is needed, and the customer never exchanges any personal information such as an account number, just a Cimbal transaction code. Cimbal can be used for payments in stores, online and person to person.
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Bling Nation

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Bling Nation is a mobile platform that enables unique tap-and-connect capabilities with rich social media connectivity and cost-effective mobile payments at checkout. Businesses get loyalty programs with actionable analytics helping them turn their best customers into Fans and their friends into new customers. Bling Nation closes the loop between the online and offline customer experience at checkout.
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mFoundry

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With more than 250 clients, mFoundry is a leading provider of mobile solutions for banks, credit unions, and retailers. The company’s products are based upon a market-proven platform that was designed to help clients create deeper, more valuable relationships with their customers.

Founded in 2004 by Drew Sievers and Rodney Aiglstorfer, mFoundry started with a vision of finding an alternative to the conventional approach of mobile application development. Leveraging roots in customer marketing and technology, the mFoundry team continues to evolve products to provide clients with solutions that add real value and revenue to their businesses.

Over the past 6 years, mFoundry’s customer-focused solutions have become the dominant solution for mobile banking and payments, and have been adopted by some of the largest banks, credit unions, payments processors, and retailers in the country.

mFoundry is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

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Payfone

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Payfone brings payment processing, telco, and web 2.0 expertise to mobile commerce. The company has rebuilt mobile commerce using their unique intellectual property, and established strategic partnerships with leading telco network operators.

Payfone is a member of the GSMA and is based in New York, NY. [Read more…]

C-SAM, Inc.

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C-SAM’s main business is secure mobile transactions. The company offers a range of mobile phone based financial
and non-financial services, which have been commercially launched in several markets.

C-SAM is based in the United States, with operations across Japan, China, India, Singapore and Mexico. The
Company licenses technology and provides turn-key services to banks, settlement networks, mobile
network operators, merchants, enterprises, system integrators, cities, postal networks, and large
infrastructure providers.
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BOKU

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BOKUBOKU 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 accessible market for consumers, publishers and carriers alike.

Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America, BOKU reaches over 1.8 billion consumers worldwide.
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Elavon

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Elavon provides end-to-end payment processing services to more than one million merchants in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Solutions include credit and debit card processing, electronic check services, gift cards, dynamic currency conversion, multi-currency support, and cross-border acquiring. Elavon’s services are marketed through multiple alliance partner channels including financial institutions, trade associations and ISOs. Elavon has solutions to meet the needs of merchants in specialized markets including small business, retail, hospitality/T&E, health care, education and the public sector.

Elavon’s Global Acquiring Solutions organization is a part of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB).

Source: Elavon