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BilltoMobile Adds Sprint, Extends Reach to 240 Million U.S. Customers

February 18, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

A year ago, few people in the U.S. had ever heard of BilltoMobile, a direct carrier billing company with roots in Korea. But the San Jose, Calif. company is fast emerging as a leader in the mobile payments space with direct billing arrangements with Verizon and AT&T and Friday, it’s adding Sprint to the list.

The latest announcement extends BilltoMobile’s reach to about 240 million customers in the U.S., who will be able to make purchases and charge them directly to their cell phone bill. BilltoMobile is actively looking at locking up more carriers in North America and is expanding the number of merchants it deals with directly.

via GigaOm.

Filed Under: Mobile Partnerships Tagged With: AT&T, Bill2Mobile, BilltoMobile, Sprint, Verizon

Mopay Forecasts Major Growth for Mobile Payments Industry in 2011

January 5, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

mopay, a payment solutions provider for online merchants, forecasts major momentum and movement in the global mobile payments industry in 2011. mopay has identified several trends to watch in 2011 that will have a significant impact on the burgeoning mobile payments industry, including massive growth of the market in North America, increased consolidation and lower transaction costs.

In 2011, mopay estimates the following industry trends will occur:

  • Mobile payments will become a significant method to pay for goods and services online. AT&T and Verizon Wireless have recently announced they will open their networks, signaling a major opportunity for mobile payment penetration in the U.S. In 2011, mopay predicts that major merchants, particularly ecommerce merchants, will add mobile as means of payment and it will become ubiquitous before the 2011 holiday season.
  • 2011 will be known as the year of major investments and consolidation in the global mobile payments industry. In 2010, there was much discussion on this topic as major venture capital deals closed. In 2011, the opportunity for increased consolidation is plentiful, with major industry players – such as credit card issuers, handset manufacturers, telecommunications companies and blue-chip Internet heavyweights – likely to acquire top mobile payment providers.
  • New forms of currency will continue to grow. Facebook Credits launched in 2010 and have already emerged as a meaningful form of currency. Many players in the payment space have introduced their own virtual currency in recent months, but it’s questionable if all of them make sense and will survive. In 2011, major entertainment and social networking providers will continue to introduce their individual forms of currency or branded checkout system.
  • Mobile payments will officially expand beyond the digital realm and into the physical goods environment across the globe. Almost all mobile payment providers are currently focusing their products and deals on virtual and digital goods merchants. This is about to change; mopay already supports the purchase of physical goods through its platform in 28+ countries, and expects this number to go up significantly in 2011 as the acceptance of mobile payments will grow rapidly. Korea and Japan, where mobile payments for physical goods is commonplace, are good examples of how mopay sees the payment future in the physical goods space.
  • Lower transaction costs will be available from all major U.S. carriers. A virtual good has a margin which still makes high transaction costs commercially feasible. Digital goods, often bounded with royalties and concessions, require much lower transaction fees; the usually high production cost and thus low margin of physical goods almost always rules out high transaction fees. The mobile payments industry has joined forces with mobile network operators globally to find a remedy. Although mobile payment transactions will remain more expensive than traditional credit card transactions, 2011 will see major movement towards the new global transaction cost benchmark of 10-15 percent.

“This past year was a boom year for the mobile payments industry around the globe. With the foundational work that occurred in 2010 past us, 2011 is shaping up to be the year that mobile payments see widespread penetration around the globe,” said Kolja Reiss, managing director of mopay, Inc. “At mopay, we have been thrilled to see that the leadership we built in Europe and Asia is resonating in North America; U.S. consumers and merchants alike are ready for mobile payments and we predict that 2011 will be a true turning point for the industry.”

Source: Business Wire

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AT&T, Facebook, Facebook Credits, mopay, Verizon

Top Smartphones for the Holidays

November 29, 2010 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Smartphone reviews and top smartphone models available by carrier. If you’re upgrading your smartphone for 2011, here’s a list of the hottest smart phones for the holidays.

Aaccording to research firm Gartner, Android made up 25.5 percent of smartphone sales to end users in the third quarter, up from 3.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. Another theme is the emergence of the tablet as a hot device for the holidays. Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is currently dominating the market, and is now available at both AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ). However, Samsung plans to make a big push as well, and will have its Android-powered GalaxyTab available from all four Tier 1 carriers this season. Finally, Microsoft also hopes its Windows Phone 7 platform catches fire amid the crowded market.

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  • via FierceWireless

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: android, Apple, AT&T, GalaxyTab, mobile phone reviews, Mobility, smartphones, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

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

November 18, 2010 by Mobile Payment Magazine

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 competitive and market trends.

Each one of the multiple categories of mobile payments defined in the report will experience double-digit growth, with mobile payments accounting for  US$214 billion in gross dollar volume by 2015, up from US$16 billion in 2010–a 68% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2010 and 2015.

The report references the following companies: Allstate, Amazon, American Express, Apple, AT&T, Bango, Bank of America, Barclays, Bill2Mobile, BlackBerry, Bling Nation, BOKU, Brink’s, C-Sam, Cashedge, Cellfire, Chase, Chase Paymentech, Cimbal, ClairMail, coupons.com, Coupons Sherpa, Visa’s Cybersource, Device Fidelity, Diebold, Discover, Eagle Eye Solutions, eBay, Euronet, Facebook, First Data, FIS, Fiserv, Foursquare, Gemalto, Global Payments, Google, Gowalla, Green Dot, Groupon, Harland Financial Services, Heartland Payment Systems, Hipcricket, iLoop Mobile, Inside Contactless, Intuit, Jack Henry/iPay Technologies, Kubra, MasterCard, mFoundry, Mobile Coupons, Mocapay, MoneyGram, Monitise Group, mopay, MyWebGrocer, NCR, NetSpend, Nokia, Oberthur Technologies, Obopay, OfferIQ, Online Resources, PayPal, Plastyc, Pyxis Mobile, Research-in-Motion (RIM), Roam Data (Ingenico), Roamware, Rocketbuxx, SK C&C USA, Square, Starbucks, Sybase, T-Mobile, Tetherball, 3i Infotech, Tier Technologies, TransferTo, TSYS, Twitter, U.S. Bank, VeriFone, Verizon, Vesta, Visa, ViVOtech, Waspit, Way Systems, Western Union, Wincor Nixdorf, WirelessLoyalty, Xipwire, Yelp, and Zong.

More information: Aite Group Mobile Payment Report.

Source: Aite Group

Filed Under: Featured, Research Tagged With: 3i Infotech, Allstate, Amazon, American Express, Apple, AT&T, bango, Bank of America, Barclays, Bill2Mobile, BlackBerry, Bling Nation, boku, Brink’s, C-Sam, Cashedge, Cellfire, Chase, Chase Paymentech, Cimbal, ClairMail, Coupons Sherpa, coupons.com, Device Fidelity, Diebold, Discover, Eagle Eye Solutions, eBay, Euronet, Facebook, First Data, FIS, Fiserv, Foursquare, Gemalto, Global Payments, google, Gowalla, Green Dot, Groupon, Harland Financial Services, Heartland Payment Systems, Hipcricket, iLoop Mobile, Inside Contactless, Intuit, Jack Henry/iPay Technologies, Kubra, MasterCard, mFoundry, Mobile Coupons, Mocapay, MoneyGram, Monitise Group, mopay, MyWebGrocer, NCR, NetSpend, Nokia, Oberthur Technologies, Obopay, OfferIQ, Online Resources, PayPal, Plastyc, Pyxis Mobile, Research-in-Motion (RIM), Roam Data (Ingenico), Roamware, Rocketbuxx, SK C&C USA, Square, Starbucks, Sybase, T-Mobile, Tetherball, Tier Technologies, TransferTo, TSYS, Twitter, U.S. Bank, VeriFone, Verizon, Vesta, Visa, Visa’s Cybersource, ViVOtech, Waspit, Way Systems, Western Union, Wincor Nixdorf, WirelessLoyalty, Xipwire, Yelp, Zong

Isis Mobile Payment Network Annonced by ATT, T-Mobile, and Verizon

November 18, 2010 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Payment by mobile phone is one step closer now, as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless have announced the launch of a  joint venture called Isis, to build a national network for subscribers to make purchase in physical retail stores using their smartphones. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Mobile Partnerships, News Tagged With: AT&T, Barclays, Discover, Isis, T-Mobile, Verizon

BilltoMobile Provides Direct Mobile Billing for Online Purchases by AT&T Wireless Customers

October 29, 2010 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Online purchases can be billed directly to existing AT&T wireless service accounts, with the new agreement between BilltoMobile and AT&T.

BilltoMobile will provide its Direct Mobile Billing payment service to AT&T’s wireless subscribers as part of a trial service.

“We’re excited to collaborate with AT&T and offer their customers the benefits of a convenient, user-friendly mobile payment solution,” said Jim Greenwell, CEO, BilltoMobile. “This form of billing is the logical next step in the e-commerce mobile payments landscape.”

BilltoMobile’s growing list of participating online merchants will provide AT&T subscribers with access to mobile payments on several top online digital goods and services sites.

BilltoMobile continues to attract major online merchants with its secure Direct Mobile Billing approach. Merchants find that offering mobile payments drives significant incremental revenue from a wide variety of consumers and for a lot of different reasons including convenience, security and accessibility.

BilltoMobile provides a secure payment option for mobile-centric consumers, and the interface requires no registration, no set up, no application or downloads and no association with other financial instruments, such as credit or bank cards. Purchases completed with participating merchants are secure, and take only two steps and a few seconds to complete.

More information: BilltoMobile.com.

Source: BilltoMobile

Filed Under: Mobile Partnerships Tagged With: AT&T, BilltoMobile, direct mobile billing

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