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Consumers and Mobile Financial Services – Free Report

Mobile phones have increasingly become tools that consumers use for banking, payments, budgeting, and shopping. Given the rapid pace of developments in the area of mobile finance, the Federal Reserve Board began conducting annual surveys of consumers’ use of mobile financial services in 2011. This 78-page report, “Consumers and Mobile Financial Services” (March, 2015) examines trends in the adoption and use of mobile banking, payments, and shopping behavior and how the emergence of mobile financial services affects consumers’ interaction with financial institutions.

MobileAppEx Tradeshow and Conference – June 14-16, 2011, Chicago, IL

January 19, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

MobileAppEx is an event for people interested in using mobile technology in their business. The conference presents a range of the mobile ecosystem; connecting Networks, Hardware, Applications and Users.

Who should exhibit? Developers, service providers, distributors and hardware manufacturers looking to reach out to new business prospects with their products, solutions and/or services.

Who should attend? Anyone owning or operating a business which needs a mobile solution in order to initiate or increase productivity.

Mobile AppEx fosters the cross-pollination of innovative ideas in marketing, retail, health care, hospitality, eCommerce, manufacturing, mobile carriers, transportation, education, legal, Government, VCs or real estate – this is the event for you!

At the MobileAppEx conference:

APP USERS including individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses can explore how they can better connect with their customers, improve productivity, drive sales and increase revenue via mobile technology—as well as attend @Biz Workshops;
APP VENDORS including mobile suppliers, developers and experts can learn from each other and connect with new potential clients—as well as attend @Dev Workshops; and
Everyone interested in the business-building power of mobile technology can make valuable face-to-face connections

More information: MobileAppEx

Visa “Tap to Phone” Adoption Grows Rapidly

Today, Visa announced that Tap to Phone has experienced a 200% increase over the past year.

Is Your Business PCI Compliant?

A simple guide answering some frequently asked questions as well as debunking a couple myths about PCI compliance.

Nets and Oberthur Technologies Offer Mobile Payments to Scandinavian Banks

Nets, a payments service provider in Northern Europe, and OT (Oberthur Technologies), a global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, are partnering to service banks with a financial platform to support future international mobile payment means in the Nordics.

Kohl’s to Launch Mobile Payments

Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) announced today the nationwide launch of Kohl’s Pay, a mobile payment option which integrates the Kohl’s Charge private label credit card into Kohl’s mobile app. Kohl’s Pay allows more than 25 million active card holders across the country to pay for their in-store purchases with their Kohl’s Charge card directly from their mobile device. Kohl’s Pay also its customers to apply their Kohl’s offers, Kohl’s Cash and Yes2You Rewards with a single transaction right from the mobile device at checkout.

Apple in Talks with Banks to Develop Mobile Person-to-Person Payment Service – Update – NASDAQ.com

Apple Inc. is in discussions with U.S. banks to develop a mobile person-to-person payment service that would compete with PayPal Inc.’s popular Venmo platform, according to people familiar with the talks. The talks are ongoing, and it is unclear if any of the banks have struck an agreement with Apple, these people said. Key details […]