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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.

Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit: Oct. 8-9, 2012 – Conrad Bali, Indonesia

September 5, 2012 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Clariden Global presents the inaugural Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit to discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation & adoption while managing regulatory & interoperability barriers.

This 2012 event will discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation & adoption while managing regulatory & interoperability barriers in the drive to provide anytime, anywhere banking services to the emerging Asian population.

The Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit 2012 brings together Asia’s mobile banking & payments stakeholders to discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation and manage regulatory & interoperability barriers, in order to penetrate the emerging markets in Asia.

Key Highlights for the conference:

3 Day Dedicated Mobile Banking & Payments Summit
5+ Key Emerging Market Case Studies: Indonesia, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya
18+ Mobile Banking and Payments Ecosystem Frontrunners
20+ Solutions Driven Presentations for Mobile Channel Stakeholders
24+ Hours of Professional Learning & Networking Opportunities
2 Industry Practitioner Led Workshops to Maximize Your Mobile Banking & Payments Deployments in Emerging Asian

More information: Clariden Global.

Hottest Mobile Payment Startups

February 15, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

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:

P2P Transfer

Obopay
PayPal Mobile
Venmo

Mobile Checkout

Square
Verifone

China

UMPay
SmartPay
LianLian

India

Paymate

Philippines

Globe GCASH

Japan

Mobile Suica
Edy

Reference: GusFundler

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 […]