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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.

WIMA NFC USA: Nov. 27-29, 2012 – San Francisco, CA

September 1, 2012 by Mobile Payment Magazine

In 2012 WIMA NFC USA will highlight success stories and use cases that are growing rapidly now phones are beginning to deploy in volume. At the other end of the spectrum as new platforms and tools for developers are emerging this will lead to a new wave of innovative applications being created by the developer community.

Each day will begin with Plenary Keynotes from leading NFC industry and end user experts discussing the state of the market in the NFC ecosystem in both payment and non-payment scenarios.

Sessions will highlight current case studies from both the US and around the world offering a clear view on where NFC is today and that it’s not just about Payment! Social media, location based marketing, gaming, healthcare, access control all offer a simple user experience, which can very quickly multiply to mass deployment. These and other use cases will be addressed through a number of on going success stories, presented by end users or co-presented by solution providers and their customers.

Interactive panels will tackle the issues that are surrounding NFC today: How to monetize, the role of the carrier, the importance of where and what the SE is, arming the retailer to educate the consumer, marks that will be used for driving consumer attention, interoperability.

The conference is for developers, product manufacturers, carriers, merchants, and other service providers.

More information: WIMA NFC USA 2012

WIMA NFC USA: Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2011, San Francisco, CA USA

September 16, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

WIMA is a global event with a proven track record exclusively dedicated to NFC technology and the name of confidence for hundreds of companies who have attended our event in Monaco over the past 5 years. WIMA brings together industry leaders, start-up companies, application developers, service providers, standards organizations, government bodies and research institutes and by industry demand is now moving forward promoting the outreach, development and implementation of NFC technology to the US market.

Industry experts will present a highly focused cutting edge conference summit. Animated panel discussions will address key issues for both established players and newcomers to the technology from the evolving ecosystem.

The Demo Area – regrouping the latest innovative NFC applications, products and service NFC Technology in a networking environment.

Networking Meeting Planner: make the most of your time and plan your meetings ahead using your personalized Networking Tool & Meeting Planner. Post event the Networking Tool stays open for attendee messaging.

WIMA NFC USA is a great and unique opportunity for current and future potential developers to network with key players and leading companies from the NFC industry.

Who will attend?

Large Enterprises
SME’s
Start-Up’s
Industry Associations / Standards Organizations
Government Bodies
Research & Educational Institutions
Analysts
VC’s
Media

Industry Sectors

Solution Developers: Payment – Ticketing – Loyalty – Access Control – Healthcare – Gaming – Social Media – Advertising – Web – Multiple Applications
Product Manufacturers: Mobile Handsets – Consumer Electronics – Smart Card / RFID manufacturer -Terminals and other devices
Component Manufacturers: Semiconductors- Protocol Stacks / Middleware – Operating Systems
Service Providers: Carriers – Merchants – Transport Operators – Banking/Financial Services – TSM’s –Tourism – Event Organizers
Test / Measurement / Qualification: Test Equipment Vendors – Test Labs
System Integrators
R&D

More information: WIMA NFC USA 2011

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 […]