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The next gold rush? Mobile payments
Globe and Mail
Telecom companies, banks and payment networks are all rushing to stake their claim to Canada's budding mobile-payments market as more consumers make the switch to smartphones. Shoppers already use their phones to compare prices or photograph...
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Globe and Mail
Debit hits Canada's mobile payment market as players rush into the fray
Globe and Mail
Wednesday's mobile-based debit payment was made at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Toronto using a BlackBerry smartphone that is enabled for near-field communications, meaning it can emit a signal to a contactless payment terminal without ...
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Globe and Mail
Lowenstein's View: Mobile payments - E-ZPass vs. parking meters
FierceWireless
It is March 2013, and we are nowhere near where we thought we would be with mobile payments in North America. There's huge velocity in the area, be it investments by major players, committed VC dollars, conferences, analyst reports, and so on. But ...
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Mobile payments, the more hygienic form of payment
Mobile Payments Today
Mobile payment providers hoping to disrupt payments make a lot of claims about their products, touting them for convenience and security. Now add another benefit to mobile payments: cash is disgustingly unclean. According to payment brand MasterCard, ...
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New innovations boosting Asia Pacific mobile payments market
iTWire
There's a growing demand for mobile payment services and platforms that accommodate mobile shopping in the Asia Pacific region, according to a new study which has found that in the past three months 40% of online shoppers in Hong Kong, South Korea, ...
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Fortumo Makes Mobile Payments News at Game Developers Conference
Mobile Marketing Watch
Fortumo Makes Mobile Payments News at Game Developers Conference Fortumo Makes Mobile Payments News at Game On Wednesday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, mobile payments provider Fortumo made headlines ...
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Mobile payments accelerate disruptive changes in retail and web checkouts
PressDoc (press release)
Both online and offline checkout experiences are changing: technological innovations allow for new services and solutions to be integrated at the payment, be it online or in-store. In this context, the evolution of mobile payment technologies adds yet ...
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Payleven becomes fully FSA authorised mobile payment provider
Isle of Wight Mail
480263_551926081514866_590496222_n Payleven, Europe's mobile paymentpioneer, today announces it has been fully authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a payment institution. This accreditation was issued due to the highest security ...
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Isle of Wight Mail
Consultancy study on NFC mobile payment infrastructure in Hong Kong
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The study reaffirmed Hong Kong's promising market conditions for the rapid take off of NFC mobile payment services with its strong consumer acceptance of contactless payments, high smartphone penetration and increasing availability of NFC-enabled ...
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National Mobile Payment System to be introduced this fall
Budapest Business Journal (blog)
Hungary will launch the planned National Mobile Payment System, a uniform system for paying transportation fees throughout the country via mobile telephone this autumn, Nemzeti Mobilfizetési, the state-owned company establishing and running the system, ...
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