Articles tagged with: Mobile Banking and Nfc

Monitise and ViVOtech Partner to Deliver NFC Mobile Payments

Mobile banking service provider, Monitise says that it has joined forces with Near Field Communication (NFC) software developer ViVOtech, to deliver mobile phone payments services to banks across the USA.  more

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Thai Bank Trials Mobile Payments with NFC-Enabled Mobile Phones

Finland based NFC vendor, Venyon and Kasikornbank, a bank in Thailand are cooperating to evaluate contactless mobile payments in Thailand for a potential service launch in future. As a first step, Kasikornbank recently announced its first Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment trial in Bangkok, Thailand.  more

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900 Million Users for Mobile Banking & Payment Services by 2012

The latest figures from IMS Research show the combined forecasts for users of contactless mobile payments, mobile banking and over the air (OTA) transactions to reach 884 million in 2012. This is the cumulative number of users expected to adopt new technologies, platforms and services who are expected to complete 62 billion transactions between them in that year.  more

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Motorola to Focus on Mid-Range Phones in India

Motorola is reversing its policy of focusing on low-cost handsets for the Indian market after it found significant demand for multimedia capable phones in rural areas.  more

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SK Telecom and Citi Launch Mobile Banking Venture

South Korea's SK Telecom and banking group, Citi have announced the launch of a joint venture, to develop a mobile phone platform that encompasses all key mobile banking value propositions and link them together on the phone and online. SK Telecom sees great potential for the telecommunications and mobile payments market around the world. Currently, only simple mobile finance features such as balance management and payment services are offered in many markets.  more

Related Tags: cisco, sk-telecom, mobile-money, mobile-money-ventures, Korea


Cellphone Banking First Step toward Mobile Wallets in the USA

The US seems to be moving closer to a goal of using mobile handsets to accomplish financial transactions and make purchases as several competing market players align on both technology and objectives, reports In-Stat. Although 2008 will not be "the year of mobile payments" in the US, some progress is likely, the research firm says.  more

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