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Articles tagged with: Mobile Payments and M Commerce
U.S. Mobile Financial Services Markets Expected to Reach $1.46 Billion in 2013
Accounting for over 3 billion subscribers worldwide, mobile devices have emerged as a convenient and safe mode to conduct financial transactions. Both m-commerce and mobile banking services are being widely deployed across the United States. These services go beyond the traditional role of providing digital or mobile content services and allow for the procurement of physical goods. more
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New directors for mobile commerce standards group
The Mobile Payment Forum (MPF), a global cross-industry alliance of key organizations from the mobile and financial industries dedicated to the advancement of mobile commerce, has elected Ms. Nandita Bakhshi of First Data Mobile Solutions, the mobile payments arm of First Data Corp, and Mr. Christopher J. Bierbaum of Sprint to its Board of Directors at the group's Spring Member Plenary. Board member companies appoint representatives who serve two-year terms. more
Soweto leading Africa in m-commerce usage
The emergence of the cellphone as an m-commerce channel has created the ability for MasterCard technology to address the needs of the emerging market in South Africa. In what is considered just the beginning, MasterCard Southern Africa and Simplus's jointly developed m-commerce solution has generated over US$250 million turnover in 2003. more
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3rd party mobile payment details discussed
At its spring plenary the Mobile Payment Forum announced a series of new activities in the areas of third party authentication, digital transaction records and consumer usability. The Forum's new activities were approved last month by its board of directors and include: more
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New mobile commerce association formed
Orange, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone have signed an agreement to form a new Mobile Payment Services Association aimed at delivering an open, commonly branded solution for payments via mobile phones, designed to work across all operator networks. The solution will work across country boundaries and will seek to complement existing industry solutions. Its name and branding will be announced in due course. more
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