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Articles tagged with: Visa
Visa Europe Tests SMS Transaction Alerts
..e capability makes Visa's solution unique," adds Alzetta. It is envisaged that future developments could make it possible for consumers to customise the format and content of alerts to fit their individual needs. For example, instant conversio more
Related Tags: mobile-banking, sms, UK
Iraqi Operator to Offer Mobile Banking Services
Iraqi mobile network operator, Asiacell says that it will be the country's first company to offer mobile banking, by implementing the project initiated by Amwal, which aims to enable all Iraqi citizens to settle their financial transactions using their mobile phones at any time and from any location without the need to visit their bank. more
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Visa payWave mobile pilot in Switzerland declared a success
Credit Suisse, PostFinance, SIX Multipay, Swisscard, Swisscom, together with visa Europe have concluded a pilot study in Switzerland of contactless payments using Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones incorporating visa payWave card payment technology. In the pilot over 90% of people who took part liked using the technology for its ease and convenience. The same percentage also said they would use the technology when it becomes commercially available. more
Related Tags: nfc, credit-suisse, postfinance, six-multipay, swisscard, swisscom, visa-europe, Switzerland
Visa Makes NFC Mobile Point-of-Sale Payments Commercially Available
Credit card merchant, visa has announced the launch of the world's first commercial visa mobile payments service for point-of-sale transactions using Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. The service marks the first time consumers can purchase an NFC-enabled mobile device off the shelf and use that device to make visa payWave-enabled transactions at the point-of-sale instead of using their payment card. more
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Visa Sued Over SMS Alerts Service
Credit card merchant, visa is being sued by a small US firm for allegedly infringing a patent which covers the use of SMS to alert spenders of transactions. Charge Notification Services Corporation is a relatively young company in Miami, Florida, that offers information processing services to credit card issuing banks. The C.N.S.C. patent covers charge card transaction authorization and/or notification in real-time via SMS to the cardholder's cellular phone. visa and some of their bank partners have recently been offering this service. more
Related Tags: sim, sms, edge, USA
Visa Works with GSMA to Extend Access to Mobile Financial Services
Credit card merchant, visa has announced plans to work with the GSM Association to advance the delivery of mobile financial services around the world. As part of the continuing collaboration between the two organizations, the GSMA has selected visa as a provider for mobile money transfer solutions globally, and is working to execute an agreement to formalize participation terms. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sim, eu, itu, mobile-payments, gsm, gsma, interoperability
ViVOtech Provided NFC Provisioning Software for Phones Enabled with Visa payWave
Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech announced today that its provisioning software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments is being used in the first NFC mobile payment trial in Latin America led by visa, in Guatemala. This deployment marks Latin AmericaĆ's first NFC-based mobile payment pilot and use of visa payWave-enabled mobile handsets at hundreds of merchants that have installed the ViVOpay 5000 contactless payment readers in Guatemala. more
Related Tags: nfc, near-field-communication, mobile-payments, Guatemala
Visa to Bring Mobile Payment Services to Google Phone
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- visa said on Thursday it will bring mobile payment services to the new G1 smartphone, the first device to use Google's Android operating system. more
Related Tags: android, google, deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, smartphone, t-mobile-usa, mobile-payments, tim, operating-system, USA
Nokia Teams up with Visa for Mobile Money Trials
Credit card processor, visa and Nokia have announced plans to deliver visa payment and payment-related services - including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications - for Nokia phones beginning with the Nokia 6212 Classic, expected to be available starting October 2008. more
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Visa Expands Mobile Payments Services
Credit card firm, visa has launched four new programs to deliver payments and services via mobile phones. Two commercial mobile payments programs, in Brazil and Korea, along with two mobile offers and transaction notification pilots in the United States, add to more than a dozen pilot and commercial programs enabled by the visa mobile platform around the world. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sms, rsa, mobile-payments, korea-telecom, smart-card, Brazil