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Mobile Banking And Payment Startup mFoundry Sold To FIS For $120M On $165M Valuation 1 Feb 2013 | 04:29 am
Some consolidation in the world of mobile payments and mobile banking: mFoundry is getting acquired byFIS for $120 million. FIS — a banking and payment provider that works with some 14,000 banks world...
Starbucks Hints At Adding Mobile Payments Features 28 Jan 2013 | 11:45 pm
Starbucks hinted towards adding several mobile payments features in the coming year during their Q1 earnings call. “Over the next few months or so, we’ll be coming back to you and sharing with you...
The Time is Ripe for Mobile Money 25 Jan 2013 | 06:12 am
In a country like India where mobile phones have deeper penetration than banks, mobile payment makes a lot of sense Money is arguably the most mobile of commodities. We all know from our daily experie...
Nigerian bank critical of Kenya mobile money model 19 Jan 2013 | 05:48 am
Nigeria is unlikely to follow the Kenyan blueprint for mobile money licensing regulation. The deputy governor of operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Tunde Lemo, has dismissed models such as the...
Mobile apps to help you manage your cash better 17 Jan 2013 | 02:14 am
A month ago, Joy Namatsi discovered a technology that she reckons might revolutionise how she plans to fundraise for her organisation in the years to come. Ms Namatsi came across M-Changa, a mobile ph...
Ingenico, CMT offer taxis a solution to accept EMV, mobile payments 15 Jan 2013 | 04:19 am
Point-of-sale device-maker Ingenico is partnering with Creative Mobile Technologies LLC to offer taxicab drivers in the U.S. a future-proof mobile payment solution. The companies announced that throug...
Why Mobile Payments Can’t Be Stopped 10 Jan 2013 | 02:23 am
Eric Bleeker: The mobile payment spectrum… Famously, people were disappointed that the iPhone didn’t have NFC so component plays like an NXP Semiconductors have kind of failed. As we move into somethi...
FDIC on Mobile Payments Risks 7 Jan 2013 | 11:35 pm
Peer-to-peer, near-field communications and barcode scans are revolutionizing mobile payments. What unique risks do these emerging technologies pose to banking institutions? Two FDIC executives offer ...
US Bank intros mobile payment app 29 Dec 2012 | 01:39 am
U.S. Bank isn’t waiting on wallet providers. The Minneapolis-based heavyweight FI is making its own way into the mobile payments market with the release of its Go Mobile app through the Apple AppStore...
U.S. Bank Debuts App for Mobile Rewards and Payments 28 Dec 2012 | 04:23 am
U.S. Bank has released a new app on Apple’s AppStore called Go Mobile. The app lets iPhone, iPod and iPad users apply for the bank’s FlexPerks Visa card and use and manage the account on their mobile ...
