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Verizon Blames Hardware for Lack of Google Wallet in Galaxy Nexus

It looks like Verizon Wireless is not guilty for the lack of the Google Wallet mobile payment application on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus. At least that’s what the carrier claims in its latest official statement that sheds some light on the issue. We reported yesterday that the first smartphone to be ...

7 December 2011
03:01 GMT

AT&T and Intuit Launch GoPayment Mobile App and Credit Card Reader

Major carrier AT&T and Intuit have just announced a new partnership to offer business customers a simple and fast way to process credit of debit card transactions using smartphones or tablets.Dubbed GoPayment, the mobile application and card credit reader is offered with Automatic signup and pre-approval for most AT&...

8 November 2011
20:01 GMT

GoPayment App and Credit Card Reader for Verizon Phones, Tablets

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless and Intuit Inc. have just announced a partnership aimed at making the Intuit GoPayment app and pocket-sized credit card reader available for Verizon's customers. The new partnership brings the ability to process credit card payments on smartphones and tablets, while the...

25 August 2011
10:13 GMT

Isis Teams Up with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express for Mobile Payment

Isis, the joint venture between U.S.-based major carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, has just announced that it has signed an agreement with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to bring mobile payment to U.S. consumers and merchants. Isis mobile payment service is expected to be launched in ...

20 July 2011
15:01 GMT

Starbucks Launches Android App for Mobile Payment

Announced in January, Starbucks application for Android device has finally made it to the market. Starbucks for Android provides customers with a quick and comfortable way to pay, as well as other features to manage their Starbucks Card while on the go. Customers who install the Android application will be able t...

15 June 2011
12:31 GMT

Google and Sprint Introduce Google Wallet NFC Payment Service

Mobile phone carrier Sprint has just announced a partnership with Google aimed at providing customers with the possibility to use their handsets as their mobile wallets through the launch of Google Wallet, an application based on near field communication technology (NFC).Through Google Wallet, which should be releas...

27 May 2011
06:21 GMT

Visa Debuts Mobile Contactless Payments Solution for Commercial Use

Visa and Visa Europe recently announced that they had introduced mobile contactless payments through DeviceFidelity's In2Pay microSD solution. The commercial availability of the product follows 18 months of technology development in partnership with DeviceFidelity.The company stated that the mobile contactless p...

8 December 2010
10:53 GMT

AT&T Offers New Mobile Billing Service Delivered by BilltoMobile

AT&T and BilltoMobile announced a new partnership that will provide the carrier's customers with a new mobile billing service. As part of the agreement, BilltoMobile will provide its Direct Mobile Billing payment service to AT&T's wireless subscribers as a trial.BilltoMobile is known for providing convenien...

28 October 2010
12:03 GMT

Starbucks App Available for BlackBerry Handsets

Recently, Starbucks has announced the launch of a new application, the Starbucks Card Mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones. The company launched its mobile solution for the first time for iPhone and iPod touch, and now has got it released for RIM's BlackBerry smartphones, the first time the solution la...

7 September 2010
12:01 GMT

New Mobile Payment Solution Comes from Mobile First

Worldwide leader in mobile-billing solutions Mobile First, Inc. announced today the release of Mobile First Mobile Payment processing for all developers and providers of social-networking sites, virtual currency platforms and online games. According to the company, the new solution is available in 40 markets around t...

9 February 2010
15:51 GMT

Telstra Prepares to Introduce Mobile Payment Services

Telstra, Australia's largest mobile carrier, announced today that, together with Visa and NAB (National Australian Bank), it intends to offer mobile payment options to its customers. The Australian carrier has launched a mobile payment trial, which involves a group of merchants and consumers from Melbourne Dockl...

27 August 2008
20:41 GMT

Go Shopping with Your Mobile Phone!

Apparently, in a couple of years, we won't need cash or credit cards anymore when we go shopping, as mobile payment (meaning paying with the help of your mobile phone) will become a popular payment method, says Juniper Research. The UK-based telecoms analyst company published a forecast according to which, by 20...

2 November 2007
11:22 GMT

Nokia Helps Visa Mobile Payment Launch

A partnership of large proportions has been built to introduce the Visa mobile platform in Taiwan. Nokia has decided to cooperate with Visa International, as well as with Chunghwa Telecom, Chinatrust Commercial Bank (CTCB), for launching a landmark trial for the starters.The trial will be conducted over a period of s...

20 September 2007
05:10 GMT

Google Fuels Gphone Speculations with Mobile Payment Patent

Google's interest for mobile phones has been reaffirmed with a new patent that the company has developed for mobile payment. This gives no hints on the future release of the speculated Gphone, but shows the company's decision of investing in this field. Google has applied for a patent for a mobile payments ...

5 September 2007
04:02 GMT

Citi and Obopay to Trial Mobile Payment Service

Citi, the global provider of financial services, announced an agreement with Obopay to conduct a trial of a new mobile payment service. As part of the limited trial, Citi will be providing the mobile payment service to its customers in Boston and Chicago. "Citi is committed to delivering best in class payment solutio...

27 July 2007
09:20 GMT

Nokia Joins Mobile Wallet Initiative

Finnish mobile phone operator Nokia, along with ten more mobile operators have joined in on supporting a GSM Association initiative that aims to enable the worldwide use of cellphones for payments at retail outlets.The list of new companies to join the 14 mobile operators that initiated the project in February includ...

26 April 2007
03:47 GMT

Infonox and PayMate Partner to Launch Mobile Payment Applications

Infonox, the provider and operator of the Active Payment Platform that delivers financial services to Kiosks, ATMs and other delivery channels, announced the support of consumer mobile devices on its platform. Infonox has partnered with PayMate, the leading mobile-commerce solutions provider of India, to develop a su...

18 April 2007
10:08 GMT

Kyocera Showcases NFC Enabled Handset

During the CTIA Wireless trade show, Kyocera Wireless has demonstrated a prototype handset and devices to showcase The VISA platform using NFC technology. Kyocera has teamed up with Visa in order to demonstrate how mobile payment through NFC technology works and mobile phones can be turned into a payment solution, re...

4 April 2007
03:06 GMT

E-Day Text 2 Mobile Train Tickets

Any person that was passing through the ticket gates at London's Marylebone station recently may have noticed what might be the future of train ticketing. Two new ticket scanners, that read a barcode from the user's mobile phones, have been installed. Upon passing the mobile phone over the scanner the user ...

3 April 2007
11:01 GMT

ClairMail and TELUS to Enable Mobile Banking in Canada

ClairMail announced a strategic partnership with mobile operator TELUS to bring the ClairMail solution to Canada. TELUS and ClairMail will initially focus on enabling retail banks, credit unions, brokerages, and credit card companies across Canada to offer mobile banking and payments services.Offered exclusively in C...

3 April 2007
07:17 GMT

MasterCard Unveils MasterCard Nearby Service

MasterCard Worldwide unveiled MasterCard Nearby, a trial of a new service that allows MasterCard cardholders to use their mobile phones to access helpful information, such as ATM and merchant locations, driving directions, rewards and special offers. All MasterCard cardholders in the United States can sign up for the...

3 April 2007
06:17 GMT

Visa Announces Collaborations for Mobile Payment

In a keynote, during the CTIA Wireless conference, Visa USA President and CEO Philip Coughlan detailed the steps that Visa is taking to advance mobile payments. According to him, mobile payment is currently at a critical moment in its development and it would take close collaboration between wireless and payment card...

31 March 2007
04:06 GMT

Use Your Mobile Phone to Pay for Parking

Clancy Systems International has announced that its Park-by-Phone Service is now available on System Parking of Chicago. Users that enroll in the service will be able to avoid the hassle of paying with coins, bills or tokens into parking meters by replacing them with their mobile phone. In order to sign up for the s...

13 March 2007
09:20 GMT


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