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Executive Round Table Telepresence Event: Payment Innovation! What are emerging countries doing differently?

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 10:34pm

Kenya’s M-PESA has enjoyed unprecedented adoption while other mobile remittance payments schemes are thriving in emerging markets like the Philippines.  What can developed markets learn from these emerging market payment innovators? 

Join us on August 10th from 10:00 am to 12:00 am EST for the first ever cross-pollination and idea exchange between developed and developing market payment innovators via Cisco’s Telepresence technology to discuss Mobile Payments – Innovation via Collaboration.

MasterCard partnership with BP / Aral brings contactless technology to forecourts

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 7:13pm

(PaymentsMarket) - BP / Aral to deploy MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment technology across the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland

MasterCard has today announced that BP / Aral will begin deploying MasterCard®PayPass™ contactless payments terminals across its forecourts in the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland over the next two years.

Fast Turnaround of Small Quantity Plastic Cards is New From Cards-In-A-Flash(SM) by CARDSource

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 7:01pm

New web printing service offers card manufacturing, personalization, packaging and mailing

EAGAN, Minn., June 15, 2011 (PaymentsMarket) -- Is your business starting a loyalty card, gift card or membership card program but you're unsure how to use plastic cards to reward, motivate or track customers?  Looking for a low-risk option for printing as few as 50 or more than 5,000 plastic cards?

Near Field Communication Forum Announces New Vice Chairman, James Anderson of MasterCard Worldwide

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 9:51pm

Anderson and NFC Forum Director Debbie Arnold to Speak at MPA Digital: Technology Event, June 23

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(PaymentsMarket)-- The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced a newly elected Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, James Anderson of MasterCard Worldwide. The organization also announced that Mr. Anderson and NFC Forum Director Debbie Arnold will serve as panelists at the MPA Digital: Technology conference in New York on June 23.

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Introducing Google Wallet

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:25pm

Introducing Google Wallet

The Vision: Google Wallet is an Android app turning your mobile phone your wallet by storing virtual versions of your existing payment cards on your phone. You can simply tap your phone to pay and redeem offers using a technology near field communication, or NFC

PAYMENTS - "THE NEW AIRLINE DISTRIBUTION COSTS

Submitted by ATPS on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 11:29am

Airlines, which along with other travel portals are the biggest e-commerce merchants globally, are driving their sales from travel agencies to direct distribution via their own websites. By using e-commerce, airlines save millions in distribution costs, but often then face new and unforeseen payment and fraud costs. 

Google Wallet's First Customer

Submitted by Jeremy Drzal on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:49am

Here's a great video on Google Wallets first customer - Costanza

M-commerce to grow 15 times in a decade

Submitted by FAC on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 10:09am

Brits will be spending around £19.3 billion a year buying goods from mobile devices within a decade, claims a new study.