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31Jul/12

European Square Rival iZettle Forced to Stop Accepting VISA in Denmark, Finland and Norway

By Martin Schuppelius

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iZettle has to stop processing Visa card payments in Denmark, Finland and Norway where it currently trials its mobile card payment service. The company has released a statement on its official blog, announcing that Visa Europe is forcing iZettle to stop accepting Visa payments on August 1. iZettle will continue to accept MasterCard and AmEx in those countries.

Sweden-based iZettle provides a mobile payment service that enables merchants to accept credit card payments using an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The company is often referred as the European version of (more…)

Filed in visa

30Jul/12

Payment News – July 30, 2012: ViVOtech, Payvia, mPowa

By Martin Schuppelius

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ViVOtech to Divest NFC-Reader Business

Payvia Launches Mobile Payment Service in the U.S.

MPowa Debuts Mobile Payment App for Android

UK-based mobile payment service mPowa is now also available for mobile phones using Google’s Android operating system. Android users can now download the mPowa mobile payment app from the Play Store to accept card payments on the go.

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26Jul/12

Paymentwall Launches HTML5 Mobile Payment Solution

By Martin Schuppelius

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Paymentwall Mobile service enables developers to offer local payment options (such as: credit card, debit card, mobile, landline, prepaid, ATM, terminal, bank transfer, direct debit, offers …) to their customers in more than 200 countries.

Honor Gunday, Paymentwall CEO, commented “Although iTunes is a well executed, easy to use platform, the 30 percent fee the publishers need to swallow and the Western-oriented approach to monetizing only via credit card is not sustainable and HTML5 will emerge as the future of mobile application development.”

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24Jul/12

Payment News – July 24, 2012: Adyen, iZettle, NFC Mobile Payment Market

By Martin Schuppelius

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Adyen Report: iPad is the Market Leader in Mobile Payments

iZettle Brings Mobile Card Payment to Android

iZettle for Android

NFC Mobile Payment Market to Reach $180B by 2017

Filed in NFC Mobile Payment Market

23Jul/12

Onebip Launches One-Click Payment Feature for Mobile Commerce

By Martin Schuppelius

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Onebip, the mobile payment arm of Neomobile, adds a new one-click purchase feature to its mobile payment solution Onebip Mobile Browser. Using the one-click payment service, users can pay for digital goods and services with a single click on the Onebip icon.

Mobile payment service Onebip was acquired by mobile commerce company Neomobile in March 2011. Onebip’s Mobile Browser payment service provides an optimized payment flow for mobile devices and is available in over 70 countries. The new one-click payment feature enables users to buy digital goods with a single click, without having to enter their mobile number, pin code or password. Onebip uses a secure process to recognize the user’s phone number and authenticate the user. The purchase is then charged directly to the user’s mobile phone bill.

Massimiliano Silenzi, Head of Onebip, commented: “Merchants, publishers and content providers at last have a simple, secure, single-click mobile purchasing solution. No PIN codes, no passwords, no SMS confirmation, and no need to pre-register for an account – with Onebip, you literally click to buy with one touch on your mobile phone or tablet.”

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20Jul/12

MyTaxi Launches Mobile Taxi Payment Service in Germany

By Martin Schuppelius

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myTaxi has introduced a mobile payment solution for its taxi app that connects passengers and taxi drivers, making conventional taxi dispatch services obsolete. From now on myTaxi passengers can use the myTaxi app to order a taxi and pay for the journey.

The myTaxi founders Niclas Mewes and Sven Külper point out that their solution is the first mobile payment system that works without relying on additional hardware such as an external dongle, NFC-tags or QR-codes. “With myTaxi Payment, from now on, passengers will be able to travel by taxi without needing cash. They simply pay both cardless and cashless“, commented Mewes.

In order to use myTaxi, users have to download the myTaxi app. If they want to use the mobile payment feature they have to enter their payment details as well. MyTaxi is working with PayPal and payment service provider Wirecard to provide the payment service. The cab driver has to pay a 3.9% fee + €0.21 for each successful myTaxi journey – there is no extra charge for the passenger.

Filed in Wirecard

19Jul/12

G&D Presents NFC-enabled Sticker for Mobile Payment

By Gary Merrett

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Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has developed a sticker for mobile phones, enabling contactless payment even if the device itself is not NFC-enabled. The Deutsche Genossenschafts-Verlag is supplying the new technology to the banks as part of a trial conducted by the cooperative financial group.

The sticker was developed for the German market. It runs on the Secure Chip Card Operating System (SECCOS), and fully meets the specifications of the German banking industry. G&D’s payment sticker is certified for MasterCard PayPass, allowing users to use the existing contactless payment infrastructure with more than 350,000 PayPass Terminals in 37 countries worldwide. Depending on the requirements of the issuing bank, the stickers can be configured as prepaid, debit, or credit cards.

Filed in SECCOS

18Jul/12

Payment News – July 18, 2012: PayPal, card.io, MasterCard Business Network, Openbucks

By Martin Schuppelius

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PayPal Acquires Visual Credit Card Scanner card.io

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MasterCard Launches MasterCard Business Network for Small and Mid-Size Business

Gift Card Payment Network Openbucks Raises $4.8 Million

Filed in PayPal

13Jul/12