Facebook has done a remarkable job of getting developers to adopt its Credits virtual currency before the program was fully fledged. Today, the company announced a partnership with PlaySpan to add… Read more »
Users of Google Android phones may soon be able to use PayPal to purchase mobile applications, making it easier to add software to Android handsets. Would such a purchase mechanism be… Read more »
On a panel of mobile payments providers at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2010, everyone was happy to agree that mobile payments are finally getting their day in the sun due to the growth… Read more »
Mobile payments introduce many opportunities for innovation: better accessibility for customers, better integration with web services, flexibility and social features. One new mobile payments startup is trying to do all that… Read more »
Mobile phones have become a dominant channel for accessing banking services globally. Mobile payment vendors received the most investments in the mobile software or service industry from the third quarter of… Read more »
The majority of startups funded are headquartered in Massachusetts, New York and California, with the latter attracting the greatest amount of capital. Read more »
MasterCard today announced it has agreed to acquire DataCash, a European payment service provider, for $520 million in a transaction expected to close by this October. The deal is expected to… Read more »
Bloomberg today had a great scoop in this piece detailing how AT&T and Verizon Wireless are developing a contactless payment system that enables users to pay with their phones at brick-and-mortar… Read more »
With the worldwide mobile payments market expected to grow to $634 billion by 2014, a lot of money is being poured into mobile payment startups. If that wasn’t enough, it looks… Read more »
For a monthly fee, AT&T can now turn any of its smartphones into mobile payment processors for credit or debit card transactions. Unlike competitors in this space, AT&T’s solution — from… Read more »