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Juniper Research predicts that P2P fund transfers and mobile payments in the developing world, together with the commercialisation in 2009 of NFC (Near Field Communications) based m-payments will generate transactions worth approximately $22bn.
10 July 2007
UK wireless operator Vodafone is to offer subscribers direct access to their finances through a link with the MoniLink mobile banking network.
09 July 2007
Vodafone and Nokia are calling for a new regulatory framework to encourage transactions by mobile phones in developing countries.
04 July 2007
Mobile devices embedded with chips will replace plastic payment cards over the next five years and will be used to make payments by around 50 milllion customers, according a study by Javelin Strategy and Research.
29 June 2007
California-based mobile technology outfit mFoundry says it has extended its Spotlight financial platform so the system can be used to implement wireless banking applications on Apple's new iPhone.
28 June 2007
Wells Fargo and Visa are to undertake a public trial of mobile payments technology with up to 500 customers in the fourth quarter of the year.
27 June 2007
MasterCard says over three quarters (75%) of customers that participated in a NFC mobile phone PayPass pilot programme preferred the contactless technology to traditional contact-based cards and made payments more often.
26 June 2007
The US subsidiary of South Korean mobile payments company Danal has received $9.5 million in venture financing led by Morgenthaler Ventures.
22 June 2007
Verizon, the number two US wireless carrier, is to offer consumers the opportunity to make purchases and conduct person-to-person funds transfers via their mobile phones using technology from privately-held Obopay.
21 June 2007
UK high street bank Lloyds TSB is to launch a new mobile phone text service designed to keep customers informed of the progress of mortgage applications.
13 June 2007
UK bank Alliance & Leicester is to pay younger customers £10 for signing up to its mobile banking services.
12 June 2007
Mobile telecoms firm O2 is launching a trial of near field communications (NFC) technology at a music festival later this month that will see select guests given a crystal-studded wristband embeded with the contactless technology.
08 June 2007
UK systems house Morse has disclosed plans to raise £20 million by spinning off its Monitise mobile banking unit and selling shares in the newly formed company, which will be listed on London's junior AIM market.
Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell is investing EUR57.5 million in a joint venture with telecommunications firm Telefónica that will focus on developing anytime, anywhere 'instant banking' services, incorporating new interactive TV and mobile telephony channels.
29 May 2007
UK high street bank Barclays has launched a mobile banking service for its 1.9 million Internet banking customers.
23 May 2007
Following four years of research and development, UK mobile payments start-up Telsecure is launching its securePay front-end payments system that is designed to protect customers from card-not-present (CNP) fraud.
22 May 2007
US bank Wells Fargo has begun rolling out a new mobile business banking service, CEO Mobile, to select customers.
18 May 2007
Research from Celent suggests that the mobile banking channel will grow from one per cent of US Web banking households today, to 35% within the next three years - a forecast that breaks with downbeat assessments from other analyst houses.
Growth in Internet banking is outpacing all other retail delivery channels and is rising at an annual rate of 27%, according to a US study by TowerGroup.
16 May 2007
Californian m-payments outfit Obopay has launched a new plug-in for AOL's instant messaging service (AIM) which enables users to launch the P2P application and transfer funds to their AIM "buddies".
14 May 2007
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