Latest Vodafone News: Finextra Research

Boku partners mobile operators to extend carrier billing to next level

With a European e-money license under its belt, carrier billing outfit Boku is partnering with three of the UK's leading wireless operators to expand into the fully-regulated mobile payments market.

02 October 2014

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Vodafone lets customers store loyalty cards in mobile wallet

Vodafone has added a feature to its mobile wallet which lets customers store all of their loyalty cards on their handset.

09 May 2014

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M-Pesa arrives in Europe

Having transformed Kenya's financial services industry, mobile money system M-Pesa is coming to Europe, with Romania the first stop.

31 March 2014

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Vodafone's Sanz insists that HCE is 'good news'

Vodafone's head of m-commerce in Spain has moved to allay fears that Visa and MasterCard's recently announced support for Host Card Emulation could hurt telcos' efforts to prosper in the mobile money arena, insisting to Finextra that HCE is "good news".

26 February 2014

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MasterCard and German telcos promise mass-market mobile payments

MasterCard is partnering with leading German telcos Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone to develop a mass market mobile payments network covering 80% of handset-owners in the country.

25 February 2014

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Vodafone partners MoneyGram on M-Pesa remittances

Vodafone has struck a deal with MoneyGram which will enable people to transfer funds directly from around 200 countries to users of the M-Pesa mobile money service.

11 February 2014

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La Caixa partners telcos for mobile NFC payments service

Spanish bank la Caixa has brought on board three of the country's biggest telcos - Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange - for the January launch of its mobile NFC payments service.

17 December 2013

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Indian central bank sets up mobile banking committee

The Reserve Bank of India has set up a Technical Committee on Mobile Banking to examine the feasibility of introducing encrypted SMS-based funds transfers across all mobile handsets.

10 October 2013

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Hackers steal bank details of 2 million Vodafone Germany customers

Hackers have gained access to a Vodafone Germany server and stolen the personal data - including bank account information - of two million customers.

12 September 2013

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Vodafone NFC m-payments service to make global debut in Spain

SmartPass, the mobile contactless payments service developed by telco giant Vodafone with Visa will make its debut in Spain by the end of year ahead of a wider rollout.

04 September 2013

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Kipochi integrates bitcoin wallet with M-Pesa

Kenyan bitcoin wallet Kipochi has launched a service which enables people to send and receive the virtual currency and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance.

08 July 2013

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Startupbootcamp Amsterdam opens NFC and contactless programme

Backed by major banks and telcos, the Amsterdam arm of Startupbootcamp has launched an NFC and contactless offering, inviting young firms to pitch for a place on a three month programme with access to funding, workspace and specialist advice.

18 April 2013

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