All articles by Carlos Martin
Carlos Martin
Sybase 365 strikes deal with MasterCard
Mobile messaging and mobile commerce service provider Sybase has snapped up another high-profile deal: This time, Sybase 365, a division of Sybase, has partnered with MasterCard to target growth in mobile commerce in emerging markets. In a joint statement the companies said they were working together on a platform that will target more than 2.5bn of unbanked consumers.
French Creova launches m-payment service in Tunisia
The project is called Mdinar and Creova claimed it is the first P2P m-wallet service in North Africa
WorldPay partners with BOKU
WorldPay has announced a partnership with BOKU to enhance synergies and improve the m-payment side of its network. The partnership with the San Francisco-based online payments firm will enable WorldPay’s merchants to offer their customers a convenient and fast m-payment tool, said WorldPay.
FIS mobile wallet: no need for NFC
FIS is partnering with US mobile payments platform Paydiant to launch a cloud-based mobile wallet.
Modiv Social pioneers mobile coupon sharing
Boston based tech firm, Modiv Media, has launched a new service that enables people to share and distribute mobile coupons and vouchers through social media. According to the products developers, the service will help brands and retailers will have the ability to manage their shared coupons lifecycle and better identify “shopping influencers” Modiv Media CEO, Mike Grimes said this adds a new dimension to the ways in which retailers are able to use social media
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M-Pesa fuels inflation – AfDB
The African development Bank (AfDB) argues that M-Pesa could have contributed to the increase of inflation in Kenya In a recent report addressing the inflation dynamics in Kenya, the AfDB considers that the increase in money velocity coincides with the rise in the number of M-Pesa subscribers.
Facebook, Bango deal: mobile phone users to get charged on carrier bills
Facebook has sealed a deal with UK-based mobile payment processor Bango to provide Facebooks Credits programme with a payments service Facebooks mobile users will no longer need to type in their card payment details each time they buy apps, but instead, the charges will be added to their operator bill.
Rwanda: mobile money remittances soar
The money flow of mobile payments remittances was Rwf45bn (USD 75.6m) as of the end of December; while the mobile telephone subscriber base increased from 2.43m in 2009 to 4.44m as of December 2011, equal to an increase of 83%.