All articles by Louise Naughton
Louise Naughton
SafetyPay partners Brazil’s Banrisul
Brazils Banrisul Bank has teamed up with e-payment solution provider SafetyPay to allow its customers to transact online using their own currency.
All-in-one’ mobile payment solution for SMEs
Financial management solutions provider Intuit and mobile phone accessories manufacturer, Mophie, has joined forces to create an all-in-one mobile payment solution for SMEs using an iPhone 4.
Google considers plans for NFC mobile service
Google is considering plans to launch a mobile payment service this year using near-field communication (NFC) technology, Bloomberg has reported.
Innovation recognition
Payments technology continued to develop very quickly in 2010 and a great many companieslaunched new and exciting products into the market Louise Naughton looks at a few of the most impressive products to hit the market over the last 12 months. Among the many interesting and innovative products to reach market in 2010, a few stood out for us at EPI
Bringing it all together
As 2010 draws to a close, the European banking industry continues to work towards realising the European Payments Councils SEPA Louise Naughton speaks to the European Central Bank and industry figures charged with delivering systems in line with the initiative to find out precisely where the industry stands.
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Blaze Mobile upgrades m-commerce ‘sticker’
M-commerce solutions provider, Blaze Mobile has developed a smart sticker that enables contactless purchases to be tranferred in real-time without the need of a carrier network or WiFi. Blaze Mobile claims the patent-pending solution can be used on any mobile device and that the data transfer works both ways enabling the mobile handset to send information to smart sticker and vice versa.
PayPal expands in Brazil
PayPal has teamed up with Brazilian mobile phone service provider VIVO to allow consumers in the country to conduct m-payments for airtime, goods and services.
Visa breaks down barriers for e-commerce
Visa has teamed up with two online shopping services in a bid to break down boundaries for Latin American and US cross-border e-commerce in time for Christmas. Through SkyBOX Visa cardholders in 40 Latin American or Caribbean countries can register for free and shop at online US retailers. The second e-commerce shopping enablement service, Borderlinx, will serve Visa cardholders in Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Visa ups security on mobile contactless projects
Visa Europe has launched a Mobile Gateway and Key Management Service designed to enhance the security of its mobile contactless payment programmes.
Voice Commerce launches biometrics database
Financial services group Voice Commerce has developed KYC Secure – a regulated biometric database designed to secure and authenticate a consumers identity over a mobile phone.