This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

Safaricom’s Award winning TV advert, for their Award Winning Mobile Money transfer service M-PESA

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• Mobile Banking: LUUP in a loop? – “LUUP is dumping customers” one heading read. We were all interested (and shocked) that LUUP has closed their operations in the UK, Germany and Norway and not gradually or in a calm way. No, the message was something like: You have a …

• Deutsche Bank partners with Luup International to shape the future … – Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division, one of the leaders in payments clearingand settlement across all major currencies, is introducing mobile phone payments services to …

• Luup, Deutsche Bank partner to offer mobile payments in 80 … – London, Mar. 12, 2009 — Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division, one of the leaders in payments clearing and settlement across all major currencies, is introducing mobile phone payments services to its clients in 80 …

• Mobile payments company Luup no longer needs its customers … – Authoritative internet-edition about electronic finance, e-commerce, payment systems, internet- banking, hyip and about virtual economy on the whole. Only latest news, relevant articles, excusive interviews. ECJ – learning more about …

• Finextra: M-payments firm Luup dumps customers – M-payments firm Luup dumps customers – news story in full from Finextra.

• Mobile Money Transfer Explained: Nokia leads $70m Investment in Obopay – Interview with Obopay CEO Carol Realini on how they are transferring success from the US to India & Africa, raising capital, and how MMT enriches the lives of banked & unbanked consumers.
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• Wireless News » GSMA expands reach of Mobile Money Transfer … – The GSMA announced new developments in its Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) programme, an initiative that leverages mobile to facilitate access to money transfer services. Complementing the successful alliance that has been in place with The …
• Excuse Me, Can I Swipe My Mobile? – After e-commerce the next cool thing to hit Indian users is mobile-commerce. Earlier I had blogged about Money Transfer through Mobile Phones. It is really catching up especially with Bank Sectors. HDFC Bank is taking the trend to the …
• Microfinance Gateway: Site Content: Mi-Pay Launches Mobile … – The announcement follows the launch of Mi-Pay’s domestic mobile money transfer solution in Sudan, which is undergoing roll out by agent-based Saraf Mobile across North Africa. It precedes the anticipated announcement of an East African …
• Western Union Testing Mobile Money Transfer « Kenyan Jewels – Western Union Testing Mobile Money Transfer. Our cellphones will soon be worth a whole lot more than we paid for them. Western Union has started offering an option where you can send money to Kenya via your mobile phone using M-Pesa. …

Steve Kietz CEO of Mobile Money Ventures talks about the new joint venture between SK Telecom and Citigroup in South Korea for global mobile financial services