• MobileNow! Cell Phone Payment System Part of First US Pilot Test … – Rockville Innovation Center (RIC) virtual tenant MobileNOW!, a provider of digital permit and mobile payment solutions, has a cell phone payment system being used in conjunction with new technology from StreetSmart Technology LLC, …
• DTH Players May Help Mobile Payments Gain Currency « Digital Media … – Increased adoption owing to this may help greater familiarity with mobile payment systems and help boost m-commerce. Dish TV, India’s leading DTH service provider by customers, said it has signed up with Atom Technologies Ltd, a mobile …

MasterCard Offers Issuers in the U.S. the Ability to Provide Customers Person-to-Person Payments Using their Mobile Phones

Purchase, NY, May 13, 2009 – MasterCard today announced that their fully-integrated, on-demand person-to-person (P2P) mobile payment platform for issuers in the United States is set to go live later this month. With this new platform, MasterCard participating bank customers will be able to offer Mobile MasterCard MoneySend™ P2P payments to their customers. Mobile MoneySend is the breakthrough consumer payment platform that provides a better way to send and receive funds via SMS-text, mobile browser, mobile applet or an Internet PC. Initially, consumers will be able to use MoneySend with a MasterCard prepaid card issued by The Bancorp Bank and then link it to their mobile phone number to send or receive money.

The 10th Annual Cards Middle East 2009 Conference will be held from May 17, 2009 to May 20, 2009 at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The region’s dedicated cards & payment event will feature the latest in Cards & Payments, Ecommerce, Retail Solutions, ID Management and RFID and offer Payment innovation for Banks, Retail and Governments.

Reflecting the latest trends and attracting senior level speakers and delegates, this is an ideal event to meet & learn from leaders in the cards and payment industries in the region.

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• Payments News: Deutsche Bank, Luup Partner for Mobile Payments … – Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division has announced it is introducing mobile phone payments services to its clients in 80 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Luup, a European-based mobile payment provider, …

• 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 …

• 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.
• Finextra: Mi-Pay and Isys launch mobile money transfer service in … – Mi-Pay and Isys launch mobile money transfer service in Sudan – news story in full from Finextra.
• 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 …