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• Mobile commerce set to boom: PayPal

  By ARN Staff | 24 March, 2011 09:59

  Mobile commerce is expected to have a big impact on the Australian retail landscape, according to the mCommerce: Secure Insight research published by PayPal.

• PayPal: Singapore gov't can 'make' mobile e-commerce market

  By Sumner Lemon | 17 June, 2010 04:07

  Unsure that market forces alone can do the job, PayPal is betting Singapore's government can spur the development and adoption of mobile e-commerce applications in the Southeast Asian city-state.

• MasterCard lets iPhone owners send or receive money with app

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 June, 2010 05:31

  Using MasterCard's MoneySend application, iPhone and iPad users will be able to send or receive money using their phone or tablet, the card company said on Thursday.

• IPhone mobile payments trial to begin soon

  By Jeremy Kirk | 19 May, 2010 06:19

  Visa expects soon to begin trials of contactless payments system for Apple's iPhone, using a special case for the phone developed by DeviceFidelity.

• First Data, Tyfone work on mobile wallet

  By Nancy Gohring | 17 March, 2010 05:01

  Tyfone is putting the pieces together for a commercial mobile wallet offering, forming an alliance with First Data.

• Mobile banking faces uphill battle in mature markets

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 11 January, 2010 05:28

  The mobile phone is turning into the platform of choice for banking in emerging markets. In developed markets, however, the phone has struggled to compete with existing payment methods, and the challenges aren't going away in 2010.

• Money transfers to become hottest mobile app, says Gartner

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 November, 2009 07:04

  Money transfers and payments over mobile phones will be among the top 10 most important mobile applications by 2012, market research company Gartner said on Wednesday.

• Ericsson courts online publishers with mobile payments

  By Jeremy Kirk | 20 October, 2009 08:37

  Ericsson will soon launch a platform designed to let consumers buy online content such as news stories with the charge billed to their mobile phone rather than other payment methods, such as a credit card.

• Nokia enters increasingly crowded mobile money market

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 27 August, 2009 05:14

  Nokia is getting ready to launch Nokia Money, which will offer basic financial services on mobile phones, it said on Wednesday.

• MoBank app takes shopping to the iPhone in the UK

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 06 July, 2009 04:54

  iPhone and iPod Touch owners in the U.K. will be able to use their devices to buy and pay for goods using a new application from MoBank.

• Mobile commerce apps gaining ground in US

  By Matt Hamblen | 06 May, 2009 04:34

  Mobile payment and mobile commerce applications are proliferating in the U.S., but the adoption of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology that allows mobile phone customers to quickly tap a mobile phone and pay for a subway ride or a grocery store purchase is years away, several industry officials said at a conference here.

• Nokia puts mobile wallet on SIM card

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 April, 2009 05:10

  The new Nokia 6216 classic handset, announced Thursday, incorporates support for NFC (Near Field Communication) technology on the SIM card, paving the way for operators to more easily deploy mobile-payment systems.

• New phone-based Taxi payment service launches

  By Tim Lohman | 01 April, 2009 10:11

  Taxis.net.au has launched a new service which allows passengers to book and pay for taxi trips using a 3G-enabled mobile phone, PDA, Blackberry or via a PC Web browser.