Mobile Payments

Mobile payment is currently one of the hottest topics in the Brazilian ICT industry. Frost & Sullivan had the opportunity to discuss the trends of this market with telcos and value chain

Mobile payments have had a long and tortured history, with analysts expecting the market for such services to have hit the upswing, only to see such predictions pushed off again …

When it comes to mobile customers, communications service providers are facing a new frontier. Highly-connected consumers are eager to use their mobile devices to pay for goods and services, watch videos and

The world’s leading maker of smartphones and the world’s top credit card company are teaming up. Visa says its NFC payment software will be built into all future Samsung smartphones. …

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Two major telecom operators in Brazil announced that they have started trials using near field communication (NFC) technologies for mobile payments.  TIM has partnered with Itaú, MasterCard and Gemalto for …

Another big contract for mobile payments and analytics company Bango. The company that already has Facebook, BlackBerry App World, Windows Phone Store and Amazon as customers announced it has signed …

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, starts the new-year by unveiling its mobile predictions for the next twelve months. The international trade association is ideally placed

With two weeks to go until the launch of BlackBerry 10, Research-in-Motion (RIMM) says Visa has approved its mobile payments solution. RIM’s solution securely manages credit card information stored on …

European mobile payment solution company MPowa announced that it is looking at Brazil as a potential key market, and it plans to start business there through partners. The company sees …

This won’t be the year that near field communication (NFC) takes off in Latin America, since short message service (SMS) solutions are likely to see increased adoption. Although Frost & …

The three leaders in mobile payments all have very different business models. Analysts say there is room for several players in this fast-growing ecosystem.

América Móvil’s Brazilian wireless unit, Claro, and Brazil-based Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Latin America, announced plans launch two mobile payment services in 2013. The solutions result from a joint …

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have launched their Isis mobile payments program a bit behind schedule, but with strong device support. Isis says nine handsets already support the mobile payments platform, with 11 more scheduled

Contactless payment options reach consumers through sports venues, McDonald’s Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is being used to enable contactless payment solutions

Anatel reports TIM disconnected calls on purpose A report released last week by Brazil’s telecom regulator agency Anatel claims that TIM Brasil purposely dropped calls on customers of its low-cost …

Mobile payments innovator Square is getting a $25 million investment and a major contract from Starbucks.

The mobile payment space garnered a pair of allies today as German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom announced a deal with MasterCard to provide DT’s customers in Europe access to mobile …

IT and telecommunications convergence along with an increase in active mobile device users could drive the growth of financial mobile applications. However, the lack of standards, along with uncertainty over …

Even though Brazilian telecom operators and financial institutions have not reached agreement about who should be responsible for each part of the mobile payment process, IT providers are working toward …