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Verizon, the number two US wireless carrier, is to offer consumers the opportunity to make purchases and conduct person-to-person funds transfers via their mobile phones using technology from privately-held Obopay.
21 June 2007
UK high street bank Lloyds TSB is to launch a new mobile phone text service designed to keep customers informed of the progress of mortgage applications.
13 June 2007
UK bank Alliance & Leicester is to pay younger customers £10 for signing up to its mobile banking services.
12 June 2007
Mobile telecoms firm O2 is launching a trial of near field communications (NFC) technology at a music festival later this month that will see select guests given a crystal-studded wristband embeded with the contactless technology.
08 June 2007
UK systems house Morse has disclosed plans to raise £20 million by spinning off its Monitise mobile banking unit and selling shares in the newly formed company, which will be listed on London's junior AIM market.
Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell is investing EUR57.5 million in a joint venture with telecommunications firm Telefónica that will focus on developing anytime, anywhere 'instant banking' services, incorporating new interactive TV and mobile telephony channels.
29 May 2007
UK high street bank Barclays has launched a mobile banking service for its 1.9 million Internet banking customers.
23 May 2007
Following four years of research and development, UK mobile payments start-up Telsecure is launching its securePay front-end payments system that is designed to protect customers from card-not-present (CNP) fraud.
22 May 2007
US bank Wells Fargo has begun rolling out a new mobile business banking service, CEO Mobile, to select customers.
18 May 2007
Research from Celent suggests that the mobile banking channel will grow from one per cent of US Web banking households today, to 35% within the next three years - a forecast that breaks with downbeat assessments from other analyst houses.
Growth in Internet banking is outpacing all other retail delivery channels and is rising at an annual rate of 27%, according to a US study by TowerGroup.
16 May 2007
Californian m-payments outfit Obopay has launched a new plug-in for AOL's instant messaging service (AIM) which enables users to launch the P2P application and transfer funds to their AIM "buddies".
14 May 2007
The UK's Post Office has launched an electronic money transfer service that allows recipients to receive funds using a barcode sent to a mobile phone or e-mail address.
09 May 2007
First Data has led a series C funding round in US contactless payments outfit Vivotech.
03 May 2007
Japanese telco KDDI and Mitsubishi-Tokyo-UFJ Bank have joined forces to launch a mobile Internet banking business later this year.
30 April 2007
A voice-verified authentication system for mobile and Internet payments has been launched in the UK by Nick Ogden, the founder of online payments operator WorldPay.
UK systems house Morse is to spin off its mobile banking arm Monitise and list the business on the AIM junior market.
24 April 2007
Analyst group JupiterResearch has found that despite renewed efforts on the part of financial institutions, overall interest in mobile banking services is limited.
A WiFi network accessible by the 350,000 people who live and work in the Square Mile has been switched on by wireless broadband provider The Cloud and the City of London Corporation.
23 April 2007
Texas-based money order firm Fidelity Express is teaming with e-payments outfit Cyphermint to launch a service that will enable its customers to pay bills using their mobile handsets.
20 April 2007
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