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Paym ‘pay by mobile number’ to go live in UK on April 29

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 M-Commerce 0 Comments
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Paym is the name of the scheme launched by the Payments Council to link all UK phone numbers to bank accounts. Essentially, lots of banks – notably Barclays with Pingit – now let users assign their account details to their phone...
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Facebook Messenger: now you can pay a chatbot

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 App Payments 0 Comments
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In 2016, Facebook got very serious about chatbots. It wants to move to a world in which people can have conversations with bots inside Messenger as if they were humans. The idea is that this is a more natural and intuitive...
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Miura: we’ll ship 500,000 chip & PIN readers this year

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 Card Readers 0 Comments
Remember when payleven made a big old fuss about being the first mobile POS firm to launch a chip and PIN reader? Well, fair enough, it was. But it wasn’t the whole story. The device itself was actually made by UK-based Miura Systems....
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A new idea for kickstarting the QR code payment habit: the gas bill

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 QR Codes 0 Comments
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The idea of using a barcode to speed up payments is hardly new. Lots of firms are having a go. Currently, MPayMe is making a lot of noise, while Square, PayPal and Starbucks have all incorporated the basic tech into their payment apps. You can...
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Brits spent £7.5bn via mobile in 2012

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 M-Commerce 0 Comments
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According to the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking survey, £62.4 billion was spent at online retail sites. Not surprisingly, a significant wedge came from phones and tablets. Between Q1 and Q4 2012, sales via mobile devices went from 8.2 per cent to...
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Hundreds of restaurants using Zapper m-payments

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 App Payments, Card Readers 0 Comments
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Last year, Zapper launched in the UK – one of many firms hawking the idea of using a barcode to speed up payments. Zapper asks users to download its app, assign their payment details once and then pay with a simple scan whenever...
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Welcome to Mobile Money Revolution. Hope you like it

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 M-Commerce 0 Comments
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Hello lovely reader – and thanks for clicking through to Mobile Money Revolution. The fact that you’re here proves that you are highly intelligent and attractive, and also that you’re searching for information on the mobile money space. And so you...
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Jumio tech uses phone camera to authenticate ID

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 M-Wallets 0 Comments
Last year, Jumio made the headlines for its image recognition system Netswipe, which uses the camera as a payments tool. The merchant trains their viewfinder on the plastic card to register the details automatically. The user just has to enter their PIN code...
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Jumio speeds up photo card recognition with Netswipe 2.0

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 Card Readers 0 Comments
Jumio is one of a number of firms trying simplify and speed up transactions by using the phone camera. Its tech scans and recognises cards and other ID docs with a photograph, so there’s no need for customers to manually enter...
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Tesco to add digital wallet to its smartphone app

By Mobile Money 22nd October 2019 M-Wallets 0 Comments
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UK’s biggest grocer trialling scan as you shop. Most payments watchers believe that mobile wallets will not succeed until they are neutral and can house all payments and loyalty cards. Tesco obviously doesn’t agree. It’s reported to be trialling a wallet...
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  • Facebook Messenger: now you can pay a chatbot
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  • A new idea for kickstarting the QR code payment habit: the gas bill
  • Brits spent £7.5bn via mobile in 2012

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