Kevin’s Mobile Money News Weekly – December 1, 2010

Kevin’s Mobile Money News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week. I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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New forecasts from ABI Research indicate that in 2015 about 244 million people worldwide will carry out financial transactions using their mobile phones.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/1610685
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Google’s newest iteration of its Android phone OS will include a wallet that lets you use your phone to make payments by tapping it against a cash register.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/android-wallet

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Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T announced today an initiative named Isis, which will change the way customers buy goods and services. Consumers will no longer have to carry around multiple credit cards in a bulging wallet if they can use a smartphone instead.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/verizon_t-mobile_att_announce.html

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SCasino, the leading online casino that is powered by software giant, Playtech, announced it has added a new deposit option to its site. A deal signed with e-wallet payment provider, Moneybookers will offer players a new way to fund their accounts at the site.

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/playtech-powered-scasino-now-offering-moneybookers-181905.php

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Last week’s announcement that Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile were teaming up to launch Isis, showed how crowded the field is getting. It came the same week Google flagged its interest, with CEO Eric Schmidt demonstrating an Android phone with a special chip that will allow payments by being waved in front of a machine.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704693104575639071220413814.html

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In Australia PayPal's figures indicate a twelvefold increase in mobile payments from $2.7 million last year to $35 million this year. The mobile commerce market is estimated to reach $26.9 billion in value by 2013 according to research by PayPal, Forrester Research and the Leading Edge.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/small-business/mobile-payments-taking-off/story-e6frg9hf-1225954637652

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Mobile payments in the United States are expected to grow at a 68 percent compounded annualized growth rate over the next five years, fueled by a growing smartphone share of the mobile phone market.

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204797804575625120385318544.html?mod=BOL_da_is

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Citi has endorsed "Single-Click Checkout," an Android app provided by Billing Revolution, a startup competing in the mobile payments market. The new "Single-Click Checkout" Android app is also the first instance of what the company claims is the first potential app-to-app connection.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372332,00.asp

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Soft drink behemoth Coca Cola is working with European payments specialist PingPing to incorporate NFC (Near Field Communication) into its vending machines, incorporating it into machines in Belgium and Luxembourg before the end of 2010.

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/11/25/coca-cola-vending-machines-to-support-mobile-payments/

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At its PayPal X Innovate 2010 developer conference last week, PayPal unveiled new technologies that will allow people to change the way they pay - accessing their digital wallets from more devices to shop, browse and pay anytime, anywhere.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/software-computing/paypal-reinvents-the-mobile-payment-space-with-new-iphone-app/?news=123

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As mobile banking becomes an increasingly popular feature among smartphone users, banks will need to continue to increase security measures to solidify customer loyalty and fight off cybercrime.

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http://www.pntmarketingservices.com/PNT_Customer_Intelligence_Newsfeed/Database_Management_and_Data_Processing_News/_Increase_in_mobile_banking_requires_heightened_security-800252678.html

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Increasingly, customers expect banks to offer mobile banking services, according to the Mobile Banking Perception Study by global market research company Synovate. The study also found that of those who use mobile banking, close to 50 percent use it for stock trading.

http://www.pitchengine.com/mobile-banking-impacts-consumers-bank-selection-according-to-synovate-mobile-banking-perception-study/104335/

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Citizens Financial Group Inc., the Providence, R.I., parent of RBS Citizens and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, announced the availability of a new iPhone application for for its treasury management customers called accessMOBILE.

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/175_215/mobile-banking-iphone-citizens-1028409-1.html

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Citigroup has announced plans to create a new global technology platform for Internet and mobile banking as part of its aim to attract wealthy customers.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3249352/citigroup-announces-major-investment-in-online-and-mobile-banking/

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Rural India is capitalizing on the rise of mobile banking technologies by partnering with banking solutions provider Finacle.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/mobile-banking-is-another-wave-to-drive-rural-market/712761/0

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Recent security issues uncovered within mobile offerings, particularly those from global banks, have brought the issue of mobile security for sensitive, personal information to the forefront of mobile decision makers' minds.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Recent-High-Profile-Mobile-Security-Blunders-Cause-Brands-Reconsider-Their-Mobile-Strategies-1354240.htm

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