MasterCard and the ING banking group have announced a mobile payment trial in the Netherlands.
It’s designed to let customers pay for online purchases using their mobile phone even if they’re not doing their internet browsing on the phone.
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iZettle, which offers a plug-in card reader that can turn smartphone into a credit card payment terminal, has launched officially in the UK.
The company introduced a beta service to the UK earlier this year.
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Vodafone has chosen digital security company Gemalto to help manage its rollout of contactless mobile payments worldwide.
Gemalto will provide and operate Vodafone’s global Trusted Service Management platform and will help the operator deploy NFC services solutions.
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Big news but no big surprises
Mark Bridge writes:
In many ways it’s been a week of big news without big surprises. Apple announced the much-rumoured iPad mini, which is just like an iPad but smaller. It also introduced a fourth-generation update to its larger iPad, promising more speed and more 4G connectivity.
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The UK mobile commerce joint venture previously known as ‘Project Oscar’ has been given a formal name.
Announced in June 2011 by Vodafone, Telefónica and Everything Everywhere, the m-commerce venture is now called Weve.
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