Bango Payment is a web-based mobile payment that enables consumers worldwide to buy digital content and goods using their mobile phone. Integrating once with the Bango Payment platform gives direct operator billing, credit card and PayPal internationally. Bango Payment provides these payment methods, including operator billing across all devices, including smartphones, and on all network connections including operator networks and WiFi.

eServGlobal is a Sydney, Australia based telecoms software vendor, which provides solutions for Smarter Transaction Management, specializing in agile convergent charging, mobile payment and retention solutions. More than 80 mobile, fixed, Internet and multi-play communications providers use eServGlobal’s real-time capabilities to increase revenues, customer loyalty and expenditure efficiency.

Luup is an m-commerce payment solution that allows users to pay, send and receive money via their mobile phone. Luup is building an international mobile transaction network by partnering with banks and financial institutions around the world. Luup specialises in payment processing, the development of mobile payment applications and the hosting of stored value accounts for financial institutions. Customers using Luup can pay for goods and services, donate to charities, pay bills or send money to friends using their mobile phone.

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mopay is an internationally leading mobile payment platform represented in the USA by mopay Inc. The international mobile payment platform mopay is addressing vendors of virtual goods and digital goods. It offers a fast and easy billing option for small online purchases through mobile operators accounts. mopay opens up a unique new customer base: unbanked and underbanked individuals who do not have access to credit cards or bank accounts.

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Verizon Wireless plans to launch Danal’s BilltoMobile payment service later this spring, enabling Verizon Wireless customers to charge online purchases of digital goods directly to their monthly Verizon Wireless bills. Verizon Wireless customers will be able to pay for online content and digital goods that are downloaded and consumed on their personal computers from Danal’s participating network of popular eCommerce merchant partners.  A secure connection and integration between Verizon Wireless and Danal will provide features important to online consumers and merchants, including robust subscriber authentication and fraud protection, among others.

XIPWIRE is a mobile payment service that enables people to securely send and receive money using a simple text message. Its robust platform caters to individual users as well as merchants and non-profits. XIPWIRE enables businesses to offer their customers a convenient cash alternative without the need to pay high credit card fees.

Users can fund accounts with money from a debit card, bank account, or credit card. With two easy steps, users can pay from everything from cheesecakes to dog-walkers all from the convenience of a mobile phone.

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Zong is the global mobile payment division of mobile monetization company, Echovox. Zong is an international mobile payments platform, connected with 67 mobile operators in 13 countries. Zong is available in over 30 countries and works directly with over 120 carriers. Additionally, since last years introduction of Zong+, Zong is the only online mobile payment platform to combine carrier billing with the lost cost processing of credit, debit and prepaid cards.

Zong is targetting Social Networks and Online Games. Zong targets a younger demographic, who doesn’t have bank accounts or credit cards and want to complete small purchases online. Consumers can simply pay with their mobile device and are then charged on their account through their mobile operators. Zong is particularly successful in conjunction with the purchase of online virtual goods.

Through the ClearXchange platform, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo allow their customers to move money more conveniently and safely using a mobile number or email address. Customers of the three banks will be able to move funds directly from their existing checking accounts using an email address or mobile number – instead of providing checking account and routing numbers.

Google Wallet bring together coupons and discounts and payments simultaneously when people make purchases via their mobile device. It combines offers and payments at the point of sale.

Square is a pocket size reader that plugs into your phone’s audio jack. It works with iPhone, iPad or Android. It is safe and secure, and it charges 2.75% per swipe for all credit card transactions. No monthly fees or contracts.

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via: Mobile Marketing Magazine

Jay Seaton, Chief Marketing Officer at mobile messaging company, Airwide Solutions, argues that operators are best positioned to protect their subscribers against mobile phone hacks and attacks

Later today at the Black Hat Cybersecurity Conference in Las Vegas, researchers will demonstrate how they can potentially, in their own words, “hijack every iPhone in the World” and hack virtually any other Smartphone, using falsified SMS and MMS messages. How to safeguard against such attacks should be a topic for serious debate. At Airwide, we believe the most effective solutions to combat attacks of this nature are those deployed by mobile operators.
The data being carried by Smartphones is increasingly making them more valuable than many computers, and this is putting Smartphones hugely at risk to security threats. SMS and MMS messages are the easiest way for hackers to reach and infiltrate a device, and it falls to operators to employ mobile security solutions to protect their customers from this danger.
Many people assume that the PC security model of software downloads and firewalls is the answer. With the variety of handsets available, however, this isn’t an effective option on its own. Adding to the complexity is the range of communication methods that can be carried out on a Smartphone, such as email, SMS, MMS, web and WAP access. Along with these comes a whole host of mobile security threats, such as mobile spam, viruses and phishing.
Handset-based solutions are also limited, as they only protect a tiny number of mobile users. Also, with mobile devices constantly being upgraded and replaced with higher specification devices, security software which is added is often quickly outdated.

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