MasterCard and P97 Drive Mobile Payments Innovation at Gas Stations and Convenience Stores

MasterCard announced a global partnership with mobile commerce provider P97 to make it easier for consumers to find, buy and save on gasoline and convenience store purchases through their mobile phones. Last year, in the U.S. alone, consumers pumped more than 135 billion gallons of gasoline, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse. As trips to the pump

KCB Signs Deal With GoSwiff to Embed its Cashlite Agenda

KCB in conjunction with GoSwiff – a global mobile commerce and marketing solutions provider- have unveiled a strategic deal to offer a new mobile payment facility targeting Kenyan merchants. The Bank aims to upsurge its financial inclusion and cashlite agenda footprint via the use of GoSwiff’s mobile point of sale (mPOS) facility. Through a mobile

Proxama and Stanchion Join Forces Allowing Card Issuers to Plug-and-play New Mobile Services

Proxama PLC, the international mobile commerce company specialising in proximity marketing and provider of end-to-end payment solutions for card issuers, and Stanchion Payment Solutions, the international payment solutions experts announced a partnership and international reseller agreement. The agreement will offer card issuers and processors the opportunity to design and deliver new services to meet the

Powa Technologies Adds EMV-Enabled AnywhereCommerce mSuite Solutions to PowaPOS Software Developer Kit

International commerce specialist Powa Technologies announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with AnywhereCommerce, a global provider of mobile commerce technology, by integrating AnywhereCommerce’s mSuite Solutions into the PowaPOS SDK. Through this partnership, independent software vendors (ISVs) will gain access to AnywhereCommerce’s suite of EMV and NFC payment solutions for iOS, Android and Windows

Mobile Commerce Poised to Eclipse Traditional Online Spend

New research from PayPal and Ipsos shows that mobile commerce is growing at nearly three times the rate of overall ecommerce. From 2013-2016, the multi-country average compound annual growth rate for mobile commerce is projected at 42 percent vs.13 percent for overall ecommerce (including mobile commerce). The research, which investigated the mobile shopping habits of

goSwiff Expands Global Operations to Five Continents

goSwiff, the leading innovator of mobile commerce, marketing & professional services announced its expansion of global operations to five continents as it gears up for a busy 2015. Global mobile payment market is booming and according to the analysts the growth will continue. Gartner suggests that mobile payment volumes in 2017 will be US$ 721B,

Mozido Acquires Majority Ownership in Mobile Commerce Company CorFire

Mozido, a cloud platform mobile payments and retail engagement solutions provider, announced it has acquired the majority ownership in SK C&C USA dba CorFire, a U.S.-based mobile commerce company previously wholly-owned by South Korean IT services provider SK C&C. Through the acquisition, Mozido will advance one of the world’s most successful closed-loop mobile wallet apps,

Tablet Payments Surge as Overall Mobile Retail Sales Top $60 Billion

2013 marked an important mobile payment’s “first,” with tablet payments comprising almost half of all mobile commerce. Javelin Strategy & Research have released Mobile Payments Market: Tablet Payments Surge as Overall Mobile Retail Sales Top $60 Billion which provides an in-depth study of the mobile shopping market, including market sizing of online, app and proximity

ROAM Announces New Partnership with Merchant Warehouse

ROAM an Ingenico company and the leading mobile commerce platform provider, today announced a new partnership with Merchant Warehouse to expand the company’s mobile payment acceptance solutions. Merchant Warehouse, a leading innovator of payment technologies and merchant account services, will leverage ROAM’s secure mobile card readers, associated software and services to provide its merchants and partners