Dear Readers,
With the struggle for mobile wallet supremacy that is taking place in the market, we have a couple of interesting news pieces this week. After all, this is going to become a very hot marketplace very soon with more and more groups jumping into the space. What's more, whatever you were in the past (be it MNO, search engine giant or bank) does not mean that you will be in a stronger or weaker position to control the lucrative mobile wallet market. Everything is up for grabs.
That's why it was interesting to see a small article this week (origin. Reuters) that points to the fact that Google has been 'leaning' on developers to use their payment system rather than their rivals systems (cnet.co/wUsLd6). After working in the technology industry for so long - behaviour of this kind is nothing new (everyone remember Microsoft and the internet browser wars?). But if this is true it shows that despite continued grumblings over the state of their wallet platform (bit.ly/xuYaPX), the company is still serious about mobile payments. Javelin Research have also asked the question regarding who will lead in mobile purchasing in their latest report - it's quite interesting (bit.ly/ycZy3S). And this is despite news that Apple have yet another patent for the mobile wallet (bit.ly/ABnSFZ) or that PayPals CEO refutes that Apple will ever really step into the payment arena (bit.ly/wr0iiB).
Still, as with most ventures that move forward, there is alway the backbiting. Here are a couple of interesting negative stories concerning the 'lack of' and 'failure of' mobile payments. (Most Consumers Shown To Lack Rabid Interest In Mobile Payments bit.ly/AmIjzN), (The contactless card payment revolution that is failing to take off and costing YOU money bit.ly/wTCboq). See if you agree with them.
Although I find that their logic is flawed, the industry MUST be doing something right if that last bastion of middle England (Earth?), the Daily Mail, is up in arms against us! (bit.ly/yDnVOZ)
Until next week.
Susan Hicks
Contactless Intelligence
Payments & m-Commerce
Report: Retail Giants Work on Mobile-Payments System bit.ly/vZFmFN
Why retailers want to take the wheel on mobile payments bit.ly/zZJUIW
PayPal Mobile Chief: Payments Not Part of Apple’s DNA bit.ly/wr0iiB
Google to Get More Wallet Phones on Sprint; Seeks Other Telcos bit.ly/ADlg69
Something to look out for in the future? Phishing via NFC bit.ly/A9vtWn
Most Consumers Shown To Lack Rabid Interest In Mobile Payments bit.ly/AmIjzN
Square’s New App Turns the iPad into a Cash Register ti.me/xoir60
Google Wallet now displays warnings for rooted phones bit.ly/xuYaPX
4 mobile payment startups to watch bit.ly/yc4kp2
MasterCard introduce Mobile NFC contactless payments program in Qatar bit.ly/xpYEKQ
U.S. Bank Rolls Out In-Store Credit Card App for iPad bit.ly/yT2kLY
Here we go again: Apple Wins Patent for iWallet: The one that will rule the World bit.ly/ABnSFZ
Tagit, Knet launch m-payments services in Kuwait bit.ly/zEfqFb
DDOT and Parkmobile USA, Inc. Announce Milestone in Successful
Mobile Payment Program bit.ly/zm4MOR
Inside the mobile wallet: How does it work? bit.ly/ACBhRk
Turkcell signs up 50k wallet users bit.ly/x5UM40
Project Oscar hopes to bring mobile wallets to Europe bit.ly/ymLgBk
Visa: India is driving innovation in mobile payments bit.ly/zJdzLX
Mobile Payments Unchained: Pay Your Bar Tab with Paypal onforb.es/xDFaEv
Who will Lead in Mobile Purchasing? Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, PayPal…or your Bank? bit.ly/ycZy3S
Getting tougher? Google reportedly pushing developers to use Google Wallet cnet.co/wUsLd6
NFC & Mobile
Kinetic and JCDecaux pioneer first large-scale Out of Home deployment of NFC bit.ly/x9K4EO
Proxama Blog: The Mobile World Congress for NFC bit.ly/y01D9T
Thirteen major brands sign up for UK NFC advertising campaign bit.ly/woESol
NFC Market to 2016 - Increased Availability of NFC Embedded
Handsets Key for Higher Market Penetration bit.ly/zSCQBI
Message from MWC: NFC Opening Up Payments Space to New Players bit.ly/yAqbG5
UK Telcos File Formal Request to EU; Await Crucial Decision on NFC JV bit.ly/y3uChT
Mobile Commerce Market Set to Accelerate with NFC Facilitating $74bn Transactions by 2015 bit.ly/A2BMKa
Transportation, Ticketing & Loyalty
HK cab drivers say ‘no thanks’ to Octopus payment bit.ly/y65CEg
Unused Oyster cards valued at £55m bbc.in/wnmWIB
Octopus whiz-kid held over $430,000 machine scam bit.ly/xQsHhV
Transport minister announces Oyster-style cards for UK rail system http://bit.ly/Asvg5w
Other News & Opinion Articles
The contactless card payment revolution that is failing to take off and costing YOU money bit.ly/wTCboq
Handheld Point of Sale Devices Markets Reach $3.1 Billion by 2018 bit.ly/yKKaWF
The Final Word (Maybe) On Whether QR and NFC Really Work for Consumers bit.ly/xrICk4
Spire Payments signs up Enterprise Rent-A-Car bit.ly/z9k2y2
MasterCard and Vincento Sign Five Year Strategic Partnership Agreement bit.ly/yFOV4p
The different contactless smart card flavors bit.ly/w567bA
The Bank of Walmart: Cell Phones Replace Credit Cards onforb.es/A5GgD2
Risks to Virtual Wallets Can Be Very Real sci-tech-today.com/news/Risks-to-…
Security concerns push local sourcing of SIM cards bit.ly/w2E39P
Is the Google Platform Delaying the Bluetooth Smart Train? bit.ly/xEJIOK
Now predictions are out another three years: Mobile payments to become mainstream in five years: survey bit.ly/ztb6K6
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