Voice Pay, calling itself the "world's first voice-verified payment processing system," has launched today. The company says its system uses the customer's own voice as a means of digitally signing and authorizing payments. It incorporates VoiceVault voice biometric authentication technology which is already in use by global banks, insurers and public sector organisations."

CFSI has announced the publication of a new paper titled "Mobile Financial Services and the Underbanked: Opportunities and Challenges for Mbanking and Mpayments" (PDF) by Katy Jacob and Caroline Boyd.

oDesk, an online marketplace that allows companies to hire, manage and pay remote technical workers around the world, has announced that oDesk providers can now sign up to receive an oDesk prepaid Debit MasterCard to access their earnings from anywhere in the world. The oDesk prepaid Debit MasterCard, powered by Payoneer, will be available to freelance providers and affiliate managers on oDesk in May 2007. oDesk says it is the only remote work marketplace to offer its providers a prepaid debit card as a payment option.

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