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• PayPal: Online drives recovery for British Retail Sector
• Major Canadian Payment Processors Support American Express Chip Cards
• PaymentsSource: Green Dot To Earn Nothing From Its IPO
• Youth Cards Present a Marketing Opportunity, says Auriemma Consulting Group
• Mobile Commerce Daily: PayPal expects $500M in mobile payments volume by year-end

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• Digital Transactions: The Acquiring Industry Stays on Its Top-Heavy Course
• ING DIRECT USA Announces Major July Financial Independence Days Promotion
• MarketWatch: GiftCardMall.com Wins Stevie(R) at 8th Annual American Business Awards
• STORES.org: Kwedit Where Credit is New
• GigaOM: PayPal Cashing In On Mobile Commerce with Express Checkout
• New NXP Chip Compatibility Puts GENTAG at Center of Next Generation of Cell Phones
• TechCrunch: PayPal Launches Mobile Express Checkout To Enable One-Click Buying On Smartphones
• American Express Expands its Relationship with FIS’ NYCE Payments Network
• Philadelphia Inquirer: PhillyInc: Boy Scouts to test electronic payment system
• The NBA and GSI Commerce Extend E-Commerce Agreement to 2017
• Mobile Commerce Daily: 61 percent of Fortune 500 will offer mobile commerce capabilities: study
• U.S. Bank and LAN Airlines Introduce LANPASS Visa(R) Card Program
• Motley Fool: Look What Congress Just Did to the Debit Card Market (MA, V)
• MarketWatch: 'Gotcha' rules still govern credit cards
• AP: Consumers can avoid bank fees with a little effort
• NetBanker: Online Financial Management Pioneer Wesabe to Shutter its PFM Functions, Open Source its Code
• LBi and MoneyGram International Unveil a Fully Integrated Digital Experience; Present This Best in Class Work at Forrester Customer Experience Forum
• Heartland Payment Systems Named the Preferred Partner for Payment Solutions by the California Medical Association

In a blog post on the Official Google Checkout Blog earlier today, Google introduced the Android Payment Extension - a way to allow mobile merchants to quickly set up a store and accept payments via Google Checkout and Android.

The post describes the steps involved - as a merchant you signup for Google Checkout, create a webstore, list the items for sale in a Google Spreadsheet, and install the Android Payment Extension.

Once you're setup, at a craft fair, for example, you'd create a cart on your laptop based on what the customer verbally tells you they want to buy. You then click on the Checkout with Android button and the customer scans the QR code on your laptop using their Android phone - which takes them to the buy page where they can complete the purchase on their phone.

Seems to me this is yet another example of using optical (bar codes and mobile phone cameras) to leapfrog the grid lock that seems to exist re: other connectivity solutions.

Zuora has announced the release of Z-Commerce for the Cloud earlier this week at GigaOM’s Structure 2010 event in San Francisco. According to the company, "Z-Commerce for the Cloud enables the new business models introduced by cloud computing that enterprise customers now demand. The new solution is the result of 12 months of development with cloud leaders including Cloud Central, EMC, IC&S, Nu-b, Sun, Tata, and Zetta." READ MORE »

Seven players in the Near Field Communication (NFC) ecosystem, Ericsson, Gemalto, NXP, Oberthur Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Venyon, and ViVOtech have announced they are forming a MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group that will "enable its members to collaborate and work together to standardize and advance the uniform management of MIFARE™ applications on NFC-enabled secure elements, such as SIM cards, and mobile phones." READ MORE »

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• TechCrunch: Online Finance Startup Wesabe Heads To The Deadpool
• Fitch: Delinquencies Hit 17-Month Low for U.S. Credit Card ABS
• BusinessWeek: Fitch sees 10 percent yield cut from card rules
• Mitek Sets the Standard for Mobile Check Deposits
• WSJ.com: Big Win for Small Banks in Overhaul
• AuctionBytes: Amazon Acquires Woot - More than a Daily Deal Site
• New Mercator Advisory Group Reports: Social Networks and Consumer Payments:Disruptions Ahead! Or…The Games People Play and The Canadian Debit Market Warning: Content Under Pressure
• Citi and AT&T Team Up to Announce Bonus Savings to New AT&T Universal Cardmembers
• Network World: Heartland ramps up first end-to-end encryption
• Fiserv Announces BancStudy: Consumer Deposits Solution
• FreedomPay Makes Payments and Transactions Safe, Secure and Convenient for BSA’s 2010 National Scout Jamboree
• NYTimes.com: Practical Traveler - The Credit Card Choice - Miles or Points?
• Digital Transactions: PayPal Rolls out in-App Card Payments, Delays New-Market Thrust
• Chicago Tribune: Summer CTA riders swell travel times with cash
• PaymentsSource: Springbok Bankruptcy Filing Might Signal Rough Times Ahead For Prepaid
• Lending Club Selected as Mint.com Goals Launch Partner to Help Consumers Pay Off Credit Card Debt, Keep More of Their Money
• Two big challenges for mobile money: Highlights from the CGAP Technology Blog, June 2010
• FOXNews.com: With iPad Walls and Mobile Phones, It's the Bank of the Future
• FIS Announces Completion of Amendment and Extension of Existing Credit Agreement and Plan to Raise Additional Funds
• Regions Bank Launches Regions Relationship Rewards Program
• Visa Social Media Channels Help Extend Reach of Go Fans Campaign

Wells Fargo has announced the launch of new mobile banking applications for Android, BlackBerry, and Palm. Wells Fargo customers may choose the Mobile Banking services that best suit their needs from a menu of options on Wells Fargo's newly expanded Mobile Banking Resource Center.

"We are listening and responding to our customers by broadening our mobile banking services," said Arah Erickson, head of Wells Fargo Retail Mobile Banking. "Our goal is to make it even more convenient for customers to access their account information – anytime, anywhere – helping them save time and providing peace-of-mind. Wells Fargo Mobile Banking makes it fast, easy, and secure for customers to stay in touch with their finances.”

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• TechCrunch: Bling Nation Adds A Paypal Option To Cell Phone Payments
• USATODAY.com: Asia-Pacific region embraces use of credit and debit cards
• Bloomberg: Verizon Wireless Said to Start Offering IPhone in January
• Barclaycard US: New Choice Privileges® Visa Signature® Card Represents A Great Way for Consumers to Save on Next Vacation
• Digital Transactions: Consumer Payments Are Just the Start for an Ambitious FaceCash
• TransFS.com Releases PayPal Upgrade Calculator
• Portals and Rails: Managing risk in the ACH network: Minneapolis Fed study uses FedACH data to identify better benchmarks
• BusinessWeek: BofA, Wells Fargo Face Biggest Hit From Debit Cap, Moody’s Says
• New AccountNow(R) Gold Visa(R) Prepaid Card to be Issued by The Bancorp Bank
• ClairMail Named Best in Class Mobile Banking Solution by Leading Independent Research Firm
• BODUM® Selects GlobalCollect as Payment Service Provider for e-Commerce Platforms Worldwide

First Data Corporation and INSIDE Contactless have announced the introduction of a MasterCard PayPass contactless payment tag product. Based on INSIDE’s MicroPass payment platform, the companies say that "the new MasterCard PayPass mobile payment tag product offers a cost-effective solution for enabling mobile phones with contactless payment capabilities, and will be marketed and sold to MasterCard licensed financial institutions and card issuers." READ MORE »

Societe Generale and Obopay have announced they are teaming to bring mobile payment services to banked and unbanked customers in Senegal who have access to a mobile phone through Societe Generale de Banques au Senegal (SGBS).

According to the companies, "the new service, offered as "Yoban'tel by Obopay", is a carrier-agnostic, mobile money transfer and bill payment service that is available to all the people of Senegal with a mobile phone. This is accomplished by leveraging SGBS's current branches and opening up new channels of distribution for banking services through commercial partners including Credit Mutuel du Senegal, TIGO and CANALSAT HORIZONS. Users can enroll for a mobile payment service and load or pick up cash at designated locations throughout Senegal. They can also use the service to send money to anyone throughout the country, or to pay a bill." READ MORE »

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• FTC Obtains Court Order Halting International Scheme Responsible For More Than $10 Million In Unauthorized Charges On Consumers’ Credit and Debit Cards
• Insurance Networking News: Obopay Finds Focus with Mixed Model
• New Mercator Advisory Group Report: US Merchant Acquiring 2010: Consolidation at the Top
• Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business: Can Companies Really Predict What We Like Online?
• Acxiom and Return Path Raise the Bar on Advanced Email Deliverability
• Do You Know Where Your Employee's Smartphone Is? New Unisys-Sponsored Research Shows IT Organizations Are Playing Catch-Up With Rapid Growth of Consumer Technologies in the Workplace
• BEMAS Integrates WiredCommute into PayDirect® System
• Bucks Blog - NYTimes.com: A New Way to Get Money for Group Events
• Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog: Target to offer its credit- and debit-card users instant 5% discount
• Carlson Marketing Launches Instant Rewards on Mobile Devices
• CGAP: G20 endorses nine principles for innovative financial inclusion
• YuuZoo Corporation Appoints Chris Taylor as New Global CEO
• Guardian Analytics Enhances Board of Directors
• Mocapay Selected a Red Herring 100 North American for 2010
• Sacramento Bee: 12 tips to reducing online payment anxiety
• BusinessWeek: Banks Need ‘New Business Model’ Based on More Capital, BIS Says
• InformationWeek: PayPal Allows Apps To Accept Payment
• Youth Cards Present a Marketing Opportunity, says Auriemma Consulting Group
• NRF Welcomes Conference Committee Approval of Debit Card Swipe Fee Fix
• TNS Helps Industry Strengthen Payment Transaction Security