Upcoming payments boot camps, more webinars, eCommerce market analysis reports, and private payment workshops...

Payments Boot Camps – Two day “deep dive” into the industry, $1995

Apr 13-14, 2011: New York City - with Bryan Derman and Carol Coye Benson

May 18-19, 2011: Santa Clara, CA - with Scott Loftesness and Carol Coye Benson

Payments Essentials Webinars – Tuesdays from 10:30AM -11:30AM PST, $149

March 1, 2011: Local Country Payments - with Erin McCune

March 8, 2011: Bill-to-Mobile Payments - with Scott Loftesness

eCommerce Market Analysis Reports

Three new reports on India, South Korea, and South Africa bring our total up to eight detailed reports on global online payments acceptance in various markets around the world.

Private Payment Workshops

New agendas are available, including the Advanced Payments Workshop, Advanced Card Payments Workshop, The Merchant’s Perspective, Global eCommerce, Business-to-Business Payments, and Digital Content and Payments. Get your team up to speed!

eBillme has announced that the payment option will now be available on the Discover Network through CardinalCommerce’s Centinel Universal Merchant Platform. As a result of this new partnership, online merchants will now be able to quickly integrate eBillme acceptance with integrated settlement and reporting via the Discover Network.

Intuit has announced that it "has equipped the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio with its GoPayment mobile payment app, including a free Intuit credit card reader, and reduced pricing on transaction fees. GoPayment provides them with an easy and affordable way to process credit card payments on their mobile devices while protecting sensitive credit card information with industry-leading data encryption."

On the wires:

• TNS Launches Enhanced Payment Gateway Service in UK and Ireland
• MoneyGram, Iris Wireless and Globe Telecom Partner to Provide Mobile Top-Up to Philippines
• Paydiant Closes Series A Funding for Mobile Payments Venture
• Zeevex Chosen by Leading Online Game Publishers to Provide Open Virtual Currency Solution
• Zuora’s February ’11 Release Brings Deeper Integration with PayPal and Easy Connections to Third Party Subscription Commerce Systems

On the web:

• Inside Mobile Apps: Are In-App Payments and Facebook Credits on a Collision Course?
• Springwise: Peer-to-Peer Currency Exchange Puts Users in Control
• TechCrunch Europe: SponsorPay Takes Funding from Nokia Growth Partners to Target Mobile
• RFPConnect: NetSpend Unveils iPhone App
• TrialPay Blog: The History of Video Game Monetization