On the web:

• What's Next in Mobile Payments? - Portals and Rails
• Remote Mobile Shoppers and Their Payment Preferences - EcommerceBytes.com
• Booming Swedish IT Startup 'Klarna' Eyes PayPal's Home Turf - Reuters
• Payouts For Startups Gets Easier With New Braintree Service - TechCrunch
• Stripe Partners With Parse To Integrate Mobile Payments For App Developers - TechCrunch
• Walmart Expanding iPhone Checkout System to More Stores and Android - AllThingsD
• Cash Registers Fade Away As Smartphones, Tablets Take Over - Green Bay Press Gazette
• Where's George?: The Trail Of $1 Bills Across The U.S. - NPR
• Facebook to Move From Credits to Local Currency Payments in Q3 2013 - Facebook Blog

On the wires:

• NCR Launches Aloha Mobile to Make Everyday Easier for Restaurants
• MasterCard Smart Data App Helps Eliminate Paper Receipts for Corporate Cardholders
• Mobivity and CheckAlt Partner to Develop Mobile Check Acceptance Solutions
• BitPay Exceeds $2 Million in Transactions Month-to-Date, Lowers Fees for All Merchants
• Zuora Unveils Z-Business for Media, Helping Media Companies Use Paywall 2.0
• Swap Launches Dynamic Digital Payments Platform -- The eWallet Cloud Solution
• Net Element Expands its Mobile Payments Business to 39 More Countries

On the web:

• Remittance Provider Xoom Closes First Day On NASDAQ Up 59% From IPO Price - TechCrunch
• Passbook Passes Now Support NFC… If You Use Them On Android - Cult of Android
• Ticketmaster To Offer Digital, Mobile Ticket Transfer - MobilePaymentsToday.com

On the wires:

• SIX Payment Services Is A Founding Member Of UnionPay International
• Finsphere Releases Key Findings Following Location-Based Analytics Trial

On the web:

• Coinbase Wants to Simplify Bitcoin for Everyday Users - AllThingsD
• FINO Acquires Nokia’s Mobile Payment Arm In All-Cash Deal - Hindu Business Line
• Ogone Launches In-App Payment Library For iOS And Android - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• Mattersight Provides Insights From Fraud Analytics Solution
• Ingenico Terminal Brings EMV, NFC and Point-of-Sale Payment Options to U.S. Customers
• Imperva Extends ThreatRadar Fraud Prevention with ThreatMetrix Partnership

Western Union announced the release of an enhancement to its Western Union Speedpay service designed to help billers meet growing consumer demand to receive electronic bills through smartphones and mobile devices.

“Our Western Union Payments Money Mindset Index shows that consumers, whose use of mobile devices is outpacing all other media, are looking for a wider range of payment options from billers,” David Shapiro, senior vice president, Payments, Western Union, said. “Western Union is dedicated to providing billers with robust bill pay solutions, while giving consumers a variety of user-friendly options to receive and pay their bills.”

The enhancement was developed with eBill presentment specialist, Striata, and operates across multiple platforms and devices, including Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad.

On the web:

• New Rules for Money Transfers, but Few Limits - NYTimes.com
• The New Consumer Protection Agency Looks At Prepaid Cards - Portals and Rails
• Keith Rabois: Why Square’s Handcrafted Approach To Payments Can Win (interview) - GigaOM
• Hit by Durbin, Visa’s U.S. Debit Volume Shrinks by Double Digits in April - Digital Transactions
• Square Dongles Now Being Sold At Walgreens, FedEx Office, and Staples -VentureBeat
• Four Mobile POS Systems Tested And Compared - Macworld

On the wires:

• PayAnywhere APIs Now Available for Android Developers
• Seamless and MICROS-Fidelio enter into a contract for mobile payments in the Nordic countries
• Security Service Federal Credit Union Selects Tyfone to Deliver Next Gen Mobile Services
• Sovereign Bank Launches "First in Mobile Wallet" Promotion With LevelUp
• Western Union Pursues Web-Savvy Consumers

On the web:

• Remittances: Over The Sea And Far Away - The Economist
• Meet Google's New NFC Payment Card, Beba - The Next Web

On the wires:

• NYSE Euronext To Acquire Corpedia Corporation
• U.S. Bank Releases a Cobranded Credit Card App for Android
• GoPayment Uses Geolocation to Help Small Businesses Determine Local Sales Tax
• SelectCore to Offer Third-Party Gift Cards Through Retail Network
• Scoutmob Lands $3.25 million in Financing and First Data 'OfferWise' Integration

Heartland Payment Systems announced its Mobuyle Restaurant solution, which enables restaurateurs to accept credit, debit and gift card payments through Android smartphones and mobile devices.

"Restaurant merchants are finding mobile to be an outstanding alternative to traditional terminals and Heartland is leading the charge in providing a secure and comprehensive mobile payment acceptance solution," said Mike English, Heartland's executive director of product development. "By accepting credit, debit and gift card payments through Android smartphones and mobile devices, Mobuyle enables restaurateurs and their staff to enhance the overall customer experience."

appMobi has announced public beta availability of playMobi, a cross-platform HTML5-based game development, deployment, and monetization SDK.

playMobi enables cross-platform in-app purchasing with its 1Touch in-app payment system. When a player makes a purchase, playMobi automatically completes the transaction using the correct in-app-purchase backend system, based on the device in use. When running on iOS, playMobi uses iTunes; on Android, Google Payments; on Facebook, Facebook Credits; and on the Open Web, PayPal.

More information is available from the appMobie website, www.appmobi.com.

PaymentOne has announced the availability of its PayOne Mobile SDK with Android One Click API.

By adding the simple Android One Click API from the PayOne Mobile SDK in their code, Android developers can begin making money from app downloads and in-app purchases made over the PaymentOne network, spanning more than 70 countries and 3.5 billion consumers. PaymentOne pioneered direct carrier billing and no-credit-card-required payments, and has been innovating simple user experiences that deliver secure "fraud-proof" transactions for more than a decade.

On the web:

• Updated PayPal Mobile App for Android Featuring P2P NFC Capabilities - PayPal Blog
• In Myeong-dong Shopping District, Mobile Phones Replace Credit Cards - The Korea Herald

On the wires:

• Secure Remote Payment Council White Paper on Secure eCommerce and Mobile Payments
• Bell ID (Netherlands) Launches TSM Software Solutions to Manage NFC Ecosystem Complexity
• GlobalCollect Study Reveals Key Differences in Social and Mobile Gaming in China and Korea
• InteliSpend Prepaid Solutions Expands Offerings in Canada with Universal Visa Prepaid Card
• Delego and YESpay Jointly Provide SAP Customers with a Multi-channel EMV Payment Solution
• Aconite Partners with MK Technology to Distribution Payment Solutions in Vietnam

On the web:

• Mobile Wallets, Contactless Payments Overhyped Say Analysts - American Banker
• Human Kiosks: Serving Customers Through Virtual Engagement - Point of Sale News
• Richard Branson Invests in Square Mobile Payments - Digital Trends
• State of EMV in US - Bank Systems & Technology

On the wires:

• Tabbedout Continues Expansion; Brings Mobile Payment to Seattle
• People’s United Bank Expands Its Relationship with FIS’ Mobile Financial Services
• MasterCard Reports Strong Third Quarter Growth in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Region
• CenPOS Launches Mobile Payment App for Smartphones via Android Market

On the web:

• Google Wallet Merchants Kick Off Mobile Payments With Discounts - AllThingsD
• Windstar Selects SeaPay for Payroll Debit Card - Cruise News
• BillGuard’s Scam-Seeking Service Captures $10M in Venture Funding - Wall Street Journal

On the wires:

• Adyen Opens for Business in Latin America
• Pay Anywhere Enhances its No Compromise Mobile Payment System for Apple and Android Users
• Western Union to Offer Money Transfer Services Through FOREX Bank in Nordic Countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
• MOBIbucks and Advanced Integrated Systems Partner to Provide First Mobile Money Platform for the Caribbean
• mBlox Launches New Strategy and Digital Identity to Power Mobile Commerce

On the web:

• Ericsson Enables In-App Android Payments Via Carrier Bills - mocoNews
• High-impact events in a warming world: Business continuity planning for retail payments - Portals and Rails

On the wires:

• UseMyServices Partners with SafetyPay for Mutual Network Expansion
• Green Dot Partners with Blackhawk Network to Expand Product Availability
• U.S. Bank First in Industry to Launch Mobile-Enabled Credit Card Application at Select Retail Locations

On the web:

• Facebook Caves To Apple On Mobile Payments on iOS - BusinessInsider
• Square Processing $2B In Payments Per Year, Has Signed Up 800K Merchants - TechCrunch
• eBay to Unveil Commerce Identity at X.Commerce Innovate DevCon - AuctionBytes
• Create Card-Free Rewards Programs with Apps - Entrepreneur.com
• ZipPay To Launch New Mobile Payments Service Cheaper Than Square - TechCrunch
• MasterCard To Equip Subway Restaurants For Mobile Payments - WSJ.com

On the wires:

• Merchant Warehouse Announces Best Practices for Small Businesses Affected by Recent Revisions to Interchange Fee
• VirtualPiggy Now Available to Merchants on eBay’s Magento Platform
• First Open Source In-app Payment Library for Android OS by SmsCoin Project

Text2Pay has announced Tap2Pay, their in-app payment solution for Google Android.

In-app payments are instantly made available to consumers once Tap2Pay is integrated into the mobile developer’s application. With 95-100% coverage in over 70 countries, the ability to process transactions in 60 currencies and localization support for 49 languages, there is no need for any additional development work. Tap2Pay offers single tap purchasing through carrier billing, built-in support for one-off and subscription items along with virtual currency and virtual goods transactions.

On the web:

• Vodafone to Extend Android Billing Worldwide - Rethink Wireless
• Mobile On/Off Switch for Debit Cards Now in Testing - American Banker
• Are Cheques Really Here to Stay in UK? - ThisIsMoney.co.uk
• Why Kenya’s M-Pesa Won’t Work Anywhere Else - memeburn

On the wires:

• Frontier Airlines Selects Accertify to Provide Online Fraud Protection
• NYPAY Event: Alternative Payments & Disruptive Innovation - Where Will the Winners Come From?
• E-invoicing Made Simple: the IKB Leasing Group signs up with Crossgate
• TransFirst Acquires Solveras Payment Solutions

On the web:

• PayPal Enables Peer-to-Peer Payments on Android With NFC - AllThingsD
• Arab Financial Services (AFS) Signs Multi-year Fraud Detection Deal - Trade Arabia
• Bringing Trust Back to the Table: Adyen and Mobile Payments - Forbes
• Mobile Banking Company (Tyfone) Talks about its Flagship Memory Card - TMCnet

On the wires:

• iSend Expands Mobile Top-Up Service Reach with Tigo El Salvador and Tigo Guatemala
• MetraTech's Metanga Taps Scribe for Online Billing Integration for Azure ISVs
• Xsilva Systems Rebrands as LightSpeed, Opens APIs for Developers
• Fiserv Renews Debit Processing Contract with Heartland Financial
• New Aite Group Report on Card Security Risks

BOKU has announced that its 1-Tap Mobile Billing for Android capability is now live in 56 countries.

The developer SDK opens up significantly expanded revenue opportunities to Android developers via direct carrier billing for in-app purchases, along with a consumer reach that spans the globe. Once integrated, BOKU’s production Android SDK provides users with a simple 1-Tap purchase process that does not require the collection of credit cards, financial information, user login, or registration through a third-party website.

On the web:

• How Wal-Mart Swiped JPMorgan in $16 Billion Debit-Card Lobbying Battle - Bloomberg
• PayPal Retires Money Market Fund - AuctionBytes
• BillMyParents.com Traffic Spikes to 600,000 Unique Visitors - NetBanker
• Symantec: Android and iOS differ widely on security - Rethink Wireless
• Accel Puts $34 Million In Online Payments Platform Braintree - TechCrunch
• Appeals Court Upholds Denial in Debit Fee Case - Forbes.com
• Zong Calls for Lower Operator Revenue Shares - GSMA Mobile Business Briefing
• Group files FTC complaint over Facebook Credits - MarketWatch
• Credit Card Problems Abroad - Readers Respond - NYTimes.com

On the wires:

• Dynamics Inc. Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding
• PayCommerce Announces Processor-Agnostic Gateway Services for ISOs
• ReadSoft Enters into Global e-Invoicing Partnership with OB10
• Zuora Adds Support Four Leading Payment Gateways

Adyen has announced the availability of a new single-click mobile payment pages solution for iPhone and Android. "The outsourced solution gives application developers the ability to implement an alternative payment solution to itunes that also accepts credit cards, PayPal and a range of other payment methods within mobile applications and mobile websites."

Starbucks has announced the latest offering of the Starbucks mobile platform with "the launch of Starbucks for Android app providing more consumers access to the fastest way to pay and other features to manage their Starbucks Card on-the-go. In addition, the company announced that Safeway, Inc., one of the nation’s largest supermarket chains, plans to rollout mobile payment in July at nearly 1,000 Starbucks in Safeway supermarkets across the United States, including the company’s Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Genuardi’s stores."

Think Computer Corporation announced that it has added NFC support to its FaceCash Wallet mobile application on the Android platform, making FaceCash "the first payment system to support both barcode and NFC-based communication at the point of sale."

MoreMagic Solutions has announced the launch of its eTopUpOnline application for smartphones. "The application is now available across all major global mobile platforms, including Blackberry, Android, iPhone and Symbian."

On the wires:

• New Aite Group Report on Global Anti-Money Laundering Vendors
• SelectCore Extends Prepaid Reload Platform in Canada
• Think Launches On-Line Ordering, More New Features with FaceCash
• Revel Systems Raises $3.7 Million Series A for iPad-based IPOS System

On the web:

• NetBanker: BillGuard's "Anti-virus for Credit Cards"
• American Banker: Starbucks Mobile Pay App for Android a Hit (Unofficially)
• BusinessWeekMake Business Credit Cards Fair, Too
• PCWorld: NFC Smartphone Payments Taking Off? Not So Fast
• Xinhuanet.com: China Issues Third-party Payment Licenses to Regulate, Spur Online Business
• Monetising Mobile: Speaker Presentations - Visa, BOKU, Nokia
• The Washington Post: Credit Unions Increasingly Offer High-Rate Payday Loans
• TechCrunch: Minno Rebrands As BuySimple, and Raises Money to Go After Micropayments

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• My Modern Metropolis: Pop Culture Cash

AisleBuyer has announced that it now offers a "full multi-channel checkout solution to retailers and shoppers, available for iPhone and Android devices."

"After eliminating checkout lines with mobile self-checkout, we realized that in-store transactions and e-commerce transactions shouldn't be two separate things. In a single transaction, customers can now order some products for home delivery while walking out of the store with others," said Andrew Paradise, CEO of AisleBuyer. "With the addition of multi-channel checkout functionality, retailers and consumers have a true one-stop mobile shopping application at their disposal."

mopay has announced the release of its next-generation mobile payments platform.

“Most mobile payments providers focus on Web purchases and in-app billing on the Android platform,” said Kolja Reiss, Managing Director of mopay. “With our brand new mobile payments platform, we are the first provider to offer a state-of-the-art billing solution that features the flexibility to be customized for every platform, be it desktop PCs, notebooks, smartphones, tablets, TVs, game consoles, in-car entertainment systems, kiosks and even appliances. This flexibility gives merchants endless opportunities to reach their customers in new and exciting ways and to make any Internet-connected device a sales channel.”

Square has announced a bunch of new features for its iPad POS solution. "The new, free Square Register app for iPad streamlines checkout, tracks sales, and makes it easy for businesses to communicate with customers on their mobile phones. The company also introduced Card Case, which enables iPhone and Android users to explore local businesses; view menus; track and store digital receipts; and open digital tabs to make instant, effortless purchases – all on their phones."

In related news, TechCrunch also reports the latest Square adoption metrics.

Corduro has announced a new mobile payment app that "lets non-profit and other organizations mobilize their volunteers in a whole new way. Available soon for iPhone, iPad or Android devices, users can share their passions by inviting others to connect with the Corduro community and join the charitable groups that they support. Corduro is kicking off this new app with a special site and contest at www.mobilizeyourarmy.com."

On the wires:

• mBlox Closes New Fund Raising Round with Singapore’s EDBI
• Western Union Money Transfer Service Available at Banco Bradesco Locations in Brazil
• Giftango and Vesta Eliminate Payment Fraud for Merchants of eGift Cards
• YESpay International Provides a Cross-Border Integrated Payment Solution to North American Merchants
• CPI Card Group Signs Reseller Agreement with DeviceFidelity to Commercialize Mobile Payments

On the web:

• Wall Street Journal: Wireless Carriers Scrap Plans for Their Own Mobile-Payment Network
• FOX Business: PayPal's Mobile Business (Scott Thompson Video Interview)
• VentureBeat: Why in-app billing doesn’t solve all of Android Market’s problems
• MSNBC: Online Game Gets Real-World Banking License in Sweden
• NFC World: Oracle: Is NFC Too Slow for Payments and Coupons?
• NACS Online: Tap-and-Go Payments on the Rise in UK

On the wires:

• Compass Plus Introduces TranzWare Online Universal Payment Gateway to Speed Interface Development
• NetSpend Selects Actiance's Socialite SaaS Platform to Ensure Compliance and Security of Social Media Channels
• Magellan Navigates to Merchant e-Solutions for Payment Processing Services
• GearHost Selects Host Merchant Services for Credit Card Processing
• FiftyOne Partners With DHL to Deliver Superior Global eCommerce Experience
• New Aite Group report on eCommerce Hosting Providers
• Fifth Third Processing Solutions Expands Suite of Security Solutions
• eBillme Delivers 50% Lift in Consumer Acquisition at Mwave

On the web:

• ReadWriteWeb: Google and Ingenico to Develop NFC-based Mobile Coupons
• Bank Technology News: Bulls Run Wild for Mobile Payments
• Rethink Wireless: Nokia Enlists Angry Birds to Drive NFC