Sybase has announced that it has acquired paybox solutions AG, a global leader in mobile payment solutions. "With this acquisition Sybase continues to bolster its Unwired Enterprise strategy by extending its leading mobile infrastructure to mobile payments." READ MORE »

Last week, RBC Royal Bank announced that it is testing a new service, RBC Mobex Mobile Payment Service, that "allows users to easily and securely send and receive money instantly using a text message on their mobile phone."

RBC is doing several smart things here - announcing a new person-to-person service that's incrementally useful - not the "be all, end all" mobile payments service. They're making it easy to participate and doing some smart adaptive risk management too. The technology for the new service is being provided by paybox, a German mobile payments solutions company. Read on for details. READ MORE »

paybox and Globe Telecom have announced they are teaming up to extend the reach of their remittance network solutions and offering overseas Filipinos worldwide a cheaper and more convenient way to send money home. READ MORE »

Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad and paybox have announced they are partnering to launch new a mobile banking and mobile payment solution for the Malaysian market.

paybox and ViVOtech have announced they are partnering "to extend NFC-enabled remote and proximity m-Payments anytime and anywhere, in virtually any e-Commerce or m-Commerce scenario."

I had a brief email exchange this morning with Ralph Meister, CMO of paybox solutions AG, to learn more about what paybox has been up to in the mobile payments space. Paybox is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Yesterday, Germany's paybox announced its 3rd generation of Mobiliser mobile payment solutions that enable mobile operators and financial service providers to support mobile payment and mobile commerce.