Russian financial institution Alfa-Bank has teamed up with local mobile operator VimpelCom to launch RuRu, a payment system that is set to offer mobile/e-commerce payments and P2P transfers and mobile remittances, nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com reports. VimpelCom operates the Beeline mobile network.
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PayPal co-founder, Facebook billionaire and general Silicon Valley demigod Peter Thiel gave an interview.
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Le Parlement européen a adopté une nouvelle directive afin de renforcer les droits des consommateurs lors des achats en ligne. La Fevad se dit satisfaite du retrait de deux dispositions initialement prévues.
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A new based mobile commerce platform dubbed card.io has been launched in the US. The platform allows smartphone users to carry out m-payments by taking a photograph of their credit cards using their handset’s camera.
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L’office américain des brevets, l’United States Patent and Trademark Office, a invalidé, mardi, une partie des brevets sur lesquels s’appuie Oracle dans une plainte de grande ampleur contre Google.
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American Express Co.’s latest play at the less affluent, its nearly fee-free prepaid card, looks less complementary to its digital wallet, Serve, and more cannibalistic.
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But there’s growing appreciation that protection is needed, Juniper Research says.
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Prepaid cards are evolving into more feature-reach transaction accounts and regulators are carefully following these trends.
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M-commerce will grow to $39 billion by 2016, but remain a small part of e-commerce.
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Everything Everywhere (the JV that runs T-Mobile and Orange in the UK), Telefónica UK, and Vodafone UK have announced plans to create a standalone m-commerce joint venture, enabling the development and delivery of both new mobile marketing and payment services.
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