Mobile


Alliance Sends 20% of Monitise Workforce to IBM (Sept. 2, 2014)

U.K.-based Monitise and technology and consulting giant IBM have announced an alliance they say will improve IBM’s ability to deliver existing and future Monitise-based Mobile Money solutions to clients. The deal also will significantly increase Monitise’s ability to handle larger custom projects worldwide by combining the companies’ mobile banking, payments and e-commerce technology.

Ingo Money: 85% of OK’d RDC Checks Available in Minutes (Aug. 28, 2014)

More than 85 percent of approved checks sent over the Ingo Money platform, accounting for more than 90 percent of the platform’s total check value, now are funded to customer accounts and available to spend within minutes, according to Ingo Inc., the Georgia-based electronic funding specialist that operates Ingo Money.

QR Code Patent Latest Clue on Apple’s Mobile Wallet Plans

Details of Apple Inc.’s mobile wallet plans continue to trickle out, with the latest clue found in a patent filing that illustrates a QR code. Published late last month, the application describes a parental control system that would enable parents to control payment authorization on their children’s mobile devices.

Heartland Acquires mPOS Tablet Maker Leaf

Heartland Payment Systems has acquired Leaf, creator of an mPOS tablet, a deal the payments processor said demonstrates its commitment to providing resources and support for small- to medium-sized businesses.

Revitalizing Reloads

By Loraine DeBonis, Editor-in-Chief Options are exploding for prepaid cardholders with swipe, no-cost and mobile reloads making it easier than ever to spin cash into digital gold. Turning cash into an electronic form of payment is undergoing a bit of a renewal. With mobile deposit, unprecedented partnerships, free options and new uses for reload networks—from […]

Starbucks Plans Further Jolt for Mobile (July 31, 2014)

Starbucks has racked up nearly 12 million active monthly users for its mobile app, which processes 6 million transactions a week—and the company is looking to build upon that success, according to CEO Howard Schultz.

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