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Blaze Mobile, Tetherball team up for mobile payment & coupon solution

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Blaze Mobile and Tetherball customers now have the ability to redeem mobile rewards and coupons, as well as make purchases using their mobile phones.

Blaze Mobile users can sign up for a loyalty program that grants them access to offers from Tetherball on their mobile phones from major retailers like Dairy Queen. To redeem the offer, the customer simply holds their cell phone, equipped with Blaze Sticker on the back, near the POS device at the check out stand. Once the offer is validated, the customer holds their cell phone near the POS device once again to pay for their purchase. [end] 

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the second edition of its “White Paper on Mobile Payments.”

According to EPC, the white paper focuses on the usage of the mobile payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and explores how m-payment services can be delivered through cooperation between service providers in the payment industry and players within the mobile ecosystem.

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In Europe, the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) and EPASOrg has developed a new global standard to help accommodate changes in new payment technologies, according to SupermarketNews.com

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will hold a workshop on April 26 to examine the use of mobile payments and how this emerging technology impacts consumers.

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Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of a SIM-based NFC road toll payment application on the Turkcell T11 smart phone.

Developed in collaboration with Bank Asya, the app allows users to migrate their plastic KGS toll payment cards onto their T11 smart phone to pay for fares when crossing bridges and freeway turnpikes.

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Mobile payment solution provider I Love Velvet announced that it has reached the second level of EMV certification (EMV2) which authorizes PIN and integrated chip payments from debit, credit and smart cards around the world.

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Collis has announced the launch of its Visa Mobile Payment Specification (VMCPS) Test Suite, enabling the functional testing of UICC or secure element-based contactless mobile payments applications.

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