Posted 19 February 2010 by Gaia Vince on New Scientist WITH smartphones taking the world by storm, a phone that can only send and receive voice calls and text messages may seem like a relic from a bygone age. Yet in East Africa, simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy, thanks [...]
Tag Archives: SMS payments
Tue 03/09/2010 - 09:15
Fri 01/29/2010 - 11:39
Forget about cell phone communication for collection calls. The real needle-mover for the ARM industry could be text-messaging — if current laws are changed. by Phill Britt insideARM January 27, 2010 Information technology research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. recently predicted that SMS money transfers will be the number one mobile application by 2012. Even [...]
Wed 01/20/2010 - 05:36
Wall Street Journal By CARRICK MOLLENKAMP Thousands of Americans have pledged $9 million to Haitian relief agencies this week by punching a code and sending a text on their cellphones. But it could be weeks, if not months, before any of that money actually can be used. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CNN, and users [...]
Fri 01/15/2010 - 03:39
As posted by Newsweek During its most recent pledge drive, the popular public-radio program This American Life followed a familiar script, exhorting its users to chip in $10, $5, even just $1, to help pay for its weekly broadcast. The pitch wasn’t new, but one of the payment methods was instead of heading to your [...]
Fri 05/15/2009 - 08:54
Credit card giant to roll out Mobile MoneySend platform in the US this month. Â Mobile MoneySend provides a channel to send and receive funds via SMS, browser, app or PC. Initially, consumers will be able to use it with a MasterCard pre-paid from The Bancorp Bank and then link it to their mobile phone [...]
