77 results about this entity
Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 19 Jan 2024
News
Vodafone plans to bring the M-Pesa mobile payments technology to Myanmar if it wins a bid to operate a mobile network in the South East Asian country.
12 April 2013
UK telco consortium Weve has appointed David Sear, formerly of Travelex and VocaLink, as chief executive officer.
05 February 2013
Wireless operator Vodafone and card giant Visa have unveiled the SmartPass contactless mobile payments system that they will launch in Australia next year.
20 November 2012
Vodafone is to launch its m-pesa mobile money transfer service in India in partnership with the country's largest bank, Icici Bank.
08 November 2012
UK-based wireless giant Vodafone has teamed up with Gemalto and m-commerce outfit CorFire to develop an NFC-based mobile wallet.
29 October 2012
NFC payments are to play second fiddle to mobile advertising in the business model drawn up by the Project Oscar consortium of UK wireless operators, who have rebranded their combined platform as Weve.
Vodafone is to expand the reach of its M-Pesa mobile money platform by participating in a remittance hub for cross-border cash transfers to 35 countries.
23 October 2012
Vodafone Italia has become the latest European carrier to begin a mobile payments trial, kicking off in Milan ahead of a planned nationwide roll-out in 2013.
12 October 2012
The European Commission has given UK wireless operators Vodafone, O2, and Everything Everywhere the green light for Project Oscar, their mobile payments joint venture.
05 September 2012
The UK's three largest telcos have finally submitted their plans to form a mobile payments joint venture company to the European Commission for approval.
08 March 2012
Mobile network operator Vodafone has formed a global partnership with Visa to bring contactless mobile payments to customers in more than 30 countries around the world.
27 February 2012
Bank of New Zealand and Vodafone have kicked off internal trials of mobile wallet technology using NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S2 handsets.
25 November 2011
German mobile operators Telefónica, Telekom and Vodafone are banding together to form a company pushing contactless payments.
18 August 2011
The UK's leading mobile operators are to establish a stand-alone joint venture with the aim of encouraging mass-market adoption of mobile marketing and payment services.
16 June 2011
ICICI Bank has teamed with telco Vodafone Essar on a joint venture offering mobile financial services to India's vast unbanked population.
18 January 2011
Leading banks and mobile operators in the Netherlands are joining forces to create a joint venture company aimed at introducing mobile payments at the check-out.
09 September 2010
Vodafone has partnered Doha Bank to launch a mobile money transfer service aimed at Qatar's large expat community.
05 July 2010
Bookmaker John Power has launched a service that taps M-Pesa to enable Kenyans to place bets on football matches using their mobile phone.
30 April 2010
Wireless operator Vodafone is launching M-Pesa, the hugely successful Kenyan mobile money transfer service, in South Africa.
16 February 2010
Wireless operator Safaricom has extended its hugely successful M-Pesa mobile money transfer service, enabling people in the UK to send funds to friends and family in Kenya.
03 November 2009
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