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ALSO CALLED: Micropayments, Wireless Payments, mPayments, Proximity Payments, m-Payments DEFINITION: M-payment (mobile payment) is a point-of-sale payment made through a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone, a smartphone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). Using m-payment, a person with a wireless device could pay for items in a store or settle a restaurant bill without interacting with any staff member. So, for example, if a restaurant patron wanted to pay quickly and leave the restaurant … Definition continues below.
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Mobile Banking: A Bright Spot Within A Struggling Financial Services Industry sponsored by BlackBerry WEBCAST: Watch this informative webinar to learn about the history of mobile banking, consumer and ecosystem trends driving mobile banking opportunity, moving banks from inquiry to revenue, and much more! Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Banking Industry \| Banking Services \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Financial Services \| Financial Services Industry \| Financial Transaction Processing \| Mobile Payments

Analyst paper: Mobile Banking Creates a Bright Spot Within the Struggling Financial Services Industry sponsored by BlackBerry ANALYST REPORT: Mobile banking is quickly growing in popularity among young, affluent, tech-savvy smartphone users in America and Canada. As a result, financial institutions will have a highly interactive and expandable line of services and devices they can use to engage their customers. Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| Published: 27 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Banking Industry \| Banking Services \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Financial Management \| Financial Services \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Payments \| PDA \| Smart Phones

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MOBILE PAYMENTS DEFINITION (continued): … on time to get to an appointment, the bill could be paid directly from the table - without waiting for a server to bring the check. The patron would simply connect to the cash register with a wireless device, punch in the table number and bank personal identification number (PIN), and authorize payment. According to Orange Mobile Payment (a Danish company), the entire transaction should take no more than 10 seconds. The earliest m-payment trials were based on the wide area network (WAN) used for cellular phones. That meant, however, that users had to pay cell phone charges to make a payment, …
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