Following the Top 11 Payments News Stories of 2007 by Glenbrook Partners, I’ve put together a list of relevant news that are specific to Mobile Payments for 2007.
The year 2007 saw a number of mobile payment-related announcements and dozens of trials. Almost a year after Pay Buy Mobile was announced in GSM World 2007, nothing much has happened beyond trials and trials and more trials, and waiting for the technology gap (NFC) to close. Maybe 2008 will see more concrete/real deployments, and more handsets supporting NFC.
- HSBC Launches NFC Trial In U.S. (January 2007)
- Nokia 6131 NFC phone taps into mobile payment, ticketing and local sharing (January 2007)
- Visa Launches Mobile Platform (January 2007)
- GSM Association Aims For Global Point Of Sale Purchases by Mobile Phone (February 2007)
- Visa’s Mobile Platform Initiative (February 2007)
- Fair Play In HSBC Phone Pay Trial (March 2007)
- GSM Association picks Motorola to lead its Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative (June 2007)
- Visa, Wells Fargo to Test Mobile Payment (June 2007)
- Gemalto, NXP Collaborate on Mobile NFC Solutions (August 2007)
- Google “Gpay” patent reveals plans for mobile payments (September 2007)
- Gemalto and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. partner to start Asia’s first ‘Pay-Buy Mobile’ trial (October 2007)
- Singapore to start NFC trials (September 2007)
- Operators to Launch NFC-Based Mobile Payment Services (November 2007)
- O2 Launches Major London NFC Trial (November 2007)
- Sprint to launch Mobile Transit NFC-trial in San Francisco (December 24, 2007)
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