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This Week’s Mobile Commerce Round Up

04/06/2013 Stephen Vagus

Check out this week’s mobile commerce news round up with our new video news series… Articles Covered and Notes For Review… Technology news rumors suggest the next iPhone will be out in June The most recent predictions being made by experts and bloggers in the mobile industry suggest that the iPhone 5S will be debuted on June 20. These predictions align with the typical launch cycles of previous iPhones, with initial news of these new mobile devices showing up in the early days of spring or summer. Wall Street…

Mobile payments solution forms through new Western Union partnership

04/02/201304/01/2013 L. Green

The company has partnered with a Nigerian company in order to provide locals with smartphone money solutions. The Western Union Company has just entered into a deal with the Nigerian company called Virtual Terminal Network (VTN) in order to provide a mobile payments solution to consumers in the country. The service allows users to fund a VTN VCASH account and transfer money to other accounts. The customers would fund the account through the use of Western Union. From there, VCASH users would be able to make mobile payments transfers for…

Mobile payments from Western Union make it easier to pay the bills

03/14/201303/13/2013 Sam Lambert

The new app has just been debuted by the company with the intention of simplifying the customer experience. Western Union has just announced that it has taken an important step into the mobile payments environment in order to make it easier for customers to choose a simple and convenient solution with which to pay their bills. Two mobile apps have been introduced to be used along with their Speedpay service. The Speedpay mobile payments applications are geared toward mortgage providers, banks, insurance companies, and other types of organization. These billing…

What is mobile commerce and how it affects the way we do business

03/05/201303/05/2013 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce – creating a more convenient economic ecosystem within the palm of your hand Commerce is changing; it is becoming more mobile as smartphones and tablets become more prolific. Consumers are finding that their mobile devices are more convenient to use than traditional methods of commerce due to the vast assortment of applications that are available to them. The convenience and availability of these devices has caused a spike in mobile commerce activity and interest, with consumers showing that they are now more willing than ever before to move…

Western Union adds new payment entity combining online, prepaid card, and mobile business

08/31/201108/31/2011 Stephanie Beck

The biggest payment transfer company in the world, Western Union Co., has announced that it will be combining its online, prepaid card, and mobile business to create a single new entity which will provide consumers with a larger number of services and will grow their customer base. The official online portal for the company, westernunion.com, provides payment transfer services among two hundred countries around the world. This portal will now become a new element of the Western Union Ventures unit, under the leadership of Dianne Scott, the company’s chief marketing…