Cross-border European mobile payment network in the works

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Seven European payments operators are partnering to create a cross-boarder mobile payments network. The European Mobile Payment System Association initiative has been announced by seven European payments operators that own and operate mobile payments services in Europe. These operators, many of which are owned by banks, are in the process of building a pan-European network that focuses on cross-border mobile-based payment transactions. The move comes as banks and traditional financial services companies battle fintechs and global tech giants. The seven businesses and payments networks involved in the initiative include: •…

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Mobile payments partnership formed between Tieto and Russian MTS Bank

Mobile Payments partnership

The Finnish company has announced that it has entered into a deal with the banking giant from Russia. Tieto, a technology provider from Finland, has entered into a partnership with Russian MTS Bank in order to be able to launch a suite of different mobile payments technology services to their customers. There are several different services that are being combined within this transaction suite for smartphones. Among the various mobile payments capabilities that are being created for the Tieto and Russian MTS Bank suite are smartphone top ups, paying bills,…

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Mobile payments deal between Visa and Monitise is formed

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The new agreement for more than $59 million is meant to help extend smartphone money in Europe. Visa is now predicting that by the year 2020, over half of the transactions that are made by consumers in Europe will be done through mobile payments, so it is continuing to invest in this channel so that it will remain at the heart of this type of transaction. This is only one of several deals that Visa is currently making to stay central to this industry. The mobile payments partnership between Visa…

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