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Topping up with QR codes piloted by Vodafone UK

08/04/201508/01/2015 Jesse Woods

The mobile and wireless operator will be deploying quick response codes in retail outlets. Vodafone UK has announced that it will be taking on QR codes as a fast and easy form of technology to be used by customers who prepay for their service and who want to be able to top up their accounts. The idea is to allow customers to simply scan one of the quick response codes and refill their account credit. This project with QR codes is a part of a broader top-up application test was…

U.K. Mobile Payments to reach 20 million users by 2020

12/06/201312/03/2013 Jennifer Goula

The Centre for Economic and Business Research also sees large increases in purchasing over smaller screens. According to a recent report providing information on a study conducted by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), the use of U.K. mobile payments is going to explode over the next seven years, while at the same time, people in the country will be using their smartphones and tablets to buy a growing number of products and services. The prediction is that this year’s $7.85 billion in purchases will have risen to…

Mobile banking helps to empower Tanzanian women

02/09/201302/07/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The ability to exchange money and make payments with smartphones is placing power in the hands of women. The GSMA mWomen Programme is working in combination with Bankable Frontier Associates (BFA) and Visa Inc. in five different countries in order to help to better use mobile banking to reach women who are underserved and whose needs can be directly met by this technology and its associated products. The five countries include: Tanzania, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan and Kenya. The organization’s research has been providing a much more insightful understanding…