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| Mobile Wallet Rollout | | Bridging People and Payments |  Arlene Hauben |  | | | As millions of phones get equipped with NFC (near field communication) chips, the stage is set for the mobile wallet. NFC is an evolution of the radio-frequency identification (RFID) smart tags used on transit fare cards and contactless payment systems such as MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | Prepaid Telecom Under Regulatory Attack | | What Can You Do? | | Rivka Gewirtz Little |  | | | This past fall, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hit five prepaid telecom companies with a collective $25 million in fines for deceptive marketing practices. Under regulatory attack again, prepaid telecom companies have two choices: they can swiftly change their business practices or fight back. Neither option is particularly simple. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | 5 Minutes With Andrew Paradise | | CEO, AisleBuyer | | Arlene Hauben |  | | | Andrew Paradise is the CEO & Founder of AisleBuyer, a software company that offers a revolutionary mobile commerce platform for retailers, brands and quick service restaurants. AisleBuyer provides brick and mortar retailers with new ways to improve the in-store shopping experience for smartphone users. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | Banking the Unbanked with Mobile Cash | | Can We Learn from African Mobile Business Model? | | Gary Schwartz |  | | | With approximately 60 million people unbanked (or underbanked) in North America, Africa has become a technology poster child for wireless carriers, retailers, and financial institutions that are trying to de-risk banking for the poor. But can mobile business models and banking solutions from Africa be transferred to main-street North America? | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | Digital Gifting in the B2B Space | | Rewards and Rebate Innovations | | Arlene Hauben |  | | | The holiday season has always been a good time to recognize employees and thank clients for their business. Research studies show that the majority of people value recognition and rewards even more than money. | | | MORE [+] | | COMMENT [0] |
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| | | | | Prepaid Phonecall Association Formed | |
Guest Blog
by Gene Retske
The Earth moved in January. As the former editor of The Prepaid Press, I frequently lamented the lack of a trade association for the prepaid phone industry, especially the sector that focuses on prepaid international calls.
Now, it has finally come to fruition.
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