e-Money
• Issuers of e-money in Germany need a written authorisation from the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin or Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).
• In December 2013, BaFin published a report on the regulations of Bitcoins in Germany. BaFin defined Bitcoins as units of account (Rechnungseinheiten) and thus financial instruments as per the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz). Commercial trading of Bitcoins is regulated and both issuers and buyers have to obtain a license from BaFin.
• Mobile network operator, Vodafone’s NFC-based mobile wallet and prepaid SmartPass account have been available throughout Germany since the beginning of 2014. The service is integrated with MasterCard-owned Trevica’s TSM platform
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• Cashcloud’s mobile eWallet application is available for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones. Money transfers can be done in real time and without cost for private users. Money can be easily transferred using social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Cashcloud also allows customers to collect ‘cashcredits’, a virtual currency. Cashcredits can be collected by being part of the cashcloud scheme and via social media interactions and then swapped for real eMoney or used to make payments.
• In February 2014, MasterCard in partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland, Vodafone and Trevica (a MasterCard owned subsidiary) introduced a new mobile platform to connect mobile operators and banks and accelerate growth in mobile payments in Germany. This partnership enables issuing banks to connect to a single platform instead of individual mobile operators to process
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• In January 2015, Wirecard, a German payments technology provider, launched a wearable wristband which allows users to make a payment using Host Card Emulation (HCE) at any contactless POS terminal. Users are required to simply swipe the wristband near the POS terminal to make payments, and the details of the transaction is displayed on a real-time basis on the screen of the wristband and in the smartphone app.
• In February 2015, Number 26 - a smartphone-only bank - launched in Germany in partnership with Wirecard Bank to offer unique banking experience to consumers. Individuals can open the account through their smartphone in less than eight minutes and the process is verified through a video call. Once the account is opened, all Number 26 bank customers get a MasterCard card free of cost to make payments and withdrawals. Customers receive a real time notification of their recent transactions in the Number 26 Smartphone
you won’t miss out on any points or bonuses. Purchases are made using NFC technology
Now it is made possible for you to pay with your phone. When it is time to swipe your card you now have the option to scan your card information of which you have saved from previous purchases through Internet based methods. You can save multiple cards at a time; all you would have to do is choose the card you would like to use. You can also transfer funds from one person to the other, same format as a bank but
- Customers can get online or use smartphone application to manage account, pay bills, etc. from anywhere in the world.
Mobile payment also referred to as mobile money, mobile money transfer or mobile wallet refers to payment services operated under financial regulation and performed from or via a mobile device. (www.wikipedia.org, 2016)
. Mobile payment users >190 MM in2012, which is over3 % of total mobile users worldwide a level considered as "mainstream”
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In Europe, contactless payment cards were used more than 1 billion times in the past 12 months.
Methodology: To perform a contactless payment, users hold their pre-authorised i-device against a payment terminal and
will bring mobile payments to the masses. NFC can be useful in a protocol to perform mobile payments in days Today. For this, a new protocol called mTrocos is presented . [1] It has
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