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| 18.11.2021 | Boku extends its M1ST Payments Network into Thailand with TrueMoney & Rabbit LINE Pay | Combined, the M1ST Payments Network reaches over 30 million consumer accounts in Thailand alone
LONDON, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boku Inc., (AIM: BOKU), provider of M1ST, the world’s largest mobile payments network has today announ... |
| 21.09.2021 | European mobile transactions rocket, but emerging markets lead the way for mobile wallets | Russia, Germany, Portugal and Sweden are projected to grow the fastest for mobile payment transactions in Europe by 2025, comprising four of the ten fastest countries globally.
Despite rapid growth in mobile transactions, Europe lags behind... |
| 14.09.2021 | Boku : streamlines & secures online transactions in Germany | LONDON, Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boku Inc., (AIM: BOKU), provider of the world’s most comprehensive mobile operator identity network has launched its Verify and Authenticate solutions in Germany, with both solutions integrated wit... |
| 18.08.2021 | Boku launches M1ST, the world's largest mobile payments network | M1ST is the largest mobile payments network in the world, reaching 5.7 billion payment accounts in 90 countries through 330+ mobile payment methods
Through M1ST, merchants can quickly and securely accept mobile wallets, real-time payments a... |
| 18.08.2021 | Boku : launches M1ST, the world's largest mobile payments network, connecting Southeast Asia Digital Consumers to global merchants | SINGAPORE, Aug 18, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - - Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) today announced the launch of the M1ST (aka Mobile First), the world's largest mobile payments network. The M1ST Payments Network features an unrivalled 330+ mobile payment ... |
| 18.08.2021 | Boku : launches M1ST, the world's largest mobile payments network | M1ST is the largest mobile payments network in the world, reaching 5.7 billion payment accounts in 90 countries through 330+ mobile payment methods
Through M1ST, merchants can quickly and securely accept mobile wallets, real-time payments a... |
| 18.08.2021 | Boku : launches M1ST, the world's largest mobile payments network | Most recent 10 articles distributed by RealWire
*M1ST is the largest mobile payments network in the world, reaching 5.7 billion payment accounts in 90 countries through 330+ mobile payment methods
*Through M1ST, merchants can quickly and se... |
| 07.12.2018 | Boku takes on mobile with $112m Danal acquisition | Boku, a direct carrier billing company, has signed an agreement to acquire the whole of the outstanding shares of Danal, a mobile security firm for a total of $112 million.
The acquisition will mean that Danal’s mobile identity and authenti... |
| 19.07.2018 | TempoCap completes fourth portfolio acquisition in France since December 2015 | TempoCap Limited (“TempoCap”), a leading primary and secondary technology investment firm investing in high growth assets in Europe, has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of companies from Entrepreneur Venture Gestion (“EVG”).
EVG w... |
| 23.01.2018 | Social Shopping Platform Depop Secures $20M for Global Expansion | Depop, the social shopping platform for creative entrepreneurs, has completed a $20 million Series B led by Octopus Ventures, making it one of the most well-funded European fashion startups of 2017. The funding also includes additional capi... |
| 15.11.2017 | Boku to raise $60m ahead of London IPO | Of the $60 million, $39.5 million will be distributed to individual investors
Carrier billing company Boku plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange’s alternative investment market (AIM), an international market for smaller growing co... |
| 13.11.2017 | Carrier billing startup Boku to raise £45M in London IPO November 20 | Boku, the startup that partners with Apple in its rollout of carrier billing for the App Store, expects to raise £45 million ($60 million) on a post-money valuation of £125 million ($164 million) when it goes public on November 20, a week f... |
| 06.09.2016 | Boku raises $13.75M in new funding to bolster direct carrier billing services | Boku last week announced it secured $13.75 million in venture funding to expand carrier billing across numerous carrier connections in developed and emerging markets worldwide, according to a press release.
Several of Boku's existing ventur... |
| 05.09.2016 | Boku Raises $13.75M from NEA | SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boku, the world’s largest direct carrier billing mobile payments company, is pleased to announce that it has secured $13.75 million in further venture funding to expand carrier billing across numerous carrier... |
| 03.09.2016 | Boku Raises $13.75M |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, World's largest direct carrier billing mobile payments company, is pleased to announce that it has secured $13.75 million.
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| 01.09.2016 | Boku raises $13.75 million as carrier billing adoption accelerates | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Boku announced today that has raised $13.75 million in a new round of venture capital as it seeks to expand the range of carrier billin... |
| 01.09.2016 | Boku Raises $13.75M | Boku, a San Francisco, CA-based direct carrier billing mobile payments company, secured $13.75m in further venture capital funding.
Backers included Khosla Ventures, Benchmark Capital, NEA, Index Ventures and DAG Ventures, as wellwe new inv... |
| 01.09.2016 | Boku locks down another $13.75M to fund carrier connections for global expansion | Global mobile payments company Boku announced a $13.75 million funding round today led by a consortium of UK investors. The company had previously raised approximately $77.25 million from Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Index Ve... |
| 01.09.2016 | Boku raises $13.75 million as carrier billing adoption accelerates | Boku announced today that has raised $13.75 million in a new round of venture capital as it seeks to expand the range of carrier billing services it offers.
Based in San Francisco and founded in 2009, Boku has now raised a total of $91 mill... |
| 02.09.2015 | Austrian phone payments service provider DaoPay acquires Boku’s ‘pay by call’ business | DaoPay, a 14-year old Austrian company that offers carrier billing payment solutions, says it has acquired the 'pay by call' business of American rival Boku for an undisclosed amount.
The Vienna-based company says the deal makes it the larg... |
| 17.08.2015 | Boku Acquires Mobileview Italia | Boku, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based global leader in carrier billing and cross-platform mobile payments, acquired Mobileview Italia, a provider of mobile payment solutions in Italy.
Mobileview Italia, which was sold by its German parent c... |
| 15.08.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/15/15 | Zirtual was bought by Startups.co; Branch Metrics purchased ClassOwl; Liquid acquired CommandIQ
In a strange turn of events, virtual assistance company Zirtual was bought, and subsequently saved, by Startups.co., a dafter announcing that it... |
| 13.08.2015 | Boku Acquires Mobileview Italia In Further Carrier Billing Consolidation | Boku, the U.S.-based company that enables consumers to pay for goods via their phone bill or phone credit, has made another land grab in Europe with the acquisition of Italy’s Mobileview Italia from parent company dtms. Terms of the deal re... |
| 05.05.2015 | Boku brings its carrier-billing technology to Google Play | Mobile payments platform Boku is launching its carrier-billing technology on Google Play, letting anyone buy games and apps without the need for a bank card to complete the purchase. The technology is rolling out slowly and will only be ava... |
| 05.05.2015 | Boku brings its carrier-billing technology to Google Play | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile payments platform Boku is launching its carrier-billing technology on Google Play, letting anyone buy games and apps without the... |
| 26.02.2015 | Boku launches ‘phone-on-file’ carrier billing to replace credit cards with phone numbers | Mobile payments company Boku is lifting the lid on a new cross-platform payment mechanism today, one designed to make carrier billing a breeze for online transactions.
E-commerce giants such as Amazon, Google, and Apple make the process of ... |
| 26.02.2015 | Boku launches ‘phone-on-file’ carrier billing to replace credit cards with phone numbers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile payments company Boku is lifting the lid on a new cross-platform payment mechanism today, one designed to make carrier billing a... |
| 16.10.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding stories, from on-demand painting to cognitive computing | Here’s a list of today’s biggest funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share and remember to check back for updates! Digital Reasoning raises $24M
Digital Reasoning, calling itself “a leader in cogni... |
| 16.10.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding stories, from on-demand painting to cognitive computing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s biggest funding stories,... |
| 07.10.2014 | Boku Buys Germany’s Mopay In Carrier Billing Consolidation, Covering 5B Users | Boku — the U.S.-based startup that enables consumers to pay for goods on their phones by charging directly on to their phone bills or deducting from available phone credits — is today announcing it is acquiring Germany-based Mopay, one of i... |
| 18.04.2014 | Coppertino raises $500,000 from AVentures, TA Venture and Torben Majgaard | Coppertino, a Los Angeles-based startup with Ukrainian origins, announced today that it has raised half a million dollars at an undisclosed valuation from leading Ukrainian investment firms AVentures and TA Venture as well as from Torben Ma... |
| 11.04.2014 | Ukraine’s TA Venture and Russia’s ABRT team up to invest in UK startup Zesty | Zesty, a London-based service for booking medical appointments online, announced today that it has obtained $2 million in funding at an undisclosed valuation from Ukrainian VC TA Venture and Russian VC ABRT Fund.
The company – which was bac... |
| 21.11.2013 | Boku Makes Its First Acquisition, Qubecell, To Expand Its Mobile Payment Services In India, Asia And Middle East | Back in 2009, San Francisco-based mobile payments and carrier billing company Boku was born out of the merger of two other startups, Paymo and Mobillcash. Today, Boku is making its first acquisition in another consolidation move: it has acq... |
| 21.11.2013 | Boku Acquires Qubecell | Boku, Inc., a San Francisco,CA-based provider of solutions for carrier billing and cross-platform mobile payments, acquired Qubecell, an Indian provider of direct carrier billing solutions.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. F... |
| 14.01.2013 | BOKU Co-Founder Ron Hirson Departs To Take On EIR Roles At Khosla Ventures And Mayfield Fund | Ron Hirson, the co-founder and president of mobile payments company BOKU, is stepping down from his full-time position at the company. Hirson is leaving to take on entrepreneur-in-residence roles at two separate venture capital firms, Khosl... |
| 10.01.2013 | Telefonica Makes Its First Wayra-Incubated Investment With Taskhub, A TaskRabbit For Volunteers (And Making Money) | Telefonica has been operating a series of Wayra Academies to seed fund and mentor startups in Latin America and Europe since April 2011; and, in a signal of how Telefonica hopes to tap into that talent in the future, today the carrier has m... |
| 03.05.2012 | Boku locks mobile billing deals with all four major U.S. carriers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Boku, the company that allows you to pay for online purchases with your mobile phone number, is announcing today it has signed a deal w... |
| 03.05.2012 | Boku locks mobile billing deals with all four major U.S. carriers | Boku, the company that allows you to pay for online purchases with your mobile phone number, is announcing today it has signed a deal with Sprint, allowing it to process mobile payments with all of the major U.S. mobile phone carriers.
That... |
| 03.05.2012 | Mobile Payments Startup Boku Launches Billing Partnership With Sprint | Fresh off a $35 million round of funding, mobile payments company Boku is announcing a direct carrier agreement with Sprint that will allow Sprint customers to charge online purchases to their Sprint wireless bill through a two-step authori... |
| 21.03.2012 | The state of mobile payments: No more waiting on NFC | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Last year, I wrote an article for VentureBeat about how mobile phones and near field communication (NFC) technology could enhance the p... |
| 21.03.2012 | The state of mobile payments: No more waiting on NFC | Last year, I wrote an article for VentureBeat about how mobile phones and near field communication (NFC) technology could enhance the payments experience. I included a couple of important caveats:
NFC technology, in and of itself, is not co... |
| 15.03.2012 | Boku lands $35M from Telefonica, NEA to expand mobile payments | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The mobile payments gold rush continues. Boku, a company best known for its carrier payment offering, announced today that it has recei... |
| 15.03.2012 | Boku lands $35M from Telefonica, NEA to expand mobile payments | The mobile payments gold rush continues. Boku, a company best known for its carrier payment offering, announced today that it has received an additional $35 million investment led by Telefonica Digital and New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
T... |
| 15.03.2012 | BOKU Secures $35M |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Leader in online mobile payments, announced today that it has secured $35 Million in funding. Investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Telefonica Digital, as well as previous investors.
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| 15.03.2012 | BOKU capta $35M de NEA, Telefónica Ventures y antiguos inversores | 15/03/2012
BOKU CAPTA $35 MILLONES DE NEA, TELEFÓNICA VENTURES Y ANTIGUOS INVERSORES.
El segmento de los pagos móviles está caliente. BOKU ha anunciado una nueva ronda de financiación por importe de $35 millones que ha dado entrada al nue... |
| 15.03.2012 | Mobile Payment Startup BOKU Raises A $35M Round. NEA, Telefonica Among The Investors | Another sign of the significant investment and attention going into the mobile payments market and the competition that is heating up among the bigger players: BOKU is today announcing a significant new round of funding totaling $35 million... |
| 15.03.2012 | BOKU Raises $35M | BOKU, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of online mobile payment solutions, has raised $35m in funding.
Backers include New Enterprise Associates, Telefónica Digital, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures and... |
| 29.02.2012 | Vindicia adds mobile payments to CashBox via Boku | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Vindicia, a provider of the CashBox billing and customer management system for online merchants, is announcing today that consumers wil... |
| 29.02.2012 | Vindicia adds mobile payments to CashBox via Boku | Vindicia, a provider of the CashBox billing and customer management system for online merchants, is announcing today that consumers will be able to pay for items with their mobile phone numbers through a partnership with mobile payments fir... |
| 23.02.2012 | Boku debuts mobile payment service for physical stores | Boku Accounts challenges mobile payment offerings from PayPal and Google
Boku Inc., an online mobile company, has announced Thursday the launch of an innovative new mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores, called Boku Acc... |
| 22.02.2012 | Ahead Of Funding News, Boku Debuts NFC-Enabled Mobile Payments Platform For Carriers, Merchants And Consumers | Boku is debuting a brand new mobile payments platform today, that aims to disrupt the current way that consumers pay for goods via their mobile phones or credit cards. As you may remember, Boku offers an online payments platform that allowe... |
| 30.06.2011 | Boku expands one-tap billing on Android to 56 countries | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Boku is announcing today that it is enabling one-... |
| 30.06.2011 | BOKU Goes Live for Android App Developers: Carrier Billing for 56 Countries | Today BOKU, a mobile payments company that offers carrier billing on 230 operators around the world, announced that its 1-Tap billing solution for Android has gone live. The new commercial release is available in 56 countries, a big jump up... |
| 19.05.2011 | Mobile Payments Company BilltoMobile Goes Global | Mobile payment outfit BilltoMobile is today launching its service globally, covering over 200 mobile carriers in more than 60 countries worldwide. The service allows customers to pay for online purchases using their mobile phones. Currently... |
| 13.04.2011 | American Express bets on Payfone for mobile payments | Mobile payments is a toughly contested battleground, with everybody from small start-ups to cell phone operators and banks trying to get as big a foothold as possible. One of those start-ups, Payfone, disclosed today a $19 million round of ... |
| 10.04.2011 | Why does NFC matter? Does tap beat swipe for mobile payments? | Editor’s note: This discussion about mobile payments and commerce is one of the five themes we’ll debating at the VentureBeat Mobile Summit, on April 25-26. We’ve carefully invited the top mobile executives to help solve what we think are t... |
| 07.04.2011 | How HTML5 will kill the native app | Over the past two decades, the mobile industry has become increasingly stunted by fragmented protocols, standards, and regional differences. But a hot new technology called HTML5 promises to remedy this by delivering an unprecedented open, ... |
| 23.03.2011 | Boku to move from virtual-goods billing to real-goods billing in Germany | Boku has built a nice business handling direct mobile billing for online virtual goods. If you buy fuel for a tractor in a social game, you can use Boku to pay for it by typing in your mobile phone number; the charge shows up on your monthl... |
| 23.03.2011 | Boku to move from virtual-goods billing to real-goods billing in Germany | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Boku has built a nice business handling direct mo... |
| 07.03.2011 | GetJar Touts Its “No Fee” Philosophy, Says Developers Keep More Money | Third-party mobile application store GetJar is touting its “no fee” philosophy, in an effort to position itself as an alternative to the official app stores from Apple, Google and others. Recently, the company highlighted an example of its ... |
| 18.02.2011 | Video Interview: Boku's Ron Hirson Describes Their Mobile Payments Service | Mobile Payments were a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress. I mean HOT (well, if your into that kind of thing of course). Based on what I saw at the event though, there are a lot of people into that kind of thing. In fact, they h... |
| 27.01.2011 | BilltoMobile Expands Carrier Billing Options for Verizon Customers | Multiple mobile payments companies are teaming up to offer expanded direct carrier billing options to Verizon Wireless customers here in the U.S. BilltoMobile, a Verizon partner since March 2010, has signed an agreement with BOKU, a mobile ... |
| 27.01.2011 | Boku and Zong let Verizon customers pay via their phone bill | Boku, which lets users make purchases with their mobile phones the same way they would with a credit card, just announced a partnership with the BilltoMobile payment service, which is directly connected to the Verizon Wireless billing syste... |
| 16.11.2010 | PayNearMe goes mobile, lands $16M to enable online payments with cash | Cash payment service PayNearMe, formerly known as Kwedit, announced today that it has grabbed another $16 million in funding and is launching a new mobile payment option.
Directed at consumers who don’t have access to credit cards, PayNearM... |
| 02.11.2010 | Apple may be considering option to enable payments via iPhone | reader comments 17 with 14 posters participating
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| 02.11.2010 | Apple and Google wooing BOKU? | The mobile payment startup is apparently being courted by both tech giants
Mobile payments startup BOKU his being circled by some big names. According to unnamed sources, both Apple and Google are in discussions with the company about a pos... |
| 01.11.2010 | Exclusive: Apple, Google Are Sniffing Around Mobile Payments Startup BOKU | Both Apple and Google are engaged in conversations with mobile payments startup BOKU about a potential acquisition or a wide-reaching partnership at the very least, we’ve heard from people familiar with the talks, which are ongoing.
BOKU Pr... |
| 28.10.2010 | BilltoMobile signs up AT&T for direct mobile payments | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
BilltoMobile is announcing today it has partnered with AT&T to allow mobile phone users to purchase goods online via their mobile p... |
| 28.10.2010 | BilltoMobile signs up AT&T for direct mobile payments | BilltoMobile is announcing today it has partnered with AT&T to allow mobile phone users to purchase goods online via their mobile phone accounts.
Rivals Boku and Zong have also announced similar deals with AT&T.
Just as the company’... |
| 25.10.2010 | Just Because Apps are Free, Doesn’t Mean There’s No Money to Be Made | Today’s article in The New York Times (see: “App Makers Take Interest in Android“) focused on the growing Android app ecosystem, and the unfortunate side effect of being a Google-led project: people aren’t used to paying for Google services... |
| 05.10.2010 | Boku partners with Vodafone UK to let users pay with their mobile phones | Boku, which allows users to make purchases with their mobile phones the same way they would with a credit card, announced today it is partnering with Vodafone UK.
Boku operates much like a credit card for purchases. Boku users that are on a... |
| 05.10.2010 | Mobile Payments Startup Boku Lands Direct Carrier Deal With Vodafone UK | While mobile payments startups Boku and Zong have steadily gained traction and significant funding, both companies face the challenge of lofty carrier rates. Historically, wireless carriers have charged roughly 30% to 40% to process transac... |
| 26.08.2010 | Who Will Win the Mobile Payments Battle: Gadgets, NFC or Apps? | As news breaks this morning about the Intuit/Mophie partnership that aims to bring a complete credit card solution to the iPhone, the focus has been how this new product – an attachment that snaps onto the bottom of the phone – competes dir... |
| 02.08.2010 | AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile make plans to replace credit cards with smartphones | Soon you’ll be able to make purchases in the U.S. by waving your smartphone, if AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have their way. The carriers are partnering for a joint venture that will aim to displace credit and debit cards, sources famili... |
| 02.08.2010 | AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile make plans to replace credit cards with smartphones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Soon you’ll be able to make purchases in the U.S. by waving your smartphone, if AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have their way. The car... |
| 19.07.2010 | Mopay Now Allows You To Bill Mobile Payments To A Landline Account | Mobile payments company mopay is launching a new technology, mopay call, that allows online merchants to allow consumer to bill purchases to their land line phone accounts. Like competitors Zong and Boku, mopay’s platform doesn’t require us... |
| 13.07.2010 | With Carrier Rates Dropping, Boku Prepares To Expand Beyond Virtual Goods [Video] | Boku has carved out quite a name for itself in the fast-expanding world of mobile payments for virtual goods. The startup, which has raised more than $40 million since its launch last year, is now in 61 countries and has deals with some 200... |
| 04.06.2010 | BOKU Adds Andreessen Horowitz | BOKU, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based developer and provider of a mobile payment system, has raised an additional funding of undisclosed amount from Andreessen Horowitz.
This latest investment adds to the $25m Series C round that BOKU close... |
| 02.06.2010 | Mobile Payments Startup Boku Launches In-App Billing Library For Android | Fresh off an announcement of a strategic investment from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, mobile payments platform Boku is taking its mobile strategy one step further by launching an in-app mobile billing library for Android.
The Boku Payments ... |
| 02.06.2010 | Boku and Zong launch mobile payments for Android devices | In a vote of confidence for Google’s mobile operating system, mobile payments providers Boku and Zong are announcing today they will enable their services for Android mobile devices.
Boku and Zong are rivals in the emerging market for mobil... |
| 27.05.2010 | Andreessen Horowitz Makes Strategic Investment In Mobile Payments Platform Boku | Recently-launched mobile payments startup, Boku, has announced that they have received a strategic investment from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. Boku has declined to reveal the funding amount from this round, but to date the company has rais... |
| 27.05.2010 | Boku’s new sugar daddies are Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz | In a vote of confidence for mobile payments, Boku has raised a new round of funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Silicon Valley tech veterans Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz studied the fast-growing mobile payments market... |
| 27.05.2010 | Boku’s new sugar daddies are Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In a vote of confidence for mobile payments, Boku has raised a new round of funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Sili... |
| 28.04.2010 | Mobile payment startup Fortumo targets the long tail of virtual goods | [Estonia] Fortumo, the mobile payments provider, has launched FortuMoPay, a new service designed for selling credits in “online games, web applications and social networks.”
It differs from competitors such as Zong (which recently signed a ... |
| 09.02.2010 | Scrapblog's New App Lets You Make Pretty Scrapbooks From Your Facebook Photos | With 400 million users, Facebook is seeing 2.5 billion photos uploaded every month. Scrapblog, a startup that allows you to make beautiful Flash-based online scrapbooks, is hoping to help Facebook users make pretty collages of their photos ... |
| 04.02.2010 | Hi Media, European leader in mobile micropayments, invades USA | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s OK if you don’t know about Hi Media. The Paris-based, publicly traded company (they’re traded on Eurolist B) has been around for 1... |
| 04.02.2010 | Hi Media, European leader in mobile micropayments, invades USA | It’s OK if you don’t know about Hi Media. The Paris-based, publicly traded company (they’re traded on Eurolist B) has been around for 10 years but has kept its focus in Europe. Only last year did it set up shop in the UK.
But Hi Media is so... |
| 19.01.2010 | Mobile Payments Startup Boku Lands $25 Million In Funding; Rebrands Service As Paymo | Mobile payments for micro-transactions on the web are steadily gaining traction. This morning, the space received more validation as several prominent venture capital firms made a significant a investment in recently launched mobile payment... |
| 19.01.2010 | BOKU Raises $25M in Series C Equity Financing | BOKU, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a mobile payment system, has raised $25m in a series C equity financing.
The round was led by DAG Ventures, with participation from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
La... |
| 19.01.2010 | Mobile payments firm Boku gets $25M in spending money | Boku is on a roll. The mobile payments company bought two companies, combined them and, in June, launched its service, which lets people pay for online goods and games with their mobile phone accounts. Now it has raised $25 million in a thi... |
| 19.01.2010 | Mobile payments firm Boku gets $25M in spending money | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Boku is on a roll. The mobile payments company bought two companies, combined them and, in June, launched its service, which lets peopl... |
| 19.11.2009 | Boku gains momentum with mobile payments for social games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile payments provider Boku has gained a lot of momentum as a provider of alternate payment for social games.
The company said in Sep... |
| 19.11.2009 | Boku gains momentum with mobile payments for social games | Mobile payments provider Boku has gained a lot of momentum as a provider of alternate payment for social games.
The company said in September that it’s service was seeing big growth, but it has made more progress now. It’s announcing today ... |
| 19.11.2009 | Four New Approaches to Mobile Payment | It’s official, money transfer and mobile payment are among the most popular and lucrative mobile applications. In a report released earlier this week, Gartner identified the top 10 consumer mobile applications based on revenue, loyalty, con... |
| 29.10.2009 | Meet Zong+, A Mobile Payments Platform On Steroids And Potential PayPal Killer | Zong has seen tremendous growth over the past year from when the company debuted its mobile payments service from the TechCrunch50 demo pit. Zong’s model of billing micropayments to your cell phone bill caught our eye and sure enough, less ... |
| 22.09.2009 | Zong Launches Subscription Service For Mobile Payments | Over the past year, we’ve written frequently about mobile payments startups and the potential future of this technology. Rivals Zong and Boku both offer essentially the same service—the ability to make a payment for a micro-transactions via... |
| 04.09.2009 | For m-Commerce to Work, We Need to Embrace Mobile Payments (Part 2) | This is part 2 of a two-part article on the mobile e-commerce market in relation to other mobile trends.
In part 1 of this article, we looked at m-commerce’s struggles in relation to other mobile markets like mobile ads and video while also... |
