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Alcatel-Lucent partners with Voice Commerce for mpayment services

Financial services group Voice Commerce has struck a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to provide payment and mobile money services to mobile operators based on the vendor’s Mobile Wallet Service (MWS). Voice Commerce operates various financial services covering the provision of payments and e-money services, with a platform the company claims is well suited to mobile service providers in emerging markets.

Key talking points at the Mobile Financial Services conference

Informa Telecoms & Media held its annual Mobile Financial Services conference on March 9-10 in London. The conference presented a good opportunity to hear views from leading industry experts on the status of the mobile banking and payments industry.

Orange moves into financial services space

The Orange credit card

Mobile operator Orange UK and Barclaycard have extended their relationship to introduce a contactless payment system, in the form of a credit card rather than a phone.