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- Consumer confidence in banks, credit card providers and investments remain stable as demand supercharges digital finance says Toluna research
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- Barclays says scammers take advantage of COVID-19, cashing in on nations’ uncertainty
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- Europe’s big bank problem: too much capital is trapped in the US, says Scope
- Later-Life lending market set to almost double in the next 10 years, finds report
- Barclays/Cebr report challenges nation to think differently about wealth
- Fifth of UK investors looking to debt investment, new research reveals
- Regtech will play a more important role in PSD2, says Mitek
- Banks turn to Fintech partnerships to improve customer experience, finds Fraedom
- New industry code to tackle fraud must deliver, says Which?
- New TTF report highlights loss of trust in financial services
- Arxan highlights financial app vulnerability epidemic
- SAS asks whether banks really need to choose between operations and innovation
- Which? raises alarm as almost 1,700 free ATMs become fee-charging
- Financial wellness affects half of peoples’ mental or physical health, finds report
- Study finds traditional financial institutions embrace Fintech disruption
- Grass is greener for environmentally friendly businesses, finds Barclays
- Prospective homeowners would consider a 40-year mortgage to escape renting, finds Santander
- Millennials’ needs are changing the face of banking industry, says new report
- FS is putting consumer data at risk by failing to protect mobile apps, says Arxan
- A lack of belief in their ability holds 28% women back in work, says Cambridge & Counties
- ‘Which?’ reveals Scotland has lost over a third of its bank branches in eight years
- Next downturn unlikely to be as bad as 2008, according to S&P
- FCA reveals findings from first cryptoassets consumer research
- US consumers favour single mobile app for banking and payments
- Banks suffering major IT shutdowns every day, ‘Which?’ reveals
- The US will be a key offshore centre in 2019, says GlobalData
- Debit industry changes markedly in 10 years of the Debit Issuer Study
- UK's ‘Big Five’ face ‘too big to compete’ as small challengers secure stellar returns
- Banks as vulnerable now as before crash, says new study
- Leverage ratio a constant conundrum for European and US banks, says SNL
8th November 2011
simplytap - mobile purchase by entering just 2 codes
simplytap has launched in the UK. This is a smartphone Ap allowing the fast purchase of items using the mobile phone. The company behind the Ap is Mobile Money Network (MMN), a joint venture including Monitise, Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy Europe.
The principles are simple with the user registering a credit or debit card, name and address with the organisation. When the user sees a MMN product number in an advert, online or on retail premises (if say it is too large to take with them from the premises), they enter the number and a password. Their card is debited and the item is delivered to their home.
The point is made that the customer data generated will offer valuable data-mining for the retailers. There is the inevitable 'targeted' electonic coupon system to the user's phone included. Carphone Warehouse, Best Buy Europe, Thorntons, Goldsmiths, thehut.com, Pretty Green and moreTvicar.com are involved in this first phase with more retailers promised in the near future.
The Ap tackles the difficulty in tackling the shopping basket approach using your mobile phone that can be experienced on many retailers' web sites. The difficulty is in part because some retailers have still to customise their purchase procedures for mobile phones. It is also in part having to enter the same reasonably extensive information on each purchase (Name, Address, Card number etc.). PayPal is an obvious rival to this service although still requires the goods to be selected rather than the use of the product code. It will be interesting to see whether the product can generate the critical mass of retail and consumer support to make it a long lasting contender.
The Ap is currently offered in Android and Apple flavours.
At the same time Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse agreed to scrap their plans for new European megastores and are to close the 11 they have in the UK. Best Buy is also to buy Carphone Warehouse out of the Best Buy Mobile Venture in the US. Both sides appear happy with the US deal which nets Carphone Warehouse £838m and the two plan to develop joint venture stores in developing countries at a faster rate.