Tag: smartphone payments

Mobile payments firm wins backing of Groupon and American Express

| June 4, 2013

SumUp wins funding to expand mobile payments services

A mobile payments startup based in Berlin, Germany, has received the financial backing of large companies like Groupon and American Express recently. SumUp is a relatively new startup company that currently operates in 11 European countries and has helped expand mobile payments throughout the region. Consumers have been growing more comfortable with the idea of mobile commerce and have been demanding new services that are more comprehensive and more convenient for their needs.

Company may be able to establish stronger foothold in Europe

SumUp has announced that it has raised several million dollars in funding from companies that are interested in its approach to mobile payments. The funding is expected to help SumUp expand the services it offers throughout Europe. While mobile commerce has managed to establish a strong foothold in Europe, it is still considered a young sector that faces significant challenges that can derail growth and progress. Appropriate levels of funding could help mobile payments overcome these challenges and find better traction throughout the world.

Mobile Payments - Support from Groupon and American ExpressLarge companies currently dominating mobile commerce field

SumUp is not the only mobile payments firm operating in Europe. Several larger companies, such as PayPal, have begun to muscle into the mobile commerce sector in the region, all looking to establish some rapport with consumers and make them more comfortable with the concept of making mobile payments. Whether SumUp will be able to compete with these larger companies is uncertain, but the firm may be able to beat out smaller competitors that exist in the market.

UK consumers show great deal of love for mobile payments

Thus far, consumers in the United Kingdom have been the most willing to embrace mobile commerce. The country already has a robust mobile payments infrastructure. Several companies in the UK have embraced mobile payments, creating a highly competitive environment that has been unaccommodating to smaller companies that are not backed by significant funding. Fortunately for SumUp, both Groupon and American Express have considerable faith in the company.

Net Element to invest in new mobile payments technologies

| June 2, 2013

Mobile payments see more investment activity

Net Element International, a technology-based company specializing in e-commerce, has announced that it will begin investing more heavily in mobile payments technologies. Mobile commerce has been the subject of a great deal of interest in recent years. Consumers and businesses throughout the world have shown strong support for mobile commerce, praising this field for the convenience it brings to retail and other sectors of business. Net Element International is one among several companies that are beginning to show very aggressive interest in mobile payments.

Funding to be provided to Skolkovo Foundation

Net Element International has announced that it has entered into an investor agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation, a research and development firm funded by the Russian government and based in Moscow. Through this partnership, the two companies will work together to develop new mobile payments technologies. Net Element will have access to their technologies during their early stages of development and will be able to use these technologies in a variety of pilot projects that are likely to take form in the near future.

Mobile Payments InvestmentsNew mobile payments technologies to be developed over next three years

More than $12 million is being devoted to the research and development of mobile payments technologies and services over the next three years. The services and technologies developed by Skolkovo are expected to play a major role in the progression of mobile commerce in Russia and several countries in the European Union. Net Element is keen to support the development of new technologies and services in order to establish a stronger presence in the competitive field of mobile commerce.

Russia may be ideal location for new mobile commerce services

Net Element is no stranger to mobile payments and has been investing in this field for some time. The company has already established a formidable presence in this field, but has begun seeing more competition emerge from large companies that also share an interest in mobile payments. Thus far, Russia remains somewhat cut off from the growth of mobile commerce, which may provide Net Element with a powerful opportunity to establish its leadership in this field.