A report on NFC payments produced by the Dutch technology think tank Rathenau Institute cited by Webwereld suggests that telecommunications operators may become the biggest stakeholders in the future NFC payments market in case the SIM card will house the so-called Secure Element (SE), which stores the payment data.

The Dubai government has launched a mobile payment service for paying government fees in the United Arab Emirates, dubbed mPay. The service is based on the government’s existing ePay system which is part of an ongoing programme to increase online adoption of government services and improve customer satisfaction.

Deutsche Telekom has launched a transaction authentication number (TAN) system to enable its customers to authorise purchases made at the operator's sales points.

Kenyan mobile service provider Safaricom has teamed up with investment firm Old Mutual Kenya to enable investors to pay contributions to their investment trusts through Safaricom’s money transfer service, M-Pesa.

Vodafone Germany and O2 Germany have launched the new mpass payment service to give over 70 million bank and mobile phone customers access to online shopping on their mobile phone or PC.  Online retailers CinemaxX, Blume2000.de, EuroFuchs, Kickz and Beate Uhse have joined the commercial start of mpass.

Radiant Systems, a US provider of hardware and software products for the hospitality and retail industries has introduced a series of electronic payment processing services for the US hospitality and retail businesses.