Mobile payment startup Boku rolls up social rivals, raises funding

Mobile payment startup Boku rolls up social rivals, raises funding

Mobillcash, Paymo and Zong have spent the last year or so competing to offer mobile payment services, most prominently for social gaming applications and casual gaming sites. Now, as social gaming continues to grow in users and revenue, the competition is getting fiercer — and that… Continue Reading

Paymo lets you buy social-network knickknacks on your phone

San Francisco-based Paymo just launched its mobile payment service, allowing users to buy virtual gifts on social networks via their cell phones. What’s more, these costs are folded into their phone bills. The service is now live in 40 countries.

When users make a purchase, Paymo… Continue Reading

Paymo raises round for mobile payment system

Paying for goods with a cell phone has been a pipe dream for a long time. Paymo is the latest company that enables merchants to set up a cell-phone payment system. The company has raised a $5 million seed round of funding.

See the company’s full… Continue Reading