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ViVOtech
and mFoundry to Work Together For A Combined Mobile Payment &
Banking Solution
Mobile Payment and Banking Technology Leaders, ViVOtech and
mFoundry, to Integrate Their Platforms to Deliver a Single and Easy
Solution for Mobile Consumers
SAN
FRANCISCO – June 19, 2007 — Santa Clara, CA
based ViVOtech, the leading supplier of contactless/NFC mobile payment
solutions, and Sausalito-based mobile platform provider mFoundry,
announced today their decision to work together to provide mobile
financial services to wireless customers. mFoundry’s and ViVOtech’s
technologies, when combined, give consumers a simple new way to
use their mobile phone for contactless payments, banking and commerce.
ViVOtech’s
products are actively deployed by some of the world’s largest
retailers, banks, and wireless operators and mFoundry’s Spotlight
Financial Platform is used by some of nation’s largest banks
and wireless operators. Spotlight is a mobile financial platform
available that serves the needs of both operators and financial
institutions, and has been designed to immediately accommodate nearly
any type of financial transaction. ViVOtech’s innovative solutions
include over-the-air (OTA) provisioning infrastructure software
for cards and promotions, Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile
phone payment, and transaction management software. This joint solution
provides wireless carriers a single integrated capability for mobile
banking and commerce initiatives and contactless payments.
“Our
platform has consistently set the standard in customer usability,
performance and security for contactless, NFC mobile phone payments
and OTA provisioning of cards and promotions.” said Michael
Mullagh, CEO of ViVOtech. “Through this collaboration, we
provide a single mobile phone application for payments, promotions,
and financial services functions that make a lot of sense to a rapidly
growing consumer base. We are offering operators and financial institutions
a simple, powerful and equitable way to leverage the increasing
mobility of today’s lifestyle.”
“While
mobile banking is building the foundation for trust between a consumer
and their mobile device, NFC phone payment is an attractive and
inevitable way to truly elevate the benefits of mobile financial
services,” said Drew Sievers, mFoundry’s CEO and co-founder.
“As the clear leader in all things contactless and NFC, ViVOtech
is a key partner for mFoundry.”
The
parties expect to release an integrated solution into the market
later this year.
For
more information, please visit www.mfoundry.com
or www.vivotech.com.
About mFoundry
mFoundry is an award-winning mobile application platform provider.
mFoundry's Spotlight Financial Platform offers a complete financial
services solution for financial institutions, wireless carriers
and their customers. Spotlight incorporates mFoundry’s leading
mobile banking and payments product into the platform and has been
adopted by some of the largest banks and carriers in the US. For
more information, please visit www.mfoundry.com.
Diane
Hong
mFoundry, Inc.
diane@mfoundry.com
(415) 944-8551
About ViVOtech
ViVOtech (www.vivotech.com)
is a market leader in contactless/NFC payment software, over the
air (OTA) card provisioning, promotion, and transaction management
infrastructure software, NFC smart posters, and contactless readers/writers.
These innovative solutions allow consumers to make contactless payments
with radio frequency-enabled credit cards, debit cards, key fobs,
and NFC-enabled mobile phones. ViVOtech's products are used by some
of the most prominent retailers in the United States. Currently,
with more than 260,000 units in 23 countries, ViVOtech's products
are in use at movie theaters, fast food restaurants (QSR), casual
dining establishments, convenience stores, gas stations, drug stores,
grocery stores, buses, taxicabs and vending machine locations, enabling
a wide variety of businesses to accept contactless/NFC payments.
In 2007, ViVOtech was named #1 in New ABI Research contactless reader
ranking. ViVOtech was also recognized as Top Contactless Payment
Technology Vendor in Aberdeen Group’s “Retail Contactless
Payment Report”.
Kristin
Miller
SS|PR representing ViVOtech, Inc.
kmiller@sspr.com
(719) 634-8292
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