Archive for the ‘m-Commerce’ Category
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
How do you sell cinema tickets via a cellphone?
Smart found a way. They call it Ticketxt – Mobile Ticketing System.
I wrote about Ticketxt last month, but saw the mechanics of the system and the barcode scanner only a few days ago.
Mechanics on purchasing mobile tickets:
1.) To download SM Movie ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Every now and then, I get a message alert that appear to be SpaSMS (unsolicited SMS messages). Upon further inspection, they turn out to be legitimate messages from my telco, not to say that I agree with what they're doing and how they're doing it. Here's a sequence of messages ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2006
BANCNET ATM users can now use the ATM to get G-Cash.
I gathered this from a print ad on Inquirer:
If you have an account with any BancNet-member bank, just visit any BANCNET ATM
1. Select option to do fund transfer to Asia United Bank/G-Cash.
2. Key in your 11-digit mobile number when asked ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
My friend and I purchased a few items at Watson's in SM Megamall. My usual curiousity found me chatting with the cashier and bagger lady.
These are some info they shared:
* Some people [ aside from me! ;-) ] do in fact make purchases using G-Cash or Smart Money. (At least ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Robinson's Malls announces:
Smart Money Mobile Payments Now Accepted Here
Pay for your purchases through your mobile phone
It's basically the same service as Smart Money in SM Megamall. You can make purchases at Robinson's and pay through your cellphone and Smart Money account.
I asked a Robinson's department stor cashier about Smart ...
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
In October 2005, I applied for a Globe-BPI mobile banking service called BPI Express Mobile. The service promised to let transact with BPI through my mobile phone just like I do on the Internet via www.BPIexpressonline.com. I'd be able to check my balances, transfer funds, pay bills etc.
[sarcasm tag] ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I describe the most jologs G-Cash partner I've seen.
It's so obscure that I couldn't even remember the company's name! But, it's all good.
ka edong
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I write about Smart Money simplifying their service. Nothing official yet, just heard it through the grapevine.
Last week, I wrote about G-Cash transactions via the SIM Tool Kit (STK). There’s more I gather from the grapevine and it's about Smart Money.
Smart Money, I hear, is busy enhancing their ...
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Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I write about G-Cash turning to the SIM Tool Kit (STK) to conduct transactions.
There's more to come on Tuesday next week.
kitakits,
ka edong
emkonomist
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I share an exchange I had with a gentleman from Geneva regarding mobile services on a global scale.
Currently, I can think of three mobile services that generally work globally across different countries and different mobile networks: IDD calls, International SMS and International MMS.
But aside from these, ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2005
I’ve seen two types of G-Cash ATMs. The first is a big touch screen one, same size as a regular bank ATM.
The second one is a smaller version as seen in the series of photos below. I saw this one at SM Megamall.
It’s about the size of a ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog:
My neighbor’s TV was blaring once again the other night. Thanks to my neighbor’s, I caught a blow-by-blow account of the Pinoy Big Brother proceedings while I tried to get some work done.
I overheard that they were doing an auction of T-shirts designed by Pinoy Big Brother housemates. ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
Right before leaving for an e-Banking for the Masses conference in South Africa, I found myself usiyosero-ing a service of BPI in partnership with Globe.
They call it BPI Express Mobile. It is an additional channel of electronic banking by the leading commercial bank in the Philippines.
BPI has Express ...
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Friday, October 14th, 2005
He>> We've set them up with Smart money ATM cards - it's possible for us to do it from here, through the remittance partner in London, so we pay the charge and they get the card for 'free'.
I: > That's interesting. I've heard of this procedure, but it's the first ...
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Thursday, October 13th, 2005
The English Man >> I was wondering what you thought would be needed in order to increase adoption and use of Smart money?
I:> A couple of things come to mind:
1.) reduce barriers to entry in two ways:
a.) remove the registration fee (P200 to cover the ...
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Monday, October 10th, 2005
There was an LBC desk at Lucky Plaza, Singapore. LBC has a service called “LBC Money Remittance”. What caught my attention is the instant remittance via ATM card.
The recipient will need to apply for the card at LBC bank in the Philippines prior to the transaction. When an OFW ...
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Sunday, September 18th, 2005
Last month, Maya and I went to Singapore. We had the chance to visit Lucky Plaza, the mall where Filipinos converge during Sundays. We were there on a Monday so we missed the “Divisoria”-esque ambiance.
There was a remittance and courier desk that was adverting Smart Money and G-Cash. Being ...
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Sunday, September 18th, 2005
LBC was one of the first partner merchants of G-Cash. At the time of the launching of G-Cash in Oct 2004 (almost a year ago!), LBC purportedly accepted Cash-In transactions in some of its branches. I personally was never able to transact G-Cash at any LBC branch.
I found it odd ...
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