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How do SMS Payments Work for Users?

SMS Payments are one of the easiest and safest ways to pay for items.  For the user there is no need to remember passwords or have access to their credit card or bank details; in fact, users don't need to have a bank account at all, which explains why SMS [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:19:21+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Regulations by country

Regulations Governing SMS Payments Regulations governing the use and development of SMS payments vary from country to country around the world.  Here is a brief guide to the main regulations for each country for which we have information. Note in most countries, but not all, adult and erotic content are [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:18:11+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

What are SMS Payments?

SMS payments are a means of paying for goods, services or products via a text message sent from a mobile phone. They work like standard SMS or Short Messaging Service. With the SMS payment system purchasers send a text message to pay for an item or service. This text message [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:16:27+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

What are Micropayments?

Micropayments are financial transactions that involve a very small sum of money. PayPal defines a micropayment as anything less than USD 12, whereas Visa classifies anything less than USD 20 as a micropayment. Traditionally it has been difficult, financially, to recoup the costs involved in processing micropayments. With SMS billing, [...]

Jamie Roberts2017-09-08T07:43:43+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Organisations overseeing sms payments

To protect consumers from unscrupulous companies, many countries have set up a regulatory framework to reassure their customers that it is safe to use any SMS payment provider registered with them and also to offer them a place where they can raise any concerns about SMS payments. The need for [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:14:16+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Person to Person SMS Payments

Being able to transfer money directly from one mobile phone to another is the attraction of person to person SMS payments, particularly in countries such as India and Kenya where most people don't have access to banks, or in other countries such as Japan, to enable foreign workers to send [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:12:14+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Different Types of Mobile Payments

SMS Payments SMS Payments are currently one of the most popular methods of using mobile phones to pay for goods or services, or even for person-to-person payments and many experts believe that due to the simple nature of SMS payments, the fact that all the user needs is a phone [...]

Jamie Roberts2017-09-09T05:02:31+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

JunglePay from txtNation – SMS Payments

JunglePay is a free to install payment solution from txtNation – an award winning UK company that has been at the forefront of SMS payment technology, SMS payments and SMS messaging solutions for the past 8 years. SMS Payments from 80+ Countries JunglePay allows you to collect SMS payments from [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T08:08:03+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Premium SMS – instant SMS payments for your web site

SMS payment means using text messages to pay for products or services. Mobile phone users can send text messages to a predefined number with a certain text. The mobile phone carrier will then add the cost to the user's normal monthly bill or deduct it from the prepaid balance. Benefits [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T07:26:03+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|

Allopass: The European micropayments giant

Allopass is a global micropayment solutions company that offers a large variety payment methods in one package, including premium SMS payments. Originating from France, it operates in some 60 countries and handles 8 million transactions monthly for its 280,000 merchants - numbers that have lead it to claim to be [...]

Jamie Roberts2013-04-07T07:25:07+00:00Published: April 7th, 2013|