Isis CMO, Ryan Hughes, recently sat down with Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster to discuss how the company is advancing our vision for an open, broad scale mobile commerce platform. You listen to the entire conversation at PYMNTS.com.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Our CEO, Michael Abbott, attended Fortune Brainstorm TECH, where Isis announced relationships with all four major U.S. payment networks. He participated in a dynamic panel discussion about the future of mobile payments.
Fortune Brainstorm TECH shared several great photos from the event, including one showing results from an instant poll about the future of mobile payments.
A recent USA Today story dove into the benefits, potential and major players in mobile commerce. Interesting stuff – we suggest you check it out.
Isis has taken a step toward aligning the industries necessary to bring payments and commerce to the phone. NFC Times reports “the move could reduce expected fragmentation among NFC mobile wallets in the United States and help Isis recruit major banks and other credit, debit and prepaid issuers.”
Jaymee Johnson, our head of marketing, also explained to NFC Times how the milestone advances Isis’ open platform and provides consumer choice. “Isis is focused on the right experience,” he said.
ZDNet reports Isis’ deals with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express signal that the payments industry is starting to get on board mobile payments. You can read the full story at ZDNet.
As a CNET story points out, Isis is the first mobile commerce venture to ink a deal with all four major payment networks. The move is important because it means Isis consumers and merchants will have ubiquity and freedom of choice when it comes to payment network acceptance.
As GigaOm notes, Isis’ deal with all four major credit card companies is “the first of its kind.” We especially like to hear that “Isis will be a contender to watch” as the mobile commerce space takes off.
You can read the full story at GigaOm.
Fortune broke our news this morning that Isis is working with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to make mobile commerce a reality. As our CEO, Michael Abbott, explains, “This is a major milestone. We’re bringing together incredibly fierce competitors for the common good of helping consumers make mobile payments.”
To learn more about today’s news from Abbott, check out the Fortune story.
Aspen, Colo. – July 19, 2011 – Isis, the national mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, today announced that Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express will join Isis in making mobile commerce a reality for millions of U.S. consumers and merchants. Isis’ relationships with all four payment networks mean that with Isis-enabled phones and payment terminals in place, merchants and consumers will have ubiquity and freedom of choice when it comes to payment network acceptance. Read more »
Isis’ Mark McKinney and Tony Abruzzio will attend the MidWest Acquirers Association (MWAA) Conference on July 26-27 in Chicago. For more information, visit the MWAA Conference website.