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Fiserv, Inc announced Monday, that Umpqua Bank and a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation chose Mobile Money from Fiserv to provide customers with the ability to manage their finances using their mobile device.

Mobile Money is tightly integrated into the Fiserv online banking and bill pay services already used by Umpqua, which will enable the bank to easily widen these applications to the mobile channel. 

As it became known Monday, MoneyGram teamed with Affinity Global Services in a move to enable mobile money transfer receives in important markets around the globe, for greater convenience and extending MoneyGram services benefits to a new category of consumers.

Disneyland Paris announced about its collaboration with French banks Credit Mutuel and CIC to trial contactless payments via mobile phones and cards in its shops and restaurants. So, Disneyland Paris is now looking for the annual pass holders who have accounts with Credit Mutuel or CIC to participate in the test, starting in October of the current year. 

Nytimes.com investigated South Korea’s population on mobile phone most popular usage goals, as South Koreans use their mobile phone for nearly everything. 

In spite of applying to their phones as to the games and music device, South Koreans use their phones as a subway pass, to pay for both virtual and digital products, to watch TV, as an e-reader for books and comics. That’s why nytimes.com sees the mobile future for South Korea.