Obopay, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, released a free Mobile Payments application for the iPhone that lets users to send money to anyone with a U.S. phone number. The recipient can receive money free of charge, but must set up a bank account to automatically deposit the funds. The cost of sending money starts at $0.25 per transaction.
Obopay leverages Apple's iPhone OS platform and alerting capabilities to let senders know that their payment was successfully sent and received. Obopay offers a companion MasterCard prepaid card.
Obopay has established partnerships with companies such as Nokia, MasterCard, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
http://www.obopay.com
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Obopay Launches "Send Money" iPhone App
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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