While we're still waiting to hear some news about BBM Money for the U.S. and Canada, BlackBerry last week held an event to update media and the Android, BlackBerry and iOS communities in Indonesia on the latest additions to BBM Money that for the first time brings Instant Mobile Payments to users of the app on all major platforms and allows them pay for goods and services online and in...
Although BBM Money was announced back in 2013, we've not really heard much about it on a large level but BlackBerry is now finally ready to make some more moves with it and has announced a series of new initiatives today that will enhance the mobile payment capabilities for users of BBM. Initiatives they note will, take the ability to connect and share using BBM Money one step further...
Unless you live in Indonesia, you've likely never actually used BBM Money but the service itself has not been forgotten about by BlackBerry. Now that BBM has grown a bit by going cross-platform on iOS, Android and soon Windows Phone as well as the launch of BBM Channels, there's more potential then ever for BBM Money to reach an audience and according to David Proulx, Senior Director of...
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It was rumored for a while that a payment service using BBM would be avaible for users in some markets, and it is finally launching in Indonesia with help from PermataBank and Monitise. The BBM Money service lets you create and access a mobile money account from your BlackBerry and make real-time payments to your BBM contacts (providing they also use the serivce). You can also transfer...
BlackBerry Messenger has and continues to play a key role for RIM when it comes to the consumer market. Over the years, RIM has added additional offerings to BBM to keep it fresh and now according to the BBC and Hastings Singh, the managing director of RIM's South Asia operations in Indonesia, they'll be launching a new service called BBM Money that will allow peer-to-peer transfer of...