M-Qube is suing Zong for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over a mobile trigger messaging system.

EBay’s acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong brings complementary technology that will broaden PayPal’s reach and enable in-store transactions.

ORLANDO, FL – A CTIA panel that included executives from JPMorgan Chase and Visa outlined various evolving mobile payments mechanisms that are having an impact, from SMS and apps to carrier billing and NFC.

The topic of mobile payments is red hot in today’s payments and mobile news media. But wireless carriers in Asia and Europe have been successfully enabling mobile payments for many years.

Mobile social network PapayaMobile has partnered with Zong, Billing Revolution and Adknowledge’s Super Rewards to offer a monetization platform for Android developers.

Zong’s top executive cited his company’s four newest hires as an indication of the robust growth of the mobile payments space.

Woozworld Inc., a Web 2.0 virtual world powered by tweens with more than one million user-generated virtual spaces, has partnered with mobile payment platform Zong.

Zong has opened a private beta for developers to start experimenting with its new one-click payment functionality on Android.

Zong raised $15 million in funding to further market leadership by accelerating the growth of its merchant network in the United States.

Mobile Entertainment Forum has launched a new mobile commerce initiative to help brands and retailers understand how to leverage mobile to drive customer acquisition, retention and conversion.