1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: mopay, Palo Alto, California

According to Mashable, the global combined market for all types of mobile payments is expected to double from its current value to reach more than $600 billion by 2013. The mobile payment market for goods and services, excluding contactless near field communication (NFC) transactions and money transfers, is expected to exceed $300 billion globally by

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Online Recharge Services, Gurgaon, India

Coverage of NASSCOM’s 2010 Emerge 50 continues with Online Recharge Service Private Limited, through its www.RechargeitNow.com is a multioperator Web-based instant pre-paid recharge station. It specializes in delivering next-generation online prepaid recharges in India.

Building Indian Mobile Banking: mChek CEO Sanjay Swamy (Part 2)

SM: What types of positions did you hold at Integrated Systems? SS: I was with them for seven years and worked in a variety of roles. I started off in customer support, then moved on to training, international sales, domestic sales, product development, and marketing.

Building Indian Mobile Banking: mChek CEO Sanjay Swamy (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sanjay Swamy is the CEO of mChek, a mobile payment platform developed in collaboration with VISA. The company has enabled users to access their Indian bank-issued credit or debit card via their cell phones. It has quickly become India’s largest mobile payments platform. SM: Tell me

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