Review of developments in payment systems 2010: Mobile phones/Cellphones

Mobile operators and banks have long dreamed of providing payment and collection services on mobile phones. But there are huge problems in making applications generally available across regions and globally, including a vast range of different phone handsets with varying screen sizes, button layouts, settings, how to ensure secure end-to-end communications and standardize customer registration, and how to connect and integrate the many different phone operators, banks and other companies.