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Forget PayPal for mobile, Obopay is set to rule mobile payments!
First they’ve partnered with Verizon to offer their services to the carrier’s subscribers. Then we saw more merchants jumping in to the platform, and now… no one else but Citi is partnering with the mobile payment provider to pilot a new mobile peer to peer payment service! Bravo for Obopay! — no they aren’t our advertiser, though we wouldn’t reject their money. 
Anyway, select Citi customers participating in the trial can add their money to their mobile account from here through credit card or electronic bank transfer. Then, using the Obopay mobile application, their mobile Web browser or text messaging, they can manage mobile payment account directly from a mobile phone. In addition, trial participants will be able to check balances and view payment histories, and access the newly received money with a prepaid debit card which will be provided with the service.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
