Mobile payments company Fortumo (which we’ve already covered in the past) unveiled cross-platform, HTML5-supported mobile payments, allowing developers to monetize users of mobile web apps in 60 countries, on any mobile device, with single integration.
The solution is praised to require “less clicks” relying on the data already stored on a device, ensuring for both better user experience and, well, more money for developers. What’s more, thanks to operator billing capabilities it [solution] offers “strong alternative to credit cards,” especially in emerging markets. In that sense, Fortumo has carrier billing partnerships in 60 countries spanning 230 carriers, and where such payment method isn’t allowed, the system automatically “falls back” to Premium SMS, which is cool…
Presuming you’re a developer interested to try this out, you can visit Fortumo’s website and start accepting in-app payments today. Fortumo enables same-day activation, powerful API and is open to everyone.