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Nokia Takes Minority Stake in Mobile Payments Firm Obopay

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 25, 2009 - 8:22am.
Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payments technology, announced on Wednesday that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has taken a minority stake in the company.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Nokia | Obopay | Investments |

Mobile Payments Firm Obopay Lands $20 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 21, 2008 - 6:10am.

Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payments technology, has raised $20 million in its fourth round of funding, GigaOM reported.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Obopay |

Mobile Payments Firm Obopay Lands $29 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 12, 2007 - 2:16pm.

Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payments services, said on Thursday that it has raised $29 million in its third round of funding, led by Richmond Global Cellular.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Qualcomm | Redpoint Ventures | Cellphones | Obopay | Richmond Global Cellular |

Obopay Debuts Mobile Payments Service for Kids Under 18

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 20, 2007 - 4:58pm.

Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payments technology, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new Sponsored Accounts service that lets children under 18 send and receive money using their mobile phones. Parents can provide funds to an Obopay account linked to their childrens' mobile phones, while retaining the ability to track and control the account -- which can be used for online purchases or to provide emergency funds.

tags: Mobile | Payments | Children | Cellphones | Obopay |

Mobile Payments Provider Obopay Acquires "Social Money" Firm BillMonk

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 30, 2007 - 12:27pm.
Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payment services, said on Tuesday that it has acquired BillMonk, a developer of "social money" services designed to help friends, roommates, family members and co-workers more easily share expenses.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Social Networking | Acquisitions | Obopay | BillMonk |

Mobile Payments Firm Obopay Raises $7 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2006 - 5:18pm.
Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a developer of a mobile payments service, said on Tuesday that it has secured $7 million in a new investment round led by wireless giant Qualcomm. Other participants included Redpoint Ventures, ONSET Ventures and Richmond Management, all previous investors in the company.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Payments | Qualcomm | Commerce | Mobile Commerce | Obopay | Investments |

Career Moves: September 5, 2006

Authored by dmw on September 5, 2006 - 12:40pm.
Obopay, a mobile payments provider based in Redwood City, CA, appoints Christian Delay as Vice President of Business Development. Previously Delay was with Yahoo!, where he led various mobile business development efforts.
tags: Webzen | Career | Moves | THQ | YouTube | Napster | Peppercoin | Obopay | smaTVideo |

Obopay, Amp'd Mobile Team on Mobile Payments Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 12, 2006 - 12:31pm.
Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a developer of mobile commerce services, announced on Wednesday that youth-focused mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile will deploy its mobile payment systems to its subscribers in the U.S. Redwood City, Calif.-based Obopay's application will allow Amp'd subscribers to receive, send and spend money using their mobile phones.
tags: Mobile | Tech | Payments | Mobile Deals | Commerce | Amp'd Mobile | Mobile Tech | Mobile Commerce | Obopay |