Obopay, Inc. is a U.S. based company in the mobile payments business. Obopay provides products which make it easy to send or receive money by mobile phone, and also offers the Obopay Prepaid MasterCard and the Obopay Family MasterCard — two great (and very inexpensive) prepaid debit cards that can be used with the Obopay money transfer system to send and receive money by phone.
Obopay Information
Website: Obopay
Corporate Headquarters: Redwood City, CA
Address:
Obopay, Inc.
275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 400
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone: Main Office (650)264-2000, Support: (888)8-OBOPAY
Corporate Overview:
Obopay is a venture funded startup that is attempting to tackle the huge mobile payments space. Obopay’s systems let consumers and businesses purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone using Obopay’s mobile application, text message, mobile Web, or Obopay.com. Obopay works on any mobile phone and any carrier in the U.S. Obopay’s prepaid MasterCard works with any merchant that accepts MasterCard debit cards. Obopay has partnerships with Citi, Fidelity Information Services, MasterCard MoneySend, Bancorp, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and RIM.
Obopay also offers two prepaid debit cards: the Obopay Prepaid MasterCard, and the Obopay Family MasterCard.
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- Prepaid Debit Cards and Internet Gambling
Like it or not, one of the popular uses for prepaid debit cards in the United States is to transfer funds to and from offshore Internet gambling sites. Those transfers may be coming to an end, as the date of enforcement of Federal Regulations prohibiting the transfer of funds to illegal Internet gaming sites went into force on June 1, 2010.
- The New Gift Card Rules: Did Mobile Payments Receive the Short End?
This is the second in a series of articles about the new gift card rules published by the Federal Reserve on March 23, 2010. In the first part of the series, the author reviewed the extensive disclosure requirements of the gift card rules. In today’s article, the author discusses how the new gift card rules will affect mobile payments.
- Send Help To Haiti Using Obopay
The team at Obopay has a special insight into the devastation in Haiti, as one of their employees was in Haiti during the earthquake. The employee is still in Haiti and is working with Haiti Outreach to provide help to Haitians in need.
- MasterCard and Univision Launch Gift Card: “La Tarjeta de Regalo Univision MasterCard”
On the same day that MasterCard (NYSE: MA) discussed the importance of both the prepaid debit market and the Hispanic market, they announced the launch of a prepaid debit gift card targeted to the U.S. Hispanic market: “La Tarjeta de Regalo Univision MasterCard” (or, the Univision MasterCard Gift Card).
- Prepaid Card Users: Three Big Reasons Why Not to Use Your PIN at the Point of Sale
The New York Times published an excellent article about debit card transaction fees. One of the themes of the article was why your bank and the card associations (Visa and MasterCard) want you to sign a receipt at the point of sale, and why merchants want you to use your PIN at the point of sale. The piece is a fascinating read, but it leaves one (big) question open: What should a prepaid debit cardholder do at the point of sale? Enter a PIN or sign the receipt? And why? We answer those questions.
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