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Originally Posted by shimmy2
they are not, will not, and are not capable of making payments for fb or anything on its network unless they start selling scratch off cards with airtime pin minutes like they do for cell service here
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Aha!
So now imagine if FB was to go the RIM route that I discussed above, which would give them a secure platform to build NFC Payment options that integrate with any phone company's established billing system. Phone companies that offer BB services already have hardware and software that run the BB Platform. All it would take is a software update to implement micropayments over the secure BB Platform, automatically generating additional revenue for FB AND the phone company.
Guess how huge that would be in developing nations where BB is just beginning to see the potential of what their platform can do for such countries, but RIM (presently) doesn't have the money or vision to implement the concept.
FB could step in quite easily and make a sizable dent in present micropayment services.
FB has to break out into the money transfer/payment industry in a huge way to more forward. A phone system that integrates with established billing though the phone company is the easiest and most ubiquitous way because EVERYBODY, even poor people have a phone.
(Further proof: You live in the DR. Right next door, look at how much money Digicel is now making in Haiti, one of the poorest places in the region!)