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Mobile payment co. Boku acquires Danal for up to $68M to add user authentication

After going public in the U.K. last year, Boku has made an acquisition to expand its carrier billing services, which let users bill to their mobile bills mobile content purchases from companies like

Carrier billing startup Boku to raise £45M in London IPO November 20

Boku, the startup that partners with Apple in its rollout of carrier billing for the App Store, expects to raise £45 million ($60 million) on a post-money valuation of £125 million ($164 million) wh

Boku locks down another $13.75M to fund carrier connections for global expansion

Global mobile payments company Boku announced a $13.75 million funding round today led by a consortium of UK investors. The company had previously raised approximately $77.25 million from Khosla Ve

Boku Acquires Mobileview Italia In Further Carrier Billing Consolidation

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.boku.com/">Boku</a>, the U.S.-based company that enables consumers to pay for goods via their phone bill or phone credit, has made another land grab in Europe with

Boku Buys Germany’s Mopay In Carrier Billing Consolidation, Covering 5B Users

Boku — the U.S.-based startup that enables consumers to pay for goods on their phones by charging directly on to their phone bills or deducting from available phone credits — is today ann

Mobile Payment Startup BOKU Raises A $35M Round. NEA, Telefonica Among The Investors

Another sign of the significant investment and attention going into the mobile payments market: BOKU is today announcing a significant new round of funding totaling $35 million, to be used to continue

Ahead Of Funding News, Boku Debuts NFC-Enabled Mobile Payments Platform For Carriers, Merchants And Consumers

<a href="http://www.boku.com/">Boku</a> is debuting a brand new mobile payments platform today, that aims to disrupt the current way that consumers pay for goods via their mobile phones or credit card

Mobile Payments Company Boku Expands Direct Carrier Billing Deals In France

Today, mobile payments company <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/boku">Boku</a> is launching direct carrier billing agreements with two of the largest mobile carriers in France— Bouygues Te

Video Interview: Boku's Ron Hirson Describes Their Mobile Payments Service

Mobile Payments were a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress. I mean HOT (well, if your into that kind of thing of course). Based on what I saw at the event though, there are a lot of p

Mobile Payments Startups Zong And Boku Launch Billing Partnerships With Verizon

<img class="shot2" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/verizon-picture.png" alt="" />After<a href="http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/10/boku-zong-and-billtomobile-enable-mobile-payments

Apple's Next Big Strategic Opportunity Could Be Mobile Payments

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/stevejobsiphone-2.jpg"> When an analyst asked Steve Jobs during Apple's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/18/apple-q4-2010-earnings/">l

Exclusive: Apple, Google Are Sniffing Around Mobile Payments Startup BOKU

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/boku.png" /> Both <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apple">Apple</a> and <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/google">Google<

Exclusive: Apple, Google Are Sniffing Around Mobile Payments Startup BOKU

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/boku.png"> Both <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apple">Apple</a> and <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/google">Google</a

Mobile Payments Startup Boku Lands Direct Carrier Deal With Vodafone UK

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/boku-home-e28093-pay-by-mobile-e28093-easy-safe-mobile-payments-for-merchants-and-publishers.png" class="shot2">While mobile payments startups

With Carrier Rates Dropping, Boku Prepares To Expand Beyond Virtual Goods [Video]

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/boku1.jpg" /><a href="http://www.boku.com/">Boku</a> has carved out quite a name for itself in the fast-expanding world of mobile payments for

Mobile Payments Startup Boku Launches In-App Billing Library For Android

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/bok.png" class="shot2">Fresh off an <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/27/andreessen-horowitz-makes-strategic-investmemt-in-mobile-paymen

Andreessen Horowitz Makes Strategic Investment In Mobile Payments Platform Boku

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boku.jpg" class="shot2" /><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/16/boku-launches-makes-some-mobile-purchases-for-mobile-payments/">Recentl

Mobile payment startup Fortumo targets the long tail of virtual goods

<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/logo_transparent.png" alt="" title="logo_transparent" width="192" height="86" class="shot" />[Estonia] <a href="http://www.fortumo.com/">Fort

Mobile Payments Startup Boku Lands $25 Million In Funding; Rebrands Service As Paymo

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/boku.jpg" width="215" height="68" /> Mobile payments for micro-transactions on the web are steadily <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/01

Zong Launches Subscription Service For Mobile Payments

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/zong-frictionless-mobile-payments.jpg" width="194" height="82" /> Over the past year, we've written frequently about mobile payments startu
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