Here’s a look at a few mobile platforms offered by tech companies, retailers, and phone carriers vying to replace consumers’ wallets. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.csmonitor.com

Urban Airship presents Loyalty360 webinar that focuses on how to harness the power of mobile wallets to drive customer behavior Sourced through Scoop.it from: loyalty360.org

Customers could not log on to the bank’s mobile app and online systems, delaying payments and Christmas shopping for a period of several hours today | Mobile Payments and Mobile Wallets Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scoop.it

The STM is developing a mobile payment technology that will let commuters buy and pay fairs, but only with an Android phone. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cbc.ca

KKR & Co. founder Henry Kravis, Blackstone Group LP Chairman Stephen Schwarzman and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein were among the guests when Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev hosted a dinner in New York. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.bloomberg.com

The head of the Kazakh ForteBank has been changed, the bank said Dec. 28. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

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Earlier this month, Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $548 million to end the first patent infringement case between the two rivals. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.phonearena.com

Failure to disclose alternatives when you describe an invention in a patent application will foreclose your ability to own those variations in any patent. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

Filing an International Application under the Patent Cooperation Treat, or PCT, will act as a world-wide application in countries members of the PCT. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com