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October 2015 - mHITs Remit winner in Export Awards

mHITs Remit international mobile money transfer service was a WINNER in the ACT Chief Ministers Export Awards for 2015.

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July 2015 - mobile remittance between mHITs Australia and eZ Cash Sri Lanka

mHITs has announced that its.

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May 2015 - mobile remittance to PocketMoni Nigeria

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor between Australia and leading Nigerian mobile money service eTranzact PocketMoni.

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May 2015 - FREE remittance to Nepal for earthquake recovery

mHITs has announced that its Australian mHITs Remit SMS mobile remittance service will be temporarily providing FREE REMITTANCE to Nepal to assist with earthquake recovery efforts.

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December 2014 - mobile remittance to Vodafone M-PAiSA Fiji

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile money service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor between Australia and leading Fiji mobile money service Vodafone M-PAiSA.

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November 2014 - mHITs Remit WINNER of Asian MFS Innovation of the Year

The mHITs Remit mobile international remittance service was the WINNER of the Mondato Asian Mobile Financial Service (MFS) Innovation of the year for 2014. The award was announced at the Mondato Summit Asia held on November 11th and 12th in Singapore.

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July 2014 - mobile remittance to Indonesia

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor between Australia and leading Indonesian mobile money service Dompetku by Indosat.

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June 2014 - mHITs Remit mobile international remittance WINNER in innovation awards

The mHITs Remit mobile international remittance service is the WINNER in two categories of the ACT state iAwards for 2014. The mHITs Remit service allows instantaneous cross-border international money transfers via mobile phone.

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March 2014 - BuyPower mobile prepaid electricity vending launched in Namibia

mHITs has announced that it has launched its BuyPower mobile prepaid electricity vending service in Namibia Africa. This is the first service of its type in Africa where airtime is used directly to purchase prepaid electricity.

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November 2013 - FREE remittance to Philippines in Typhoon Haiyan recovery

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile remittance service will be temporarily providing FREE REMITTANCE from Australia to the Philippines in support of the Typhoon Haiyan recovery. This means that no transaction fees will be applied for any Philippine remittance transactions.

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September 2013 - mobile remittance to Somaliland

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor between Australia and mobile money service Telesom ZAAD in Somaliland.

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August 2012 - mobile remittance to SMART Philippines

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has expanded its international mobile remittance to include SMART subscribers in the Philippines.

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June 2012 - smart parking initiatives welcomed

mHITs, a pioneering developer and operator of mobile payment services, welcomes the recent public interest and discussion surrounding smart parking and the potential introduction of mobile phone technology for payment for parking in it's home city of Canberra Australia.

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May 2012 - mobile remittance from Australia to Nepal

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor to Nepal via its affiliate eSewa.

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March 2012 - mobile remittance from Australia to Ghana

mHITs has announced that its Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched an international mobile remittance corridor to Ghana (MTN Mobile Money*) through the HomeSend remittance hub.

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March 2012 - take-away coffee to drive take-up of mobile ordering and payment

mHITs will be demonstrating its Q-Jumper SMS mobile ordering and payment solution at the CafeBiz 2012 trade exhibition in Sydney Australia on 18 -19 March 2012.

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March 2012 - mHITs international remittance service launched

mHITs has today announced that it's Australian SMS mobile wallet service has launched it's first international remittance corridor to the Philippines (Globe G-Cash). The mHITs Remit micro-remittance service allows Australian mHITs account holders to safely and conveniently send money instantly to counterpart mobile wallet operators in other counties without the need for a bank account.

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November 2011 - mHITs to connect to BICS HomeSend global remittance network

mHITs has announced that the Australian SMS mobile wallet service has connected to the BICS international remittance hub, HomeSend.

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November 2011 - mHITs integrates with retail Point Of Sale system

mHITs has integrated its Australian SMS mobile wallet service with 3rd party Point Of Sale system BEpoz. The integration, implemented at Ticos Drive Thru Coffee in Melbourne Victoria, enables consumers to order and pay ahead for their take-way coffee via SMS and simply collect their order when they arrive at the venue.

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September 2011 - mHITs Highly Commended in Export Awards

The mHITs mobile payment technology has received a High Commendation in the ACT Chief Ministers Export Awards 2011.

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September 2011 - mHITs WINNER in Mobile Awards

The mHITs Australian SMS payment service was a WINNER the 2011 Australian Mobile Awards. mHITs was selected as the winner of the Mobile Trading Platform section within the Finance, Business and mCommerce category of the awards.

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February 2011 - mHITs iPhone app to rival mobile banking

mHITs has launched an iPhone app that is set to rival mobile banking applications for small payments. The new application can be downloaded for free from the Apple iTunes store.

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January 2011 - mHITs WINNER in iPitch i10 Awards

The mHITs Australian SMS payment service has been awarded 5th place in the inaugural iPitch i10 Awards for 2010. The iPitch i10 Awards recognise and award the top 10 high potential and innovative start-ups out of the nearly 450 Australian start-ups in the iPitch community.

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November 2010 - pay for your Subway Sub by SMS

mHITs has launched its new Q-Jumper SMS retail payment service at Subway Rouse Hill in Sydney NSW. Q-Jumper is a Point Of Sale solution designed specifically for food and beverage venues and franchises. It enables consumers to order and pay ahead by SMS saving time and avoiding queues.

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August 2010 - mHITs powers payments for the unbanked in PNG

mHITs in conjunction with DataNets Limited, has deployed a mobile phone payment service in Papua New Guinea specifically aimed at providing a total payment solution for the unbanked.

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July 2010 - mHITs powers electricity payments in PNG

mHITs has marked the 1 year deployment of Easipawa (pronounced Easy-power), a payment service which allows consumers to purchase prepaid electricity using their mobile phone in Papua New Guinea.

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April 2010 - pay for your Taco by SMS

mHITs has expanded its SMS payment service to include Australia's newest and tastiest Mexican Franchise Zambrero to it's footprint of venues.

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October 2009 - Government proposal to regulate premium SMS welcomed

mHITs welcomes the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (the ACMA) recent consultation paper relating to mobile premium services (premium SMS).

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July 2009 - mHITs launches Easy Canteen

mHITs has launched Easy Canteen which allows parents to pay for their childs school canteen lunch order by SMS.

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June 2009 - mHITs WINNER in Canberra BusinessPoint Awards

mHITs has won the Canberra BusinessPoint Award for Innovation and Commercialisation.

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February 2009 - pay for coffee by SMS

Commencing Monday 23rd February, mHITs will be launching its SMS payment service in venues in the Sydney CBD. The mHITs service allows consumers to pay for coffee or other food and beverage items using their mobile phone simply by sending an SMS text message.

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September 2008 - mHITs Finalist in MMA Awards 2008

mHITs is a finalist in two categories of the 2008 Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards. This is now the 4th year that mHITs has been acknowledged in these awards.

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May 2008 - mHITs launches mPOS terminal

mHITs has launched the mPOS Point Of Sale terminal. The terminal allows the mHITs SMS payment service to be used for retail over-the-counter transactions such as coffee shops.

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April 2008 - mHITs Winner in iAwards

mHITs wins the ACT State iAward Financial Services Application Category.

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August 2007 - mHITs FINALIST in MMA Awards 2007

mHITs has been nominated as a Finalist as a finalist in the "m-commerce" category of the Australian Mobile Marketing & Advertising Awards 2007.

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May 2007 - mHITs WINNER in Next Big Thing Award 2007

mHITs has won INNOVIC's Next Big Thing Award 2007 - People's Choice Award. The announcement was made today by Evan Thornley, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, responsible for the National Reform Agenda & Chair of LookSmart, in Melbourne.

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May 2007 - mHITs FINALIST in CeBIT & ZDNet Australia Emerging Technology Award

CeBIT & ZDNet Australia Emerging Technology Innovation Award 2007mHITs was a finalist in the CeBIT & ZDNet Australia Emerging Technology Innovation Award. The winner was announced at CeBIT at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 2 May 2007.

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April 2007 - award winning mHITs service at CeBIT May 2007

CeBIT 2007mHITs will be demonstrating it's award winning person-to-person (p2p) service at CeBIT Australia, May 1 - 3 at Darling Harbour Sydney Australia. Visitors will be able to experience first hand how the mHITs payment service works by sending and receiving money by SMS text message. Also, visitors who register with the service will automatically receive in their mHITs account. This money can then be used to purchase mobile ringtones and wallpapers using the mHITs service.

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April 2007 - mHITs Finalist in Next Big Thing Award

INNOVIC Next Big Thing AwardmHITs is a finalist in the 2007 Next Big Thing AwardTM. The awards program hosted by INNOVIC is an annual nation-wide competition to find and showcase exciting new Australian products with the potential to become the 'next big thing'. The award celebrates and promotes Australian innovation and is a key event of the Australian Innovation Festival.

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January 2007 - open for business - merchant facility launched

mHITs has launched a merchant payment facility which allows businesses to receive payments by sms.

For merchants, mHITs offers a simple low cost real-time solution for low value or so called micro-payment transactions in the range between s and . As a mobile payment technology, mHITs can be used for purchases at outdoor events, from posters advertisements and mail-order advertisements, as well as traditional on-line shopping carts and purchases. mHITs offers a simple two tiered low flat rate fee structure starting from only 25 cents per transaction.

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October 2006 - mHITs WINNER in MMA Awards 2006

mHITs wins "One to watch" category in the 2006 Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards. Winners were announced at the awards presentation on 5th October 2006 in Sydney Australia. Click here for more details on the MMA Awards.

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March 2006 - new mHITs service to preview at CeBIT May 2006

mHITs will be previewing it's new person-to-person (p2p) service at CeBIT Australia, May 9 - 11 at Darling Harbour Sydney Australia.

mHITs is an advanced mobile commerce (m-commerce) platform which enables users to make person-to-person payments directly from their mobile phone. The free p2p service allows users to pay anyone in Australia with a mobile phone capable of sending and receiving sms messages. Payments are made instantly and with real money and allow users to make payments anywhere, anytime and to anyone.

Unlike most on-line currency schemes, mHITs uses real money and users can transfer money to and from mHITs to their bank account at any time. All transactions are made by SMS and are free between mHITs users. Payments can even be made to un-registered users.

Users interact with the service with via simple SMS commands to send money, check their balance, or purchase products or services.

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mHITs will be exhibiting at stand i25. For further information contact [email protected].

September 2005 - mHITs FINALIST in MMA Awards 2005

mHITs was a finalist in the Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards 2005. The category in which mHITs was represented was "Best application of mobile payment". The winners were announced at the awards presentation on 15 September at Darling Harbour Sydney Australia. Click here for more details on the MMA Awards.

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July 2005 - mHITs at ICBM 2005

mHITs was a presenter at the International Conference on Mobile Business 2005 (mBusiness 2005) held from July 11 - 13 in Darling Harbour Sydney Australia. Click here for more details.