American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics

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American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics - Notify - 2011-09-20

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Gamasutra Wrote:Credit card giant American Express has spent $30 million to take control of Sometrics, a virtual currency company that works with social game providers including BigPoint, Nexon and OMGPOP. The Sometrics platform will be integrated into Amex Serve, the credit card company's recently launched, PayPal-like online and mobile payment system. This integration will eventually allow Serve users to "purchase virtual currency for hundreds of games," and participate in loyalty program from various merchants, according to ...

American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics - SaptaZapta - 2011-09-20

Hm.
Does this mean the return of credit-card options to purchase NX?

American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics - ChronosXIII - 2011-09-20

SaptaZapta Wrote:Hm.
Does this mean the return of credit-card options to purchase NX?

Huh? They already have Visa, Mastercard, and Discover options.

American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics - SaptaZapta - 2011-09-20

ChronosXIII Wrote:Huh? They already have Visa, Mastercard, and Discover options.

Not for me, nor for a great many others, who get a lovely error message before we can even try.

American Express Spends $30M For Gaming Payment Provider Sometrics - CrazyForDex - 2011-09-20

I wish you could buy nx with a credit card that you could use in the mts. Would create so many problems though.