Over £12.9m raised for BBC Children in Need appeal through SMS donations

Mobile payment specialist Fonix has announced that it processed over £12.9m worth of text donations for this year’s BBC Children in Need fundraiser.

Fonix said that the £12.9m that its payment platform processed surpassed the 2016 total of £7.64m and contributed to an overall total of £50.1m raised for BBC Children in Need on the night of the 2017 Appeal show.

Across a number of campaigns such as the Countryfile Ramble and the Rickshaw Challenge, as well as through a specially created fundraising campaign on the night of the show (Friday 17 November), mobile donations were gathered using a choice of three charity donation price points: £5, £10 and £20.

Karen Bass, Chief Operating Officer at BBC Children in Need said:

“We’ve been delighted by the response to this year’s Appeal and are grateful to everyone who has helped raise this amazing sum to support disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.  We want to make it as straightforward as possible for our supporters to make a donation and our ongoing relationship with Fonix has enabled us to achieve this through text-to-donate.”

Rob Weisz, Chief Executive of Fonix commented:

“When it comes to donating to charity, SMS has proven itself to be an ever-growing donation channel. Our solid working relationship over the last 3 years has really focused upon increasing the money raised from mobile, whilst making it as easy as possible for consumers to donate to this fantastic cause.

“For this year’s campaign, text-to-donate was promoted throughout the whole night to cater to growing demand.”

Children in Need is the BBC’s UK corporate charity, which raises money for disadvantaged children and young people around the country.

 

BBC Children in Need’s vision is that every child in the UK has a safe, happy and secure childhood and the chance to reach their potential.  The charity will realise this vision by supporting, promoting and publicising work that addresses the challenges that children and young people face and work that builds their skills and resilience.

 

BBC Children in Need is currently supporting over 2,600 projects in communities across the UK that are helping children and young people facing a range of disadvantages such as living in poverty, being disabled or ill, or experiencing distress, neglect or trauma.

 

Further information about BBC Children in Need can be found at bbc.co.uk/Pudsey 

 

Oxygen8 announce major changes

Oxygen8 are delighted to confirm exciting changes to their business and to its core areas of focus moving forward.

Oxygen8 has now commenced a re-brand exercise to Dynamic Mobile Billing (DMB).

With an experienced management team across the globe, DMB have an established footprint in its key billing markets such as Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Ireland, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK whilst it continues to expand its footprint further in Africa throughout 2017.

Kev Dawson steps into the role of CEO for the DMB business, a well known face within our industry and current board member of AIME, he will spearhead a billing centric, globally operating business that will support DMB’s established and new clients in the micro-payments landscape as it evolves, develops and grows.

Supporting multiple payment and engagement technologies across SMS, USSD, DCB, Voice and E-Money solutions, underpinned by local regional offices and personnel that deliver ‘best in class’ levels of support, DMB will continue to be the market leading, optimised and trusted billing partner of choice to valued merchants.

DMB are re-branded, re-focused and re-energised to open new dialogue with VAS merchants.  Speak with them to explore a more successful partnership in the future.

To learn more visit their site: www.dynamicmobilebilling.com

 

RSM 2000 acquires text donation business from Vir2

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DIRECT DEBIT AND CARD PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER RSM 2000 LTD HAS ACQUIRED THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, STAFF & BRAND OF THE UK CHARITY TEXT DONATION AND MARKETING SPECIALIST, VIR2.

 

At a time when charities are worried about reputational risk from their suppliers, the purchase is the first time that a charity text donation provider has been bought by a fully regulated & compliant payment service provider. RSM 2000 can now provide a full range of payment solutions including text donation to charities under one roof and tick all the boxes for compliance and expertise at the same time.

For the full press release please read here: RSM 2000 acquires text donation and SMS marketing business from Vir2 final

Oxygen8 shares Customer Success Stories

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Oxygen8 have recently produced 2 case studies which show two different customer success stories which you may find useful. Both are attached below for reference

The first features Experian: Experian Automate SMS to improve call centre efficiency

The second features Freeads: Mobile,voice and payment services provide competitive edge

Congratulations to Phonovation Response, Providers of telephone and SMS voting services to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest!

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C3 partners Phonovation Response have once again successfully supplied voting architecture for viewers in Ireland.

To read the full press release please click the link: C3 phonovation-eurovision-2015-2