Crandy is the first independent company in Europe to be issued with an
E-Bank Licence. This allows them to operate a mobile payment system and
believe me, these things aren't easy to get hold of. They're a German
operation, though their website is in English, French, Spanish and
Turkish too, which gives an idea of their ambitions.

Their major success so far has been in Germany, with 200,000 users,
largely driven by word of mouth as the mainstream press seems intent on
ignoring them. What's also weird is that despite their relative success
and apparently excellent product, I've never heard of them until some of
their people left a comment on my blog. So forwarding the pretty useful
update of life.