Live Gamer announced this morning that they have integrated PaymentOne into their platform for international mobile payments. Through PaymentOne’s AnyPhone, users will be able to have access to the simplest means of making in-game purchases on their mobile phones for added streamline user experience and maintain brand consistency throughout the payment process.

“PaymentOne’s proven expertise and broad global solution made our decision to partner with the company to expand our worldwide mobile payment options an easy one,” said Andrew Schneider, president and co-founder of Live Gamer.

“We are excited to offer our game developer and publisher partners the opportunity to leverage PaymentOne’s broad coverage spanning more than 80 countries as a way to maximize their monetization opportunities, expand their customer reach and ultimately increase their revenue streams.”

With AnyPhone, consumers are at ease for having a safe and secure digital purchase by billing the transaction on their carrier bill—mobile, home or broadband phone numner. Moreover, the service’s patented technology allows customer to enter any number they own and automatically identify the type of number and best billing account. PaymentOne’s AnyPhone prides itself for having the highest conversions rates, best payout and fastest payment cycles in the industry (7 days turnaround), as well as featuring merchants and operator brands, not its own.

Currently, PaymentOne is available in 80 countries with 4 billion consumers. The company is also known for their merchant-centric branding, patented fraud mitigation and risk management capabilities. Consumers will be able to benefit from a lucrative and fiscally reliable partner of 12 years history in alternative payments. Since inception, PaymentOne has processed $5 billion in direct-to-carrier billings with micro transactions. Their clients include Blizzard Entertainment, America Online, Gaia and WeeWorld.

Mobile payments finding its niche

Other happenings in the mobile payment space, Tabbedout hires Paul Fiore as their new CEO as the mobile payments space becomes increasingly competitive. Then there’s Hello Wallet getting $12 million funding to advance its array of applications for personalized financial guidance.

We also have Paypal preparing for expansion to mobile payments as it goes main stream in a very mobile way. Another big piece of mobile payments news comes from the White House, as the Obama campaign adopts Square, a mobile payment device for fundraising–real “change” for the cause.

Though things are looking up for the mobile payments space, the FTC enters the picture to scrutinize potential issues involved. This April, they will hold a workshop where consumers, industry experts and technologists will convene to talk about these issues, from privacy concerns to security risks.