Facebook Will Test Boku as Mobile Credit Alternative to Zong

Facebook is about to test the Boku payments system to give users an alternative to Zong, which until now has been the only way to buy virtual goods for social games on the social network via mobile devices over the past year and a half.

Boku’s consumer face is called Paymo, which is actually the stronger of the two brand names that the company wound up with after acquiring two mobile payments companies using the proceeds of $38 million in venture financing.