Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it's alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal. The sensor brings convenience ...
On Wednesday, Apple removed the Blockchain wallet app, the only remaining app that could be used to make Bitcoin payments on the iOS platform, from its App Store. And Bitcoiners are pissed off. How pissed off? One particular Apple customer ...
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Related sd 4K SD Memory Cards Standard Set NFC Forum Seeks To Accelerate NFC Use In CE sd Samsung Bows NX Lens Pair, Pro SD Cards San Ramon, Calif. –– The SD Association (SDA) and the NFC Forum have signed a formal memorandum ...
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Barclays is set to be the first bank in the UK to pilot technology that will allows businesses and consumers to deposit cheques via their smartphones, reducing the time it takes for cash to clear. Some £840 billion of cheques were ...
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The majority of today’s CIOs see value in mobilising enterprise applications and in deploying mobile-related innovations such as GPS features, location-based services (LBS), mobile payments and QR codes. Many also say their ...
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The new "Latin America Online Payment Methods 2013 – Second Half 2013" by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com indicates that online payment continues its growth in the emerging markets of this dynamic region. ...
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The new “ Asia-Pacific Online Payment Methods 2013 – Second Half 2013“ report by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com indicates that the online payment continues to grow in acceptance, driven by fast ...
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Shopping is one of the top uses of mobile technology, and seven of the top 10 activities customers perform on their cell phone are shopping related. At the same time, the number of omni-channel shoppers who use multiple digital resources to ...
Conventional third party controls are no longer sufficient to cover the ever-expanding attack surface presented by web and mobile applications developed by service vendors and/or commercial software providers. The current third party ...
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Restaurant chain YO! Sushi claims to have raised service efficiency and improved the payment process for customers through the adoption of Omnico's ClarityLive mobile payment solution. Run in a virtualised IT environment, the electronic ...
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Ingenico, the leading worldwide provider of payment solutions announced that Cache, Inc., a nationwide, mall-based integrated lifestyle women's apparel retailer, has selected Ingenico to modernize its in-store payment acceptance ...
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Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the backers of Bluetooth. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group and the A4WP announced a memorandum ...
The Co-operative Bank has written down £148.4m after deciding not to go ahead with the implementation of a new core banking platform. The bank revealed the write down as part of its financial results for the six months to 30 June ...
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Sony has introduced its SmartWatch 2 but it's about to get some serious competition if rumours are correct. Two sources have told Bloomberg that the Galaxy Gear will launch on 4 September, just before IFA kicksoff. That places the ...