The IRUG Annual Conference is a gathering of U.S. and international retail systems users and solution providers participating in sessions on the latest in education, experiences, best practices and information in key areas of change: the ...
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Wireless technologies are used by 98% of small businesses in their operations, according to the 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll. The survey conducted on a 1,000 small businesses in the US, revealed that 56% of smartphones used by ...
When it comes to the use of wireless technologies for small businesses, it's unanimous -- well, almost. According to the just-released 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll, which surveyed 1,000 small businesses nationwide, 98 percent of ...
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Mobile carriers should deploy a number of safeguards to protect their customers against a growing problem of unauthorized billing through mobile payments, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Friday. The FTC report ...
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Visa's payWave mobile payment applet will be embedded in next-generation Samsung smartphones and tablets enabled with NFC, according to an alliance that both Visa and Samsung announced Monday. The next-generation Samsung Galaxy S IV, ...
Telecom carriers continue to complain about taxes, regulation and over-the-top competition, but Mozilla's Firefox operating system provides a glimmer of hope to some executives speaking at the opening of Mobile World Congress. Mobile ...
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Visa and Samsung yesterday announced a global alliance that they said has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of mobile payments globally. According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to ...
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US credit card giant Visa has announced a global alliance with Samsung to let shoppers make payments by waving their smartphones near a special reader. The deal, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, could significantly ...
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Global financial groups have intensified their war to control the lucrative future of the digital wallet, which will let people use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service ...
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GLOBAL financial groups are competing to control the lucrative future of "mobile money", which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service PayPal ...
MasterCard on Monday revised its year-old mobile payment strategy by unveiling a digital, cloud-based service called MasterPass that moves well beyond near-field communication technology used in smartphones to support QR codes, traditional ...
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PayPal will introduce a mobile chip-and-PIN version of its payments service in Europe, starting with a selection of U.K. businesses over the coming months. PayPal Here will fully launch in the U.K. this summer and will be available in ...
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Forget fumbling with cash and credit cards; smartphones have long been seen as a way to make in store purchases faster and easier. But several challenges need to be overcome before the technology takes off. The field of mobile payments ...
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Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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Barclays Pingit has been named in the App Store Best of 2012 list in the UK by Apple. The ground-breaking mobile payments app was selected from thousands in the Apple store for recognition in the awards' 'Disruptive Services' section, ...
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