iZettle has begun selling its mobile payment technology in the UK through a partnership with mobile operator EE. The Swedish firm has designed card readers that can be attached to smartphones and, with the addition of a free app download, ...
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Taipei, Sept. 11, 2012 (CENS)--The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has agreed to allow banks buying into mobile payment platform company organized by five major telecom carriers and EasyCard Corp, so as to tap the massive ...
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Apple didn't include near field communication technology in the iPhone 5, a decision that one NFC backer said the company might come to regret. But several mobile payment experts said Apple probably made a good choice for now, given the ...
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Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo's subscribers will be able to make mobile payments when travelling abroad next year, thanks to a collaboration with MasterCard. Together the two companies will expand DoCoMo's iD mobile credit payment ...
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Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to buy goods using cash and credit cards over mobile wallets, according to a recent consumer survey. "Consumers aren't ready ...
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Google's decision last week to put its Google Wallet e-wallet system into the cloud is not sitting comfortably with security experts. Though the service's move from physical handsets to the cloud has expanded its credit card compatibility ...
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AdamsQB, a leading QuickBooks consulting firm, headquartered in Austin, TX and providing small businesses in Dallas and San Antonio QuickBooks innovations, has unveiled its plan to include Intuit's GoPayment mobile payment application to ...
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Tech Mahindra Limited has acquired 51% stake on a fully diluted basis in Comviva Technologies Limited, which provides mobile Value Added Services (VAS), Mobile Money and Mobile Payment solutions. The deal will be subject to regulatory ...
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Starbucks is investing $25 million in mobile payment venture Square, and will allow customers to use a Pay with Square smartphone application to buy coffee at its retail stores starting this fall, the companies announced Wednesday. As ...
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Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to buy good using cash and credit cards over mobile wallets, according to a recent consumer survey. “Consumers ...
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Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast, but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the U.S. will be slow, the head of Google’s payments unit said Friday. The number of NFC (near-field communication) transactions with ...
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The total value spend of Near Field Cummunication (NFC) mobile payments will rise from $4 billion in 2012 to $191 billion in 2017, breaking the $100 billion mark in 2016. Despite Apple rejecting NFC for its latest smartphone, the iPhone ...
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PayPal has acquired Card.io, a developer of technology for using mobile phone cameras to scan credit cards and capture relevant information, the companies said. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayPal is already using ...
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Payment processor VocaLink is using Precise application performance management tools to ensure the applications that power the bank automated clearing system(Bacs)and faster payments are running optimally. VocaLink handles all the ...
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Mobile phones are expected to play a significant role in the future of cashless payments in remote and on-premise purchases. Payment companies are ramping up their mobile offerings in the scramble for this lucrative market. ...
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