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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Japanese conglomerate Softbank has built much of its business using new ideas to disrupt industries,and there are several ways it could shake up the U.S.mobile market,analysts said on Thursday. Sprint Nextel says it is in negotiations ...
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Broadcom thinks it can make NFC a common smartphone feature by offering it in a chip with other wireless technologies, even if making payments with the technology doesn’t catch on for years. On Tuesday, the communications chip ...
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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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Online payment service provider PayPal is set to expand its focus on mobile following a huge increase in activity from smartphones and tablets during yesterday's Cyber Monday sales. Cyber Monday follows retailers'Black Friday sales ...
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IDG News Service-Bank of America Merchant Services will extend its mobile payments service to small retailers in December,allowing them to use smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale terminals. The entry of the country's largest ...
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IDG News Service-Mobile card payments startup iZettle has settled its payments dispute with Visa Europe and can now accept Visa payments in Norway,Finland and Denmark,the company announced on Tuesday. To accept Visa,iZettle had to add a ...
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IDG News Service-HTC and Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced the Droid DNA smartphone,which comes with Android 4.1 and a 5-inch high-definition display that the company said is the most advanced in the market today. The Droid DNA ...
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ROAM Inc., the leading mCommerce Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider, announced that TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company is the first retail customer to integrate ROAM's software developer's kit (SDK) in its TaylorMade Performance Labs (TMPL). ...
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IDG News Service-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 ...
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Computerworld-The Isis mobile wallet network will launch Monday in Salt Lake City and Austin,Texas,the Isis consortium announced Wednesday after an earlier delay in the launch. In an emailed statement,Isis marketing head Jaymee Johnson ...
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The number of customers making payments with their mobile phones is estimated to grow to 17 billion transactions in 2013. This compares with 141 million in 2011, according to research from Capgemini, RBS and retail association Efma. ...
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