| Mobile payments great for small businesses but still have room to improve Medill Reports: Chicago Portable credit card machines used to be a slow and unreliable way for businesses to accept payments electronically. The disjointed process and clumsy technology left businesses owners embarrassed –and sometimes even out of cash—if the transaction... See all stories on this topic » |  Medill Reports: Chicago |
| BlackBerry debuts mobile payment service in Indonesia CBC.ca The Canadian smartphone pioneer is the latest player in the ecosystem of mobile payment. On Monday, Samsung unveiled a partnership with Visa to incorporate contactless payment technology in future Android devices. The upcoming Galaxy S4, to be ... See all stories on this topic » |  CBC.ca |
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There's a new mobile payment operator on the block, and it is taking a bit of a different approach. The service, called Affirm, doesn't store credit card info and charge you when you make a purchase — that would put it in direct competition with major ...
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By partnering with VimpelCom, one of the world's largest integrated telecommunications services operators, MasterCard is addressing mobile payments that will replace cash in the day-to-day life of millions of people and drive financial inclusion across ...
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| Samsung Previews Wallet Mobile Payment Platform: MWC eWeek According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to launch mobile payment programs will be able to use the Visa Mobile Provisioning Service to securely download payment account information to NFC-enabled Samsung devices. Samsung ... See all stories on this topic » |  eWeek |
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PayPal co-founder Max Levchin is going head-to-head with the digital commerce giant with the launch of Affirm, a new payment startup dedicated to streamlining the checkout process across smartphones and other connected mobile devices. The Affirm ...
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| Mobile payment to take off in 2013 New Europe Technologies such as Near field communication (NFC) and mobile applications are changing the way consumers pay for goods. Google Wallet, Apple's Passbook, IsisMobile Wallet and Visa payWave are part of a market which showed, during theMobile ... See all stories on this topic » |  New Europe |
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PayPal co-founder Max Levchin has launched his new payments startup, Affirm, to fight it out in the rapidly expanding arena of mobile payments. The new firm will use customers' Facebook accounts to authenticate their identity, allowing them to buy ...
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