Comments on: PayPal’s mobile payment service will go live in Europe with a funky new card reader http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/paypals-mobile-payment-service-will-go-live-in-europe-with-a-funky-new-card-reader/ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Boštjan Fabjančič http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/paypals-mobile-payment-service-will-go-live-in-europe-with-a-funky-new-card-reader/#comment-1317840 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:34:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=612974#comment-1317840 A solution with the additional hardware is never a good solution …

]]> By: Kevin Fitchard http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/paypals-mobile-payment-service-will-go-live-in-europe-with-a-funky-new-card-reader/#comment-1314935 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:53:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=612974#comment-1314935 Hi Richard,

This solution is mobile. You’re carrying around your point-of-sale machine with you and connecting back to the network with your smartphone.

]]> By: Richard Spalding http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/paypals-mobile-payment-service-will-go-live-in-europe-with-a-funky-new-card-reader/#comment-1314828 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:43:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=612974#comment-1314828 Ok, so this is innovative why? It enables cashless transactions via chip and pin. But most UK banks offer cashless transactions via contactless (nfc) cards. So this is a step backwards for transactions under £20.

]]> By: Philip Charles Cohen http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/paypals-mobile-payment-service-will-go-live-in-europe-with-a-funky-new-card-reader/#comment-1314807 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:43:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=612974#comment-1314807 A PayPal NFC card reader for Europe? But, John “Not For Commerce” Donahoe has said that NFC is “not for commerce” …
And the ugly reality for consumers, particularly smaller payees, dealing with the clunky, unscrupulous PayPal … http://bit.ly/UVXx53

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