eBay’s PayPal and Magento join hands to offer a mobile payment service
PayPal is offering two new extensions that will let Magento’s merchants set up shop in PayPal’s mobile app and support mobile payments anywhere in their stores. Read more »
Mobile POS wars: Adyen’s Shuttle could be headache for iZettle and Payleven
Square is safe for now, as Shuttle is only being launched in Europe, but Adyen’s entrenched position in the online and mobile payments markets give it a great initial boost against local rivals. Read more »
Revel Systems looks to outfit the iGrocery store
A barista inputing your coffee preference via an iPad isn’t new. But the simplicity of touch-screen and cloud-based checkout could be a revelation for grocery owners used to paying tens of thousands of dollars for point of sale systems and the required training for them. Read more »
How’s this for cool? T-Mobile is connecting ice machines
T-Mobile will soon have nearly 1 million new wireless connections on its network, but they won’t be smartphones. T-Mobile is linking its 2G network to hundreds of thousands of ice machines – that’s right, those refrigerated boxes outside of grocery stores and gas stations containing bagged ice. Read more »
Apple squared, (four)squared
What should Apple do with its $110 billion pile of cash? Buy Foursquare and Square, says Mor Naaman. Apple would immediately become a giant payments company, and it could completely take over the local point-of-sale market. In this article, Naaman makes his case for the deal. Read more »
PayPal serves up mobile payments with Pizza Express
Starting today, diners at all 370 of the U.K.’s Pizza Express restaurants will be able to use the chain’s iPhone app to pay for their meals at the table via PayPal in “less than a minute.” No wait-staff intervention needed. Read more »
Apple Stores Reportedly Getting 10th Anniversary Makeover
On the eve of Apple retail’s ten-year anniversary, rumors are suggesting big changes inside Apple Stores this weekend. Those changes might include iPad-based payment terminals and interactive displays, dedicated product setup areas, and more changes designed to improve the brick-and-mortar shopping experience. Read more »
